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OBITUARY NOTICES 



OF 



EMINENT PERSONS 



MIrff Ijaljc '§ltti m i\)t Initt^ BMts. 



FOR 



1857. 




BY HON. NATHAN CROSBY 



For behold tlie Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and 
the staff. * * * The mighty man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet, and the prudent and 
the ancient; the captain of fifty and the honorable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, 
and the eloquent orator. — Isaiah iii. 1-3. 




BOSTON: 

PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY. 

1858. 






TO 



SAMUEL G. DRAKE, Esq., 

PRESIDENT OF THE NE-VV" EXGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETT, 

AND EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL 

AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER: 



Za ^ou, l^:s Xlfolnme, 



THE RESULT, IN PAKT, OF TOUR ENCOURAGEMENT, AS A CONTRIBUTION TO THE 

VALUABLE COLLECTIONS OF YOUR SOCIETY, AND IN PART OF OUR MUTUAL 

DESIRE TO GATHER UP EVERY HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, 

AND GENEALOGICAL FACT, THAT NOTHING BE LOST, 

IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED 

BY YOUR FRIEND, 

NATHAX CROSBY. 



Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by 

NATHAN CROSBY, 

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. 



Elr. CTROTTPEI) AT THE 
BOSTON STEKEOTYPE FOUNDRT. 



PEEFACE. 



I SEND forth this volume, the first of the proposed annual series, with 
much anxiety. Having examined the newspapers from all parts of the 
country, and gathered notices from them, and in most cases having been 
unable to obtain actual data from correspondence, I fear many errors in 
names, dates, residences, &c., may be found. There is constant liability 
to error in such notices in the transfers from one paper to others, as, for 
instance, in continuing the abbreviation " inst." after the month has passed, 
and in not keeping up the distinction of states, especially upon state 
borders. These notices are taken mostly from newspapers, and generally 
from papers in the vicinity of the deceased. In most cases I have short- 
ened them without changing expressions of opinion ; the language and 
even the idiomatic peculiarities I have preserved. I have obtained eulo- 
gies, sermons, and obituaries prepared by request ; and I have sought 
information by sending more than seven hundred circulars to friends of 
deceased, asking for notices and facts. If, therefore, certain distinguished 
men appear with brief notices, my apology must be found in the fact 
that my circular was not attended to, and I had no means of obtaining a 
better one. 

It has been my great purpose to bring together the Obituaries of the 
distinguished men of the whole country ; but I have also introduced our 
distinguished women, and the widows and wives of our eminent and 
professional men. I have also gathered the names of many revolutionary 
soldiers, early settlers of towns, and aged people. In all these particulars 
my future volumes will be open to change, according to the character and 
necessities of the collections of each year, and the demands of pubUc taste 
and judgment. 

This work is the result of a long and earnest desire to give more 
permanent and accessible memorial to those who have originated and 
developed our institutions ; those whose names should be remembered by 
the generations to come as the statesmen, the soldiers, the men of science 



4 PREFACE. 

and skill, the sagacious merchants, the eminent clergymen and philanthro- 
pists ; those who have brought our country to the prosperity and distinction 
it now enjoys. We have very few biographies of our eminent dead ; 
eulogies, sermons, and obituaries are seldom found in our libraries ; they 
are soon lost, and the men and their deeds are liable to pass from remem- 
brance. It is hoped and believed that these annual collections of obituaries 
of men who make so much of our current history will prove grateful, 
salutary, and valuable. 

Some of the difficulties in collecting the notices for this volume have 
been removed ; and my facilities for obtaining the material for the next 
are so much increased and perfected that the volume for 1858 may be 
expected earlier in the year, and to be more correct, select, and valuable. 

I propose to devote some fifty pages in each volume (as an appendix) 
to notices of men who have died in former years, and have been so 
identified with important events that a present notice would be a valuable 
contribution to history or general knowledge, and a deserved and pi'oper 
tribute to the individuah Persons wishing to furnish notices for the 
appendix may at any time address me upon the subject. 

To the kindred and friends of those whose names appear in this volume 
I may be allowed to say that I have taken great interest and received 
much satisfaction in this service. The name, the life, the influence of 
every man makes a part of the history of the times ; and I am sure this 
contribution to our annals will be of service to the future historian, and a 
present consolation to the surviving relatives. 

I am greatly indebted to the many gentlemen who have contributed 
individual obituaries ; but I am most especially obliged to Messrs. James C. 
and Frederick Ayer, distinguished chemists and druggists in this city, 
for the use of their newspaper exchanges, and for the uniform courtesy 
and assistance of those gentlemen and their clerks in my almost daily 
visits to their office since I commenced this work. 

Nathan Crosby. 
Lowell, Mass., Oct. 1, 1858. 



OBITUARY NOTICES FOR 1857. 



A. 



ABBEY 



[1857.] 



ADAMS 



Abbey, Capt. Peter, Cleveland, O., 
July 21, ae. 88. He was a native of Ct., 
and, having resided in Jefferson Co., N. 
Y., for many years, removed to Cleve- 
land in 1831. He will be long recol- 
lected by a large number of the old resi- 
dents of the Western Reserve, who, on 
their way from old to new Ct., landing 
at Cleveland, generally rested at Abbey's 
Coffee House, the Weddell of the city 
25 vears ago, before taking their depaft- 
ure'for their newlv-chosen homes in the 
far ^Ye%t. 

Abbott, Mr. Eben, Camden, N. Y., 
Nov. 17, X. 69, formerly of Ct. 

Abbott, Mrs. Elizabeth, South Ber- 
wick, -Me., Feb. 13, iB. 75. 

Abbott, Mrs. Hannah, Glover, Vt., 
Jan. 15, SB. 87. 

Abbott, Mr. Isaac, Wilton, N. H., 
Jan. 11, se. 37. He was a man of high 
respectabilitv, and universally beloved. 

Abbott, Mrs. Phebe, Farmington, Me., 
April 18, pe. 83. She was the widow of 
the late Benjamin Abbott, Esq., of Tem- 
ple. Mrs. Abbott was for 45 years a resi- 
dent of Tem])le, where she and her ex- 
cellent husband were extensively known 
for their liberal and efficient aid in sup- 
porting the institutions of the gospel, and 
where they were eminently successful and 
greatly blessed in the training and edu- 
cation of a family of 12 children. She pos- 
sessed a constitution of imusual strength 
and vigor, and an energy and persever- 
ance which yielded to no obstacle without 
a sharp and decisive conflict. God gave 
her a long life of active usefulness, and 
crowned its close with his gracious pres- 
ence. 

Abel, Mrs. Mary E., Sweden, Monroe 
1* 



Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, a^. 26, wife of Rev. 
A. W. Abel, of the Genesee Conference. 

Adair, William A., Esq., Marshall, 
Harrison Co., Tex., Feb. 15, se. 35, son of 
the late Judge Adair. 

Adams, Miss Catharine, Boston, Jan. 
19, a?. 20, daughter of Rev. Nehemiah 
Adams, D. D. 

Adams, Mrs. Deborah, Litchfield, Ct, 
June 28, a?. 84, widow of the late Mr. 
Jose])h Adams. 

Adams, Dr. Henry, Cohoes, N. Y., 
July 4, ve. 71. 

x4dams, J. I. Ira, Esq., Lawrence, K. 
T., a?. 31. Mr. Adams was a gi-aduate 
of Yale College, and for a time was 
Principal of the High School at Holyoke. 
While in Ks., he was the correspondent 
of the Boston Traveller, over the signa- 
ture of " Lightfoot," and of the Republi- 
can, over the nom de plume of " Izak." 
He was a man of active mind, genial tem- 
perament, and thorough intelligence. 

Adams, Mrs. ]\Ielincla S., Bangor, Me., 
Mar. 26, se. 54, wife of B. F. Adams. 

Adams, Mrs. Sarah, Noi'thampton, 
Ms., Jan. 29, as. 67. She was daughter 
of the late Seth Wright ; greatly en- 
deared to her friends from her Christian 
character and kindness. 

Adams, I\Irs. Orra, Westhaven, Vt., 
June 16, 0B. 72, wife of Horace Adams, 
Esq. Although she had lived l:ieyond 
the measure of days attained by the great 
majority of mankind, her whole life has 
been one of ]:)ractinal piety and benevo- 
lence. Charity was not a profession ■with 
her — it was her practice ; and many who 
are now called to mourn her loss, have 
been made to rejoice as the recipients of 
her s^mpathv and liberality. 

(5) 



ADAMS 



[1857.] 



ALLEN 



Adams, Hon. Stejihen, iVIemphis, 
Teiiii , May 11, 8D. — . He was a native 
of Pa., and was a Senator in that state. 
Removing to Miss., he took an active 
part in jnililic affairs, was a member of 
the stite legislature, and elected a judge 
of the Circuit Court, and from 1852 to 
18j7 was senator in Congress from Miss. 
His senatorial term having just ex])ired, 
he had removed to Memphis with the 
intention of jjractising the law. 

Adrain, Jane, Mt. Pleasant, Mohegan 
Lake, near Peekskill, Feb. 25, ve. 32, wid- 
ow of the late Kobert Adrain, LL. 1). 

AlTKEN, James, M. D., Baltimore, 
Md., Jan. 2^, son of the late Dr. Andrew 
Aitken. 

Alabaugh, Dr. James S., Illinois, Jan. 
1, ae. 29. 

Albaugii, Lewis, Philadeljihia, 

21, ;p. 34. ])ied from the effects of a 
wound received in the battle of Cheru- 
busco, Mexico. 

Albaugh, Zachariah, Licking Co., O., 
Nov. 8, ie. 109. He was l)orn in Mary- 
land in 174s, where he resided until the 
commencement of the revolutionary war, 
when he entered the army as a private 
soldier, and remaitied in it until its close. 

Ai.BERTSo.x. Elijah, White Co., Tenn., 
May 23, le. 105, a soldier of the revo- 
lution. 

Albray, Susaunah, "Willhigton, Ct., 
Marcii 12, IV. 99. 

Aldkrman, Daniel, near Wilmington, 
N. C, Jan. 25, le. 83. All the constitu- 
ents of an honest, just, and wortliy citi- 
zen, of a ihithlul husband, of a tender 
father, of a conscientious master, and, for 
many years a laborious, economical, and 
successful man, were concentrated in him. 
Death has removed from a large and very 
respectal)le circle of relations him who i 
has long l)een its counsellor, its guardian, 
and its comforter, and especially so to 
his own deeply-afHictcd fixinily. 

Ai.Di'.RsoN, .Mrs. Mary, Lewisburg.Va., 
April 13, iv. 88, widow of the late Joseph 
Aldcrson. E<q. She was born in Jlock- 
ingham, r.iiscd near Fincastle in Bote- 
tourt Co., and was married and removed 
toGreenbi'ier in 1789, only a few months 
after the last Indian depredations in the 
neighliorhood in whicii she settled. As 
an historical fict, we may mention that 
in the year 1790, she was called to Lcw- 
islnirg, at a criminal trial, where she 
heard Patrick Henry defend the accu.scd, 
and such was the influence of his elo- 



quence, that although a ])lain case of 
murder, the criminal escaped with sim- 
ply being burned in the hand. She also 
remembered the tiring of camion in Fin- 
castle, on the reception of the news of 
the battle of Bunker's Hill. 

Aldis, Kev. Charles, New York city, 
April 1, se. 38, son of Charles J. Aldis. 

Aldricii, Adin, Sherburne, Chen. Co., 

N. Y., , ae. 73. He was one of 

the early settlers in the town of Sher- 
burne. At the age of 19, he emigrated 
. here from Rhode Island, and for 53 years 
i sustained the reputation of being a good 
citizen, an industrious man, and an ex- 
emj)lary Christian. 

Aldricii, Mrs. Mary A., Fall River, 
Mass., Dec. 18, a-. 41, wife of Dr. J. M. 
Aldrich. Unassuming in her manners, of 
frank and amiable disj^osition, she won 
the hearts of all around her, and none 
knew her but to love her. 

Alexander, Mrs. Catharine, Fort 
Washington, June 11, ae. — . 

Alexander, Dr. John, Louisville, Ky., 
Nov. 1, ve. 63. 

Alexander, Mr. Daniel, Rutherford 
Co., Tenn., Oct. 20, ae. 85, a native of 
Pa., but emigrated to Tenn. in 1800. 
He was the first settler in Alexandria, in 
De Ivalb Co., which was named in honor 
of him. He removed to Rutherford Co. 
in the year 1824, and resided there till 
his death. He was honest and upright 
in all his dealings, industrious and ener- 
getic in the prosecution of his business, 
an affectionate husband, indulgent father, 
and kind master. , 

Ale.xander, Hon. Ebenezer, Knox- 
ville, Tenn., April 29, a-. — , one of the 
Circuit judges. 

Allen, Dr. Abram M., Shelbj-^ille, 
Ky., Jan. 7, le. about 45. He Mas a gen- 
tleman of very high jjrofessional attain- 
ments, and much beloved by his numer- 
ous friends. 

Allen, Mrs, Alvernon H., Bath, Mor- 
gan Co., Va., July 25, re. — , wife of Dr. 
L. S. Allen. 

Allen, Mrs. Betsey, Plymouth, M.s., 
Dec. 11, iP. 78, widow of the late Capt. 
Wm. Allen. 

Allen, Col. Beverly S., Huntingdon, 
Tenn., Oct. 5, le. — . A few days ago, 
he was in the enjoyment of his usual 
health, and actively engaged in the dis- 
charge of his professional duties ; but 
he is gone from among us forever. His 
virtues alone survive him. He was a na- 



ALLEN 



[ 18o7. ] 



ALLEN 



tive of N. C, but when he was very 
youno', his ])arents emigrated to Carroll 
Co., Tenn., where he resided most of his 
life. Here he was reared and educated, 
and studied and practised his profession, j 
It Avas in the midst of those who had I 
known him longest and best that he ! 
breathed his last. His name stands | 
intimately connected with the legisla- 
tive, judicial, and political history of 
Tenn., attesting the confidence his fellow- 
citizens had in his capacity, integrity, and 
personal honor, and leaving a monument 
to his memory, of which his friends may 
well be proud. — Tenn. Paper. 

MRS. CAROLINE L. ALLEN, 

Medway Village, Ms., Aug. 11, principal 
of the Family School tor Young Ladies, 
as. 49. " The sudden death of this excel- 
lent lady has produced deep sensation in 
the community. The loss to famihes, to 
the youth, to the cause of education, and 
to the cause of Christ, is inexpressibly 
great. She was taken away in the midst 
of extended and extending usefulness. 
With a mind vigorous, active, energetic, 
and well stored, and with a large experi- 
ence in teaching, added to a deep interest 
in the young, and a sympathy with the 
views and spirit of Mary Lyon, whose 
society and instruction she had enjoyed 
years ago, she commenced a course of 
teaching in Medway on the system of the 
family boarding school. This was the 
cherished object of her life. In order 
to engage in it, and with a desire to carry \ 
out her plans in a more direct, and i 
thorough, and practical training of the j 
young, she had left a desirable position j 
in one of the largest female seminaries ; 
of New England. The enterprise was 
arduous and diificult, requiring strong ' 
faith, and much patience and persever- 
ance ; yet she seemed equal to the task. I 
She at once secured tlie confidence of 
parents, won the hearts of the young, 
and drew around her an interesting 
group, who were led along with rapid ; 
progress in the paths of literature, j 
Such was her success, that, with hardly a i 
single jjrinted notice, her school increased 
in less than four terms to a number nearly 
doubling her original design ; and when, 
at the close of the fourth term, on her 
dying bed, ajjplications came in from 
different directions to such an extent, that, 
had she lived, she would have been com- 



pelled to refuse many whose hearts were 
set upon coming to her school. 

" No teacher seemed to be more happy 
in her jjrofession, and none more devoted 
to the highest good of the pupils. While 
successful in their intellectual culture, she 
had special regard to their manners and 
morals, and all their relative and social 
duties. Her standard, in all respects, was 
high. For herself she aimed at high 
attainments, and sought to impress the 
same important lessons upon those under 
her charge. 

" But her crowning excellence was in 
making the Bilile the basis of all her 
teachings. She had imbibed its Heaven- 
born spirit. She loved its hallowed pre- 
cepts, and sought to make them practical 
in the life of her beloved pupils. Every 
day they were invited to repeat portions 
of its sacred contents in such a manner 
as to interest and impress their tender 
minds. All this was accompanied with 
earnest desire and unceasing labor for 
their spiritual good. She looked upon 
her pupils as accountable, and with minds 
destined to exist forever ; and it was the 
burden of her life that they all might 
share in the blessings of salvation. Such 
often was the intensity of her desires, that 
she would spend hours in the night plead- 
ing with her heavenly Father in their 
behalf. The result was, that during 
every term of her school, cases of hope- 
ful conversion occurred, and durhig one 
of special interest, nearly one quarter of 
the entire number became hopefully the 
subjects of renewing grace. 

" This course was in perfect consistency 
with her whole Chrisian life. She felt 
her responsibilities, and labored as one 
in earnest for the salvation of souls. 
While a resident in the city, and at the 
head of a family, she was indefetiga- 
ble in her efforts as a tract distributor 
and as a Sabbath school teacher. Her 
late husband was then a superintendent. 
With him she cooperated in unceasing 
labor and with most happy results. When 
left a widow, disconsolate and dejn-essed, 
and with the care of two fatherless daugh- 
ters, she did not cease her self-denying 
work for the good of others. 

" On her return to her native town, 
Leominster, she took charge of a Bible 
class of young ladies. Of the thirty 
comprising the class, twenty-two were 
without hojje in Christ, Her instrumen- 
tality was blessed to the hopeful conver- 



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ALLEN 



[1857.] 



ALLYN 



sion of every one of that number. In ] 
the Seminary, at Burlington, Vt., where 
she resided for three years, she hvbored 
incessantly for the spiritual good of the 
young ladies. She was accustomed to 
make individuals the subjects of sj)ecial i 
effort and prayer. In almost every in- ' 
stance, she was permitted to see the an- I 
tici])ated result in their hopeful piety. 
Two or three such cases existed at a given 
time, when she united with tliose they 
brought in, to labor for others, until, in a 
single term, some twenty were brought 
to rejoice in the promised mercy of 
Christ. 

" With this active, devoted, prayerful 
life, we should anticipate a peaceful death. 
Such indeed was hers. Although called 
suddenly, she was prepared to go. Her 
work was done. Truly did she ' set her 
house in order.' She gave directions 
respecting her funeral, entering into every 
particula)-, and expressing freely her de- 
sires respecting the disposal of her books 
and other articles, for the benefit of sur- 
^iving friends. She selected and sent 
tokens of interest to her pupils, and de- 
sii'ed each to be jjresent when her re- 
mains should be borne to the grave. Her 
views of the Sa\aour were clear. Her 
hope in him was bright and joyous, and 
even triumphant. Slie had not a doubt 
of her acceptance. There was not a 
cloud in her sjjiritual horizon. She longed 
to depart and bo with Chnst. ' Precious 
in the sight of the Lord is the death of 
his saints.' " 

Allex, Mrs. Josephine E. M., Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., Jan. 12, a). 26, wife of Hugh 
Allen, Esq., and only daughter of Hon. 
S. H. P. Hall, of Binghami)ton, N. Y. 

Allkn, Col. Jesse, Memphis, Tenn., 
July lij, m. 79. No higher eulogy can 
be bestowed by the living upon the de- 
j)arted than to say that the world has 
been tlic better and the wiser for their 
having lived in it, and this can truly be 
said of him whose death we record. 

Alle.\, Hon. Judge, Goshen, Ocean 
Co., N. J., Aug. 1, :r. 63. _ Judge Allen 
wul leave a Mide vacancy in the society 
of the village of Tom's Kiver, in the Co. 
of Ocean, where he has resided i'or sev- 
eral years. He was as generally known 
throughout that county, and a large ])art j 
of Monmouth, as any gentleman of our j 
acquaintance, and the influence acquired j 
by liis years and exj)erience, and the po- 



sition he held at Tom's River, will make 
him not only greatly missed and la- 
mented, but will lead a host of friends 
and acquaintances to stand appalled at 
this sudden mysterious providence. 

Allen, Mrs. Lizzie, Dalies Co., Ky., 
Dec. 31, a^. — , wife of Dr. N. B. Allen. 

Allen, Mrs. M., Smithfield, 11. 1., Oct. 

24, re. 67, widow of the late Seth Allen. 
Allen, Nicholas, Harrington, Me., 

April 25, OB. 70, a worthy and respected 
townsman. 

Allen, Mrs Rebecca, Jackson-sille, 
Ala., March 22, ee. 56, wife of Maj. ]\Iat- 
thew Allen. She was bom in Spartan- 
burg Dist., S. C, in 1800, and was mar- 
ried in 1819. She joined the Baptist 
church in 1830. 

Allen, Wm., Philadelphia, Pa., March 

25, a?. 77. A highly respected merchant, 
a man greatly esteemed by those who 
knew him. 

Allen, Capt. Wm. H., , vo. — . 

Gifted by nature with more than ordinaiy 
talents, he had achieved, during his short 
life, a reputation as a writer of good prom- 
ise, while, as a fi-iend and companion, he 
was universally beloved by all who knew 
him. 

Allen, Mrs, W. H., Philadelphia, Pa., 

, a^. — , M'ife of President Wm. 

H. Allen, of Girard College. 

Alleyne, J. S., St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 
10, a). 56, formerly of Boston. 

RUFUS BRADFORD ALLYN, Esq., 



Belfast, Me., 



re. 63, son of the 



late Rev. John Allyn, of Duxbury, Ms., 
and the seventh in lineal descent from 
Bradford, the governor of Plymouth Col- 
ony, whom he was Avont to call " the 
chiefest and foremost of the Pilgrims." 

He was a graduate of Harvard Univer- 
sity of the class of 1810, and although 
the youngest in his class, (having entered 
Avhen he was but thirteen,) he Mas aMard- 
cd its highest honors. He jiursued the 
study of the profession of law in the office 
of Hon. Wm. Sullivan, of Boston, and 
having been admitted to its ])ractice, he 
went to reside at Belfast in 1815. 

He was a scholar of rare attainments, 
of ])rofound learning, and great refine- 
m(;nt of taste. As a lawyer, he proba- 
bly had not his sujierior in this countiy. 
He was thoroughly versed in the author- 
ities, and of memory so retentive and 
remarkable as to be able to make a brief 



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[1857.] 



ANDERSON 



9 



upon any given question, referring with 
accuracy to volume and page without 
taking tlie books from their cases ; and 
yet he was by no means a " book lawyer." 
He was master of the great principles of 
jurisprudence ; and with a mhid of great 
logical acuteness as well as comjirehen- 
siveness, he applied those principles with 
wonderful readiness and discrimination. 
The writer of this well remembers to 
have heard the late Chief Justice Mellen 
remark that he " knew no man so thor- 
oughly endowed with all those qualities 
which go to make the great lawyer, and 
entitle him to be a worthy successor of 
Marshall, as chief justice of the Supreme 
Court of the United States, as Rufus B. 
Allyn." But he was a man of great ec- 
centricity of character, reserved to the 
very borders of misanthropy, of an he- 
reditary temperament which oftentimes 
induced very great depression, which 
tended to obscure his faith, and obliterate 
the faintest trace of ambition or desire to 
be known or noticed by his fellow-men. 
He shunned distinction, and every thing 
like notoriety he avoided with disgust. 
He might at one time have removed to 
Boston, and become a partner in business 
with Daniel Webster ; but he preferred a 
life of absolute seclusion. In all the busi- 
ness relations of hfe he was rigidly prompt 
and methodical, and of an integrity un- 
sullied. Towards the close of his life, 
those gloomy doubts, superinduced by 
his melancholy temperament, which had 
at times obscured his religious faith, were 
dispelled, and he often prayed, " Lord, I 
believe : help thou mine unbelief." It is 
at all times gratifying to be able to record 
the religious convictions of a great mind. 
There were few who were permitted to 
know the character of the mind of the 
subject of this notice, but ^vill, in this in- 
stance, fully appreciate the extent of that 
gratification. 

Late in life Mr. Allyn man-ied the eld- 
est daughter of his friend, the late Sam- 
uel Upton ; and he perhaps was the only 
person not connected by familv ties to- 
ward whom he had any feeling deser^'ing 
the name of friendship. Mr. Upton re- 
sided in Belfast for some years prior to 
his removal to Washington, where he 
died in 1840. This friendship, which was 
the sunny spot in Mr. Allyn's early life, 
was strengthened by the family tie, which 
united tliem after Mr. Upton's removal 
to Washington, and was only dissolved 



by death ; and now in firmer, purer, bet- 
ter bonds and brighter realms, the friends 
are reunited, ilis widow and five chil- 
dren survive him. — N. Y. Tribune. 

Alling, Pruden, Newark, N. J., Jan. 
31, Ee. To. He was the postmaster of 
that city under the administration of 
President Van Buren. 

Alricks, Mrs. Mary E., Harrisbui^, 
Pa., March 30, fe. 47, wife of Hennan 
Alricks, and daughter of the late Hev. 
AVm. Kerr, of Lancaster Co. 

Alter, Mrs. Catharine, near Funks- 
town, Md., , aj. 66. The deceased 

was extensively known and universally 
respected, and but few, very few pei'sons 
have departed this life as deeply regret- 
ted as this estimable lady, as the length- 
ened funeral cortege which accompanied 
her body to the grave, and the many bit- 
ter tears which were shed around that 
grave, fully attested. Her heart was 
ever open to sympathy and pity for the 
misfortunes and necessities of the poor ; 
none ever appealed to her in vain, and 
she dispensed her charities, as dews from 
heaven, with a liberal hand upon all who 
sought them. She was devoted to the 
wants and interests of her family, and 
well and faithfully dischai-ged all the va- 
rious duties of life. Hers was indeed a 
well-spent life. 

Ambler, Rev. Silas, Stanford, N. Y., 
Nov. 23, a?. 60. 

Ames, Mrs. Eliza A., San Diego, Cal., 
Mar. 14, se. — , wife of Judge J. J. ximes. 

Amidon, Dea. Elijah, Belchertown, 
Ms., June 7, a?. 70. He sustained the 
office of a deacon during many years, to 
the entire satisfaction of his Christian 
brethren in the Congregational church at 
Hardwick, and also in the church at 
Belchertown. He was able, faithful, and 
useful in the discharge of the various du- 
ties of this honorable and important office. 
He was a decided and steadfest friend 
of evangelical truth, which he ably and 
boldly defended in his intercourse vrith 
his fellow-men. He made no compro- 
mise with error ; he stood firmly on the 
ground of the Puritan faith. 

Anderson, Dr. Isaac, Maryville, E. 
Tenn., Jan. 28, ae. — , one of the " fa- 
thers " of Presbyterianism in E. Tenn., 
and for many jears President of Mary- 
ville College. 

Anderson, Mrs. Martha, Athens, 
Ala., April 6, a;. 79. She was an accept- 



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able member of the M. E. Church 57 
years ; slie possessed a stronf^, vigor- 
ous, clear mind, and was in possession, 
api)arently, of all her faculties, in full 
action to the last. 

Anderson, OrviUe M., Rome, Italy, 
Feb. 12, IV. 29, son of the late John F. 
Anderson, and a resident of Louisville, 
Ky. 

Anderson, Richard, Powhatan Co., 
Va., March 1, jt. 78. He was long and 
intimately known to the citizens of 
Richmond as a merchant, and as the 
president of the Branch Bank of the U. 
States until its close. His best epitaph 
is the esteem of all Avho knew him. 
Having connected himself with the 
church in the meridian of life, his ef- 
forts have ever been to be a consistent 
Christian, at the same time giving liis 
aid and countenance to all works of 
morality. 

Anderson, Gen. S. H., Jefferson Co., 
lU., Sept. 24, a^. 56. Gen. Anderson 
was a prominent man in the ranks of 
the democratic party, and held several 
offices under the state and U. States 
government. At one time he was lieu- 
tenant governor of the state. He was 
much respected as a man, and leaves 
many Avarm personal friends. 

Anderson, Thomas, Austintown, O., 
Ajjril 11, a?. 87. He was a native of 
Holland, early took to seafaring life, 
was impressed into the British service, 
managed to escape to the U. S., and 
was aboard the old U. S. frigate Consti- 
tution in the memorable engagement 
when she captured his majesty's vessels, 
the Cyane and Levant. After peace 
had been declared, lie came to the west, 
and was engaged for a number of years 
in the military service of the govern- 
ment, in defending the forts and trading 
stations of the then western wilderness 
beyond the Mississippi. After becom- 
ing exem])t from duty by age and lim- 
itation, he came to the vicinity of Beaver, 
Pa., where he resided for a number of 
years. Although no scholar, he con- 
versed readily in some half a dozen dif- 
ferent languages — French, Spanish, 
Cienuan, Portuguese, Italian, and Kng- 
lish — acquired during his rovings as a 
sailor in various (quarters of the glolie. 

Anderson, Hon. Walker, Pensacola, 
Fa., Jan. 18, iv. — . A native of Va., but 
for many years a resident of this state. 
Judge Anderson was ever one of its 



most prominent and distinguished citi- 
zens, for a time filling the office oi" chief 
justice of the Supreme Court. A Chris- 
tian gentleman, a lawyer of eminent 
ability, and ever foremost in the advo- 
cacy of measures of general weal, his 
memory demands no eulogy at the 
hands of the public journalist, for liis 
name and character are familiar to aU. 

Andreav, Wm. A., N. Orleans, 

— , a'. — . He was well known for his 
firmness, reliability, high sense of justice, 
unwavering attachment to friends, and 
nice sense of honor. His character was 
deserving of the highest encomiums and 
greatest respect. As a merchant, Mr. 
Andrew had secured for himself and the 
house of which he was the senior part- 
ner a very liigh place, and on public as 
well as ])rivate grounds, the demise of 
such a citizen at any time is a serious 
loss, for in all thing's he was thoroughly 
identified with N. Orleans. 

Andrews, Dea. Pet-er, BaUstown, N. 
Y., March 24, a^. 76. 

Andrews, Mrs. Mary, Frankfort, 
Me., March — , a^. 83. 

Andrews, Mrs. Sarah, Marietta, O., 
Feb. 26, a?. 76, wife of the late Rev. 
Wm. Andrews. 

Andrews, Mrs. ]\Iary, Kennebunk- 
port. Me., a^. 64, Avidow of the late Capt. 
Ebenezer Andrews. 



JOSEPH K. ANGELL, ESQ., 

Boston, May 1, {t\ 63. Mr. Angell was 
born in Providence, April 30, 1794, be- 
ing a lineal descendant of John Angell, 
one of the earliest settlers of the town, 
and at the time of his death he had just 
entered upon the sixty-fourth year of his 
age. He graduated at BroAvn Univer- 
sity in tlie class of 1813, and having 
studied law in the office of the late Hon. 
Thomas Burgess, he was admitted to 
the bar in 1S16. Though we lielieve he 
never engaged in the practice of his pro- 
fession, he Mas exceedingly fond of ju- 
risprudence as a study. i*'or many of 
its investigations his mind was singu- 
larly fitted, and in several special 
branches of the science he had made 
large acquisitions. He was eilitor of 
the " United States Law Intelligencer 
and Review," from 1829 to 1831, and 
also for several years rejiorter to the 
Su])reme Court of R. I., being the first 
who received that appointment, and the 



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[1857.] 



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11 



editor of the earliest volume of the 11. 
I. Reports. 

Ha was distinguished throughout his 
life for his rare simplicity of character, 
his kindly feeHiigs to all around him, 
his attich'.nent to liis friends, and his 
singul vr freedom from aU prejudice or 
malevolence of spirit. His Hfe was 
sohtary; the members of his imme- 
diate family had long ago' passed away, 
and he was, we believe, without any 
near relatives ; but in his unobtrusive 
career, he hid never made an enemy, 
and his amiable qualities had won for 
him mmy valuable friends, who were 
strongly attached to him, and took a 
lively interest in all his fortunes. 
Among those who knew him best, it has 
been rem irked that no small part of 
the intellictual power which his writ- 
ings display arose from the singular 
honesty and directness of his nature. 
He brought to eveiy subject upon 
which lie wrote a sincere and earnest de- 
sire to ascertain and express the simple 
truth ; and under the influence of this 
spirit did he prosecute his inquiries 
upon the several important branches of 
law which liis waitings hive done so 
much to explain. Tliis childlike sim- 
plicity in action might have som3tiraes 
made him the dupe of the artful, but 
in th? search for legal truth it secured 
for him many great advantages. 

As a legal writer, Mr. Angell has 
acquired a wide and enduring reputa- 
tion, and as such his name is honorably 
known, not only throughout the United 
States, but also in Great Britain, whei'e, 
as we have had the opportunity to know, 
his works have repeatedly received the 
most flattering commendations. The 
subjects which he has treated are aU of 
unusual practical importance, and the 
selection of such subjects is of itself a 
flvvorable indication of the cast of his 
mind and the character of his judg- 
ment. His pubHshed works, as well as 
we can now recall them, relate to the 
" Law of Watercourses," the " Law of 
Tide Waters," the " Law of Private Cor- 
porations," the " Limitations of Actions 
at Law and in Equity and Admiraltv," 
the " Law of Carriers," and the " Law 
of Fire and Life Insurance." These 
are the honorable achievements of his 
life, and, what is no common proof of 
success for any writer, each one of 
them, on its fh'st pubhcation, has im- 



mediately become an authority, and 
I taken a high position in the legal Ut- 
erature of the age. Of the treatises 
we have named above, that on " Water- 
courses " was first pubHshed in 1824, 
and has passed through four editions ; 
that on "Tide Waters" was pub- 
Hshed, we behove, in 1829; and it 
j passed to a second edition in 1847. The 
work on " Corporations," in the prep- 
aration of Avhich he was associated with 
I Hon. Samuel Ames, the present chief 
' justice of the state, was first published 
j in 1832, and has passed through five 
I ecHtions ; that on " Limitations " first 
appeared in 1839, and had reached a 
[ third edition in 18.34 ; the excellent 
; treatise on the " Law of Carriers by 
I Land and by Sea," in many respects 
! the most widely useful of his works, 
was first pubHshed in 1849 ; the fii'st 
edition being soon exhausted, a second 
was issued in 1851, and a tlurd has 
already passed through the press, and 
is on the eve of publication by Messrs. 
Little & Brown, of Boston. His latest 
pubHshed work is that on the " Law of 
Fire and Life Insurance," wliich was 
issued in 18o4, and was received with 
such favor that a second edition was 
demanded, and made its appearance 
within a year from the date of the first. 
In addition tg, these weU-known 
works, which constitute the basis of his 
reputation, he was, at the time of his 
death, engaged in the preparation of 
an elaborate treatise on the " Law of 
Highways," a subject which, in the 
present condition of society, ranks in 
importance among the foremost of 
those to which his writings relate. 
This W'Ork, we beHeve, is nearly aU 
written, and some of the early chapters 
are already printed. It was, as has 
been intimated, in order to attend to 
the passage of tliis volume through the 
press, that he had gone to Boston on 
the day of his death. 

We have already referred to the high 
estimation in w liich these works of ^Ir. 
Angell are held by the members of the 
legal profession. We have repeatedly 
heard gentlemen of eminent legal and 
jucHcial position, both in his state and 
in Massachusetts, express the opinion 
that, after Story and Kent, no common 
law writer is so widely known or so 
highly respected. Lord Brougham 
also, while lord chancellor of England, 



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ASBERY 



pronounced liis treatise on the " Lim- 
itations of Actions " to be " much the 
best treatise on that important sulyect 
h\ the I'n^iish language.'' Ilis fame is 
thus not only an honor to his native 
state, but forms no inconsiderable item 
in the juridical reputation of the 
country. 

Ankexy, Mr., Clearspring, Md., 
July 11, vs. 70. Mr. Ankeny was a 
very respectable former, extensively 
known and universally esteemed in liis 
portion of the country. His history is 
intimately connected with its growth. 
Commencing life M"hen the log cabin 
and the shed were tlie only dwellings, 
when the native forests encroached 
upon the diminutive fields of the farm- 
er, he lived long enough, and contrib- 
uted in no small measure, to open the 
hoed fields redeemed from the rock 
and stump of the wilderness, to erect 
the snug farm houses and capacious 
barns wliich stud the country ; to culti- 
vate successfully the stubborn soil 
wliich now pelds abundant harvests, 
and which enables that vicinity to com- 
pare favorably with other favored sec- 
tions of our country. As a farmer, 
Mr. Ankeny stood almost unrivalled. 
His untiring industry, acute observa- 
tion, and long experience, enabled him 
to succeed Mhen others failed, and to 
gather round him a handsome fortune 
by his own unaided exertions. He 
possessed talents which, if cultivated, 
would have insured him an enviable 
distinction in any pursuit of life ; as 
it was, his strong common sense and 
clear perception enabled him, although 
at an advanced age, to undertake and 
successfully carry out projects from 
which the young and the vigorous 
would have shrunk with fear. As is 
usual with a strong intellect, he main- 
tained tlie vigor of his faculties up to 
the last moment of his existence, his 
mind remaining clear and unclouded in 
the frail fabi'ic that Mas tuml)ling to 
ruin around it. Although in affluent 
circumstances, he was plain and unos- 
tentatious in his life and habits, was 
kind to the poor — none asked for assist- 
ance witiiout receiving it — benevolent 
and obliging to a fault, ever ready to 
incur a heavy responsil)ility to save a 
friend from ruin. His death left a void 
in the circle of friends and in the 
sphere of usefulness wliich could not 



readily be filled, and the community 
sustained a loss Avhich will be only the 
more felt as time advances. A long 
list of descendants, some fifty or sixty 
in number, doAvn even to the third gen- 
eration, were left to mourn his loss. 
Friends, neighbore, and acquaintances, 
united in paying their last tribute of 
respect to the departed, in the long 
train that accompanied his remains to 
the neigh])oring cemetery, where he 
sleeps in full view of the land where he 
so long toiled. There let him sleep. 
There is no sweeter resting place. In 
the gorgeous cemetery, the marble 
tomb ancl sarcophagus, are enclosed the 
remains of the wealthy and distin- 
guished citizen, as a testimonial of his 
fonner position in life, while in the 
coinitry gravej'ard, the sod grows 
green upon the grave of the farmer, 
nature's own emblem of silent and un- 
pretending worth. 

AxKRiM, Hon. Joel L., Philadelphia, 

Pa., 14, ae. 46. President judge 

of the Eleventh Judicial District in 
Texas. 

Armiger, Wesley F., Peoria, 111., 
Jan. 9, a^. 27, youngest son of Benja- 
min Armiger, of Baltimore. 

Armistead, i\Irs. Joanna T., Nor- 
folk, Ya., April 1, to. 72, Avidow of the 
late William A. Armistead. 

Arnell, James B., at Columbia, 

Tenn., , se. — . He was a young 

man just commencing his career, and 
gave every indication of promise and 
of future eminence in his profession. 

Arnold, Mrs. Cataline, Albany, X. 
Y., Jan. 29, ce. 94, widow of the' late 
Isaac Arnold. 

Arnold, Henry, Lancaster, O., Sept. 
8, IP. 82. He had been a most reputa- 
ble citizen for the last fifty years, and 
died lamented by all who recognize the 
value of goodness, justice, and truth. 

Arnold, Hiram, Albany, N. Y., 
Mar. 17, a>. 51, the oldest son of the 
late Gen. B. Arnold, of Amsterdam. 

Arnold, Mrs. Susan P., Covington, 
Ky., at the residence of Dr. lilack- 
burne, Feb. 4, a>. 80. She was the 
widow of the late Thomas Arnold, for 
many years the clerk of the Bourbon 
Circuit Court. 

AsBERY, Mrs. Mary, Hunt Co., Tex., 
Aug. 18, a>. — , wife of Itcv. J. A. As- 
bery. Mrs. Asbery was the daughter 
of Jacob Houfl'er, Esq., and Mas born 
in Mar\ land, near HagerstOMii. 



ASHCRAFT 



[1857.] 



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13 



AsHCRAFT, Dr. N. B., Northfield, 
Vt., Mar. 11, tc. 69. 

AsiiLKY, Mrs. Ann E., BrookljTi, N. 
Y., Aug. 18, a\ 61, relict of the late 
Capt. Richard Asliley, U. S. army, and 
daun^hter of James Robinson, Esq., 
formerly of Xewport. 

AsiLMEUE, Jolin, Pliiladelphia, Pa., 
Feb. 9, a?. 73. 

AsKEY, Samuel, Snowshoe Town- 
ship, Pa., May 28, se. 81 yrs. 3 ms., 
was born in Path Valley, Franklin (then 
Northumberland) Co., Pa. He was 
for some time in the service of his 
country under Gen. Harrison, and after 
his services were no longer required, he 
returned to the place of his nativity. 
He afterwards visited the wilds of the 
SnoM'shoe country, with a view of seek- 
ing a new home. He settled about one 
mile from the Little or Black Moshan- 
non, and 17 miles from the Bald Eagle 
Valley, the then nearest settlement. 
He was one of the first two settlers 
that followed in the trail of the In- 
dians, they having left but a short time 
previous, leaving their hunting grounds 
to be occupied by the wliite man. The 
life of Mr. Askey as a pioneer and hunt- 
er would compare with that of Daniel 
Boone or Col. Crockett. Many of the 
most thrilling adventures Avith, and hair- 
breadth escapes from, the wild denizens 
of the forest, have been heard from the 
lips of the deceased by the writer. He 
carried with him to the grave scars, the 
results of wounds received in several 
contests with panthers, in which his 
life depended on his own presence of 
mind, and the faithfulness of his dog. 
Much of his time was spent in hunting, 
which proved the most lucrative busi- 
ness in which he could engage in his 
new home. He killed, during the time 
he lived in Snowshoe, 60 panthers, 98 
wolves, (to tliis the records of Centre 
Co. win bear testimony,) about 500 
deer, and a large number of bears — 
the precise number could not be ascer- 
tained, but in a statement given by 
himself to the writer, he sold, in one 
season, 2700 weight of bear's meat. 

Athox, Mrs. Rebecca, Indianapolis, 
Ind., June 10, a?. — , a very excellent 
and estimable lady, and her loss Avas se- 
verely felt by her husband, son, daugh- 
ters, relatives, and personal friends. 

Atkins, Mrs. Lydia Dyke, Putnam, 
Ct., June 18, widow of the late Rev. 
Mr. Atkins, ae. 82. 



Atkins, William Dexter, Sing Sing, 
N. Y., Mar. 3, a-. 69. 

Atkins, Mr. John, East Boston, Ms., 
Sept. 5, oe. 60. He was a native of 
Truro, Ms., and followed the sea many 
years, both as a fisherman and a whaler. 
Having acquired a moderate compe- 
tency, he retired from the sea, and set- 
tled in Provincetown, Mhich he repre- 
sented several sessions in the legisla- 
ture. During the coUectorsliip of the 
late Philip Greeley, he filled an office in 
the Boston custom house, and during 
the past 15 years has resided in East 
Boston. He Avas 60 years of age at 
the time of his death ; his father, moth- 
er, brothers, and sisters are yet living ; 
he is the first of the family Avho has 
died. His father is 88, and mother 86 
years old ; they had six cliildren — 
three of each sex. He Avas a man of 
gi'eat mental fortitude, acquu-ed, no 
doubt, by early famiUarity Avith danger. 

Atkinson, Dea. Josiah L., New- 
buryport, Mass., Jan. 18, a^. 65. 

Atkinson, Maj. S. W., of RusseU- 
ville. Ivy., Oct. 2, se. — , one of the oldest 
and most highly esteemed citizens. He 
was a gentleman of many ennobling 
qualities, and his death is sincerely la- 
mented by a large circle of friends. 

Atkinson, Mrs. Jane, of St. Stephen 
Parish, Cecil Co., Md., Avife of the 
Rev. John Atkinson, and onh' daughter 
of Dr. ]M. Barr, of Middletown, Del., 
Feb. 1, 80. — . 

Atwater, Mrs. Belinda, Circleville, 
O., Jan. 5, ae. 69, Avife of Caleb AtAvater, 
Esq. 

AuLABAUGH, Dr. James S., Green- 
field, 111., Jan. 1, a?. 29, formerly of 
Berkeley Springs, Morgan Co. 

AULT, Frederic, Knoxville, Ten., Jan. 
31, ae. 72. He Avas an industrious and 
worthy citizen, and an honest man, and 
passed away from earth quietly and 
peacefully, without a struggle or a 
groan, with no di-ead of death, feeling 
that " all was well." 

Austin, Mrs. Hannah, Queensburj', 
N. Y., Jan. 1, ae. 102. She Avas born 
in Washington Co., and resided over 
60 years in Queensbury. She was 
perfectly familiar with the stii-ring 
scenes of the revolution, and lived to 
see a small band, battling for liberty, 
become a mighty and poAverful nation, 
able to defend, if Avilling, that freedom 
that was bought Avith choice blood. 

Austin, Mrs. H. B., West Spring- 



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[18.^7.] 



AYER 



-, CO. 29, Avife of John 



field, Mass., — 
A. Austin. 

Austin, Elijah, Madbury, N. H.,Feb. 
8, rp. 72, Avus repeatedly elected to offices 
of trust and honor by the citizens of 
his town and county, and was exten- 
sively known and esteemed for his 
probity and worth. 

AcsTiN, Kev. James B., Logan, O., 
Sept. 27, IS. 51. 

Austin, Mrs. M. A., New Orleans, 
Feb. 16, iP. — , widow of the late Wm. 
Austin, formerly of Boston, Mass. 

Austin, Mrs. Rebecca, Boston, 
Mass., Feb. 6, te. 90. ! 

Avery, Hon. Barton F., Chardon, 
N. Y., April 12, ■£. 60, was born in Au- 
rora, Cayuga Co., N. Y. He came to 
this county in 1818, and settled at 
Parkman, where he married the wife ' 
who now survives hiin, and resided 
until 1834, when he removed to Char- 
don, and continued a resident until 
his decease. Possessing more than 
ordinary intelligence, great integrity | 
and uprightness of character, with a 
peculiarly mild, quiet, unassuming and 
unpretending disposition, he acquired 
the general esteem and confidence of 
his fellow-citizens, which was mani- 
fested by conferring upon him several 
important offices, among Mhich he was ! 
twice appointed an associate judge of 
the county, and discharged the duties of 
that office satisfactorily to the people, 
and creditably to himself. j 

Avery, Henry C, Hudson, N. Y., \ 
Sept. 16, fp. 54, a member of the com- , 
mon council. 

•Avery, George, Plainfield, N. H., 
Jan. 19, ;e. 98. lie was a soldier of the 
revolution, and it is said, cast his vote at 
every presidential election since the for- 
mation of the government. He went five ) 
miles to vote for Fremont and Dayton. 

Avery, Joshua, Monument, Mass., 
July 11, a?. 97. Mr. A. was a revolu- 
tionary ])ensioner, and was, at the time 
of his decease, the oldest person in the 
town, and probably in the county. 

Avery, John S., Bridgeport, Ct, I 
April 14, iP. 79. ! 

Avery, John J., Groton, Ct., Oct. 25, 
IE. 89. Mr. Avery was one of the in- 
teresting links which connect the pres- 
ent age with the stirring, trying limes 
of tile revolution, and it is ])roper that 
such sliould receive a passing notice as 
they leave us. The men who formed 



their cliaracter and habits in those 
times were, many of them, distinguished 
for unyielding integrity and devoted 
patriotism. 'I'liey held in just abhor- 
rence the petty demagogueism and pan- 
dering of principle for place, spoils, and 
power, so common now. Mr. Aveiy 
was a man of most active and industri- 
ous habits. His characteristics were 
preeminently those of the men and of 
the age in which his early habits were 
formed. The father of Mr. Avery, Eli- 
jah Avery, vith eight other family rel- 
atives of the name of Avery, fell in the 
massacre at Fort Griswold, on Groton 
Heights, Sept. 6, 1781, leaving him, at 
12 years of age, to take his father's 
place upon the farm, and to provide for 
the family. Living near Fort Gris- 
wold, and directly opposite Fort Trum- 
bull, through the reAolutionary Avar, and 
the Avar of 1812, Avhen Ncav London 
and Groton sufiered so much, and re- 
taining distinctly in his mind the circum- 
stances of that cruel and most shameful 
massacre at Fort GrisAvold, and of sub- 
sequent events in both Avars, he learned 
to be earnest and decided. He took 
discriminating vicAvs of Ufe. It Avas to 
him real and earnest. He Avas not one 
to fioat Avith the current. He had no 
patience Avith indecision, vacillation, 
indolence, shiftlessness, and the vicious 
habits so often associated Avith these 
chai'acteristics. Those in his emjiloy 
inclined to these things, found them- 
selves in an uncomfortable position. 
His hopes for the future all rested upon 
the doctrines of an evangelical i'aith. 
With these characteristics, he trained 
up a large family of children, Avho have 
all become industrious, valuable, Clms- 
tian citizens. 

AxTON, Jeremiah, Grafton, Va., Feb. 
10, ;p. 85, Avas born in the eastern part 
of Va., and at an early day emigrated 
to AVestern Peinisylvania, Avhcre he re- 
sided about 50 years. He served in 
the army commanded by Gen. Harrison, 
in the last war Avith Great Britain. Mr. 
Axton Avas a plain, industrious, upright 
man, and a good citizen. 

AvKR.Eli, M. I)., Palermo, Me., May 
28, a". 67. He Avas no ordinary man ; 
he Avas strong in person, vigorous in 
mind, and strikingly exact in morals. 
For many years, lie Avas an accom- 
])lished and successful farmer, an emi- 
nent practising physician, and a very 



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15 



practical and convincing preacher. 
Such were his energy and firmness of 
character, that in all business depart- 
ments of life he was quite sure to suc- 
ceed. He was for more than 40 years 
a resident of Palermo, and for more 
than 3-3 years a member of the church 
on earth. His purpose never wavered, 
his patience allowed no murmur, and 
liis faith knew no doubt, through a se- 
vere and protracted sickness. In his 
last illness, he suffered extremely, but 
departed qidetly, and now rests in 
peace. 

Ayer, Rev. Philip, ]\lonmouth. Me., 
March o, te. 78. 

Ayers, Peter, Shaker Village, N. H., 
Sept. 14, SB. 97. He was one of the 
founders of the society of Shakers, 
having been a member of that frater- 
nity upwards of seventy years. He 
was a most powerful, athletic man, and 
one of the few survivors of those who 
took part in the American revolution. 

Aylswortii, Mr. Sylvester, Utica, 
N. Y., Jan. — , a?. 67. He had been a 
resident of Utica for over 30 years, and 
was one of the oldest merchants. Scru- 



pulously honest in his dealings with his 
fellow-men, he enjoyed in a large de- 
gree the respect of his fellow-citizens. 

Ayres, Hon. A., Fredericktown, Knox 
Co., O., Sept. 13, SB. 77 yrs. 7 mos., 
was born in the state of Pa., from which 
he emigrated in 1808, and located on 
the site wliich afterwards became the 
village of Fredericktown, in wliich he 
lived until the day of his decease, hav- 
ing spent half a century in one place. 
Judge Ayres was a man of unassuming 
manners, quiet in his deportment, deal- 
ing justice to all men. In the war of 
1812, he acted as an officer in his coun- 
try's service, the duties of which he 
discharged with fidelity, and v.ith the 
approbation and esteem of his country- 
men. He served the county as asso- 
ciate judge for many years, and as post- 
master of Fredericktown over 40 years, 
thus winning the confidence that the 
public placed in him as a man of trust. 
He bore his afflictions with great pa- 
tience, seldom uttering a word, though 
suffering the most excruciating pain 
from chronic disease of the bowels, 
which finally resulted in di'opsy. 



B. 



Babb, Col. Peter, Baltimore, Md. 



-, (E. — . He was a native of Philadel- 
phia, but came to Baltimore a number of 
years ago, and for a long time was iden- 
tified with the citizen soldiery. Up to two 
years ago, he was captain of the WeUs 
and McComas llifies, and since that 
time, has had command of the rifie 



regnnent. 



Babcock, John, Wilson's Beach, 
CampobeUo, , ve. 87. 

Babcock, Mrs. Mary, WiUimantic, 
Conn., March 3, ae. 83. 

Babcock, Peleg B., Bridgewater, N. 
Y., April 2, ae. 42, member of assembly 
from the 2d district of Oneida Co. 

Babcock, Samuel, Middletown, 
Conn., March 14, se. 69, late collector 
of the port. 

Babcock, Dea. Stanton P., Syracuse, 
N. Y., April 7, a?. 78. 

Bachtell, Rev. Joseph J., Markels- 
burg, Huntingdon Co., Pa., July 7,iB. 27. 
The following notice is from the Report 
of a Special Committee of the Alle- 
ghany EvangeUcal Lutheran Synod of 
Pennsylvania : — 



" Beloved Brethren : Another watch- 
man upon Zion's walls has fallen. For 
the second time since the organization 
of our synod, are we called upon to 
mourn the death of one of our mem- 
bers. God has entered into our midst, 
and, by the unsparing hand of death, 
removed from time to eternity our be- 
loved brother in the ministry of recon- 
ciliation, J. J. Bachtell. No more shall 
Ave see his face in the flesh ; in the 
prime of his manhood, in the midst of 
his usefulness, and the successful pros- 
ecution of his ministry, he was cut 
down. He rests from his labors, and 
his works do follow him. Brother 
Bachtell was born in Washington Co., 
Md., and in early life was admitted into 
the church by Rev. J. P. Cline. He 
pursued his studies for some years at 
Pennsylvania College, and prepared for 
entering the ministry under the direc- 
tion of the Rev. P. Sahm. He was set 
apart for the preaching of the everlast- 
ing gospel, at the session of our synod 
at Altoona, in 1854, was ordained at 



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BATLEY 



McConnt'lIsburg in 1856, married on 
the 12th of ^lay, and completed his 
earthly career at ^larkclsburg, Hunting- 
ton Co., on the 7th day of July, 1857, 
at the age of twenty-eight years. 
"WTiilst \ve deplore the early and unex- 
pected death of our beloved brother in 
the Lord, and humbly submit to the 
dispensation of divine Providence 
■which has removed him from among us, 
and mourn liis loss, Ave do it not as 
those who have no hope in his death. 
His death speaks to each of us in the 
language of inspiration, ' Be ye also 
ready, for in such an hour as ye think 
not, the Son of man cometh.' " 

Backexstos, Col. J. B., Portland, 0. 
T., Sept. 26, iP. — , was drowned in the 
Willamette Kiver. CoL Backenstos was 
formerly sheriff' of Hancock Co., 111., 
and as such officer, was prominent in 
the Mormon troubles in the state, in 
1845. In the fall of that year, at the 
head of a posse, he gave an order to 
fu'e upon a body resisting his authority. 
A Capt. ]\Iorrell was killed. Col. B. 
was indicted for his murder, and tried 
in Peoria Co., and fully acquitted. In 
May, 1840, he was appointed captain in 
the Mounted Kifles by President Polk, 
and served in Mexico. He was bre- 
veted major " for gallant and meritori- 
ous conduct in the battles of Contreras 
and Chcrubusco," and lieutenant col- 
onel " for gallant and meritorious con- 
duct in the battle of Chepultepec," 
where he was wounded. In 1849, he 
went to Oregon with his regiment, and 
in 1851, resigned his commission. 

Backhocse, J. B., Alleghany Co., Pa., 
, a>. — . Mr. B. served as a mem- 
ber of the House of Keprcscntativcs the 
winter previous to his death, to wliich 
office he was reelected. 

Backus, Samuel, Trenton, N. J., 

— , PC. — , principal of the academy. 

Bacox, Hon. Asa, New Haven, 
Conn., Feb. 5, ix\ 86. Mr. Bacon Avas 
one of the most eminent survivors of the 
golden age of the Litchfield bar, and 
his name, and that of his family, has 
many pleasant associations in that vil- 
lage, to secure for it remembrance and 
per])ctuity. 

Bacon, Clark, Somerville, Mass., 
March 2, a*. — . 

Bacon, Sarah, wife of J. V. Bacon, 
Brooklyn, May 18, iv. 72. 

Badauaque, Dr. Thomas, at quaran- 



tine at Deer Island, Boston, Mass., Oct. 
22, sc. — , of Philadelpliia. He was 
landed from the brig Ellen Jane, from 
Truxillo, on the 2()th. 

Badkau, j\lrs. Anna, Louisboro', 
Westchester Co., N. Y., June 6, iv. 52, 
widow of the late Benj. Badeau. 

Badger, Enoch, Eastford, Ct., 3»Iarch 
1, (P. 83, formerly of Springfield, Mass. 

Badger, Giles, Girard, Pa., Nov. 30, 
a^. 88. Mr. B. was a native of Conn., 
whence he early removed to Saratoga 
Co., N. Y., and thence to this county, 
Avhere he arrived 60 years ago, and lo- 
cated himself in the neighborhood of 
Lexington. Upon the surrender of 
I Hull, he entered the army, and served 
under Gen. Harrison. Through his 
I long life, he enjoyed the confidence and 
respect of liis fellows, both as a mem- 
I ber of the M. E. church and a citizen, 
and in peace and Chi-istian hope he 
passed aAvay. 

Badger, Mrs. Manila, Avife of Dr. 
Charles B. Badger, MishaAvaka, Ind., 
June 23, w. 44. 

Badger, Samuel, Kittery, Me., Sept. 
27, ss. 63. Well knoAA-n as an eminent 
sliip-builder, an enterprising citizen, 
and Clu'istian gentleman. 

Baggerly, Mrs. Rebecca, Fayette- 
ville, Tenn., Jan. 3, ae. 96. She Avas 
born Jan. 5, 1761, in Montgomery Co., 
]\Id., Avas married to David Baggerly, 
May 19, 1782, emigrated Avith her hus- 
band to North Carolina in 1805, and 
remained there until 1819, Avhen she re- 
moved to Lincoln Co., Tenn. Slie em- 
braced rehgion, and joined the Baptist 
chmxh about the year 1822, and con- 
tinued an acceptable member of that 
church until the day of her deatji. 
Possessed of a naturally vigorous 
mind, she enjoyed its full strength to 
the end. She recollected the adoption 
of the Declaration of Independence, as 
Avell as many incidents connected Avith 
the revolutionary Avar, her husband 
having been an active participant in 
that struggle, for which services she 
Avas in receipt of a regular pension 
from the government. 

Baii.ey, Mrs. Anna M., Avife of Dr. 
E. P. Bailey, New York, Feb. 7, ss. — . 

]i\ii,EY, Mrs. Betsey, Nonvich, Ct., 
Maj' 3, tr. 55. 

Baii.icy, Prof. Jacob AYliitman, West 
Point, Feb. 2(5, a^. 45. 

Bailey, Jonathan, Bui-ley's Springs, 



BAILEY 



[1857.] 



BAILEY 



17 



Florence, Ala., Oct. 12, vc. 75. He was 
a native of Faqiiier Co., Va., removed 
to Lauderdale Co., Ala., in 1818, and 
settled at Iris late residence about the 
year 1821. 

Bailey, Rev. Kiah, Hardwick, Vt., 
Aug. 17, fT. 87. He was the second 
son of Charles and Abigail BaQey, and 
was born in Brookfiekl, Mass., West 
Parish, March 11, 1770, and was dedi- 
cated to God in inflmcy. He removed, 
W"ith his parents, to Haverhill, N. H., 
in 1775, when the country was a wilder- 
ness. In 1783, his father removed, 
with his family, to Newbury, Vt., where 
he was lavored with a common school 
education, and where he fitted for col- 
lege, under the instruction of llev. 
Jacob Wood, minister of the place. 
While pursuing liis preparatory studies, 
he taught tlie fii'st school ever kept in 
Ryegate, Vt., 1789. He entered Dart- 
mouth College in the autumn of the 
same year, and graduated at that insti- 
tution 1793, with the honor of deliver- 
ing the Greek oration. It was during 
his sophomore year, in the autumn of 
1790, that, after a long and painful law 
work, as he himself expressed it, " the 
rebellion of liis heart was hopefully 
conquered, and grace — fi-ee, sovereign 
grace triumphed." From tliis moment, 
his whole soul was set on the work of 
the ministry, and in October, 1793, 
immediately after he graduated, he 
commenced the study of theology with 
Rev. Dr. Emmons, of Franklin, Mass., 
and was admitted into his church in 
May, 1794. The next month, June, 
1794, he was licensed to preach by the 
Mendon Association, and delivered his 
first sermon at the West Parish, Taun- 
ton, Mass. He had calls to settle in 
iMilford, Northampton, Cornish, and 
Ashby, Mass., but he chose his field of 
labor among the feeble and destitute 
churches of the then Province of Me. 
He was ordained pastor of the Congre- 
gational church in Newcastle, Me., Oct. 
7, 1797, at that time a church of three 
persons only, besides the pastor. The 
little vine, by God's blessing on his la- 
bors, was increased, not a hundred, but 
sixty fold, before the time of his dis- 
niission, Mhich was at his own request, 
in 1824. Several revivals had been 
enjoyed, particularly one in 1816 and 
1817, which was of special power and 
extent. After leaving Me., Mr. Bailey 
2* 



preached two years and a half at 
Greensboro', Vt., three years and a 
half at Thornton, N. H., and retmTied 
in 1833, and settled on a farm in Hard- 
wick, Vt., where his parents died, and 
where he chose to close his own earth- 
ly pilgrimage. From this time, he 
preached only occasionally, in vacant 
congregations, but kept up his interest 
in the enterprises of the church, and 
the objects of reform, tUl the very close 
of liis earthly career. FeM' men in the 
state of Me, have been more exten- 
sively engaged in all the benevolent 
movements of the churches there than 
]Mr. Bailey. He was a representative 
from Me. to the legislature of Mass. in 
1819 and 1820; a member of the 
board of overseers of Bowdoin College 
eight or nine years ; acted at the elec- 
tion of the first, second, and tliird jn-es- 
idents of the college. He was presi- 
dent of the Elaine Missionary Society; 
Avas one of the board of trustees ; w^as 
one of the trustees of the ^Vlaine Char- 
ity School, and also secretary of the 
same ; he was a trustee of the Society 
for Theological Education in Maine, in- 
stituted June 27, 1811, incorporated 
Feb. 27, 1812, and was its secretary 
several jears. This was the first edu- 
cation society in New England. Mr. 
Bailey labored hard, journeyed, wTote, 
prayed, and suppUcated Avith God and 
man, and finally merged the society 
into the Bangor Institution, which was 
incorporated by the INlassachusetts 
legislature Feb. 4, 1814. Mr. Bailey 
was named in the charter as one of the 
trustees — was the secretary, for five or 
six years, of the board of trustees. He 
di-ew up the by-laws, and did what he 
could to make it a rich blessing to the 
church. The leading spirit in the con- 
cern, and one who corresponded more, 
and labored more abundantly, than any 
other man to build it up, lived at New- 
castle. His wife, than whom few better 
or more devoted women have been 
found in her times, obtained over two 
thousand dollars, which she paid into 
the treasury as a female charity fund. 
The Lincoln and Kennebec ReHgious 
Tract Society was mstituted ^lay, 1802, 
and printed and distributed about 
30,000 tracts. The work of selecting, 
preparing, printing, and distributing 
these tracts, rested very much on ]Mr. 
Bailey, as secretary. The Chiistian 



18 



BAILEY 



[1857.] BAILIIACHE 



Monitor, a magazine published by the 
Maine Missionary Society six or seven 
years, and wliich did much to promote 
the cause, rested very much on Mr. 
Bailey, for matter and for distribution, 
though others were associated. For 
several years, Mr. Bailey was one of 
the sub-committee to aid in locating 
and directing the missionaries sent by 
the Massachusetts Missionary Society 
into Maine. About the year 1802, Mr. 
Bailey commenced an effort to estabhsh 
an academy in Newcastle. As this was 
to be the academy for the county, they 
had powerful competitors. But Mr. 
Bailey succeeded, and secured an act 
of incorporation, and a fund of about 
tliirteen thousand dollars, for the Lin- 
coln County Academy. Ilev. Daniel 
Haskel, subsequently president of Bur- 
lington College, was the &st preceptor, 
and Rev. Ur. Beman, of Troy, was the 
second. Rev. Mr. Bailey was secre- 
tary, treasurer, and agent of this in- 
stitution for about twenty years, and 
when he left Newcastle, it was a 
prosperous school. In 1794, he mar- 
ried Abigail Goodhue, daughter of 
Hezekiah, of Newburyport, by whom 
he had two twin sons, born !March 7, 
1 798 ; but they both died in their in- 
fancy. Mrs. Bailey was early bereft of 
both parents, but she enjoyed the pa- 
rental attention and instruction of Rev. 
Samuel Ho])kins, D. D., and Rev. Dr. 
Spring, of whose church she Avas a 
member, and on the model of these 
men her mind was formed. She had a 
very retentive memory, a lively, chas- 
tened imagination, an ardent, un- 
quenchable thirst for knowledge. She 
became a ready writer, and left at her 
death many volumes of manuscripts, 
diaries, &c. She loved and read her 
Bible much ; Avas a strict observer of 
the Sabl)ath, always at meeting, if pos- 
si])le ; loved to do good ; was active in 
all benevolent movements ; never tired. 
Her heart was always warm. Her last 
sickness was short, and she fell asleep 
in Jesus most peacefully, on the 18th 
of March, 1<S-1(), at IlardAvick, Vt., iv. 
89 years and 10 montlis — a superior 
and very excellent woman. Rev. Mr. 
Bailey's ])ul)lished works were nine 
single sermons, two doctrinal sermons, 
and two ordination sermons. 

Baii.ey, Nathan, Haverhill, Ms., 

— , a>. 8G. 



Bailey, Col. Stephen, AYcst Ames- 
bury, Mass., postmaster, , a'. 65. 

Bailiiache, Hon. Jolm, Alton, 111., 
Sept. 1, a". — . Judge Bailhache was of 
Norman descent, and a native of the Isl- 
and of Guernsey ; but at an early day 
he emigrated to the United States, and 
made liis home in Ohio. Before the 
age of twenty-one years, we believe, he 
purchased and took charge of the Sci- 
oto (Oliio) Gazette, and conducted it 
most successl'ully during the troublous 
politics Avhich then agitated the coun- 
try. At that day, newspapers were 
scarce, and the Gazette was one of the 
leading papers of the west. "WTien the 
state capitol was changed from Chilli- 
cothe, " the ancient metropolis," to Co- 
lumbus, Judge Bailhache sold out the 
Gazette, and removing to the latter 
place, took charge of the Oliio State 
Journal, wliich he edited with distin- 
guished ability, and hearty acceptance 
to the party of which it Avas the mouth- 
piece. He was a confidential friend 
of Henry Clay, with Mhom he kept up 
a constant correspondence, and he was, 
we believe, the first journalist to pro- 
pose and hoist the distinguished states- 
man's name for the presidency. From 
Columbus, Judge Bailhache removed 
with liis family to Alton, in 1837, where 
he has ever since resided. In that 
year, he assumed the proprietorship of 
the old Alton Telegraph, Avhich was 
then one of the leading whig organs of 
the state, and he continued to be con- 
nected Avith it until 18i5o, Avhen he re- 
tired from the tripod. As the editor of 
the Telegra])h, he labored vigorously 
and Avith untiring perseverance for the 
advancement and prosperity of Illinois, 
and by liis courteous address, his pleas- 
ing manners, his benevolent disposition, 
and intrinsic goodness of heart, made 
friends of all A\ho Avere throAvn in con- 
tact Avith him. NotAvithstanding the 
sharp Avarfare of j)olitics, in which he 
Avas frequently and unavoidably en- 
gaged, even his political opponents ever 
spoke Avell of his candor and sincerity, 
and held him in the liighest personal 
esteem. As an editor and a journalist, 
he had feAV, if any, superiors among 
liis contem])ovaries. Wielding a vigor- 
ous and ready pen, and honest and 
earnest in all his jiolitical convictions, 
he Avas yet distinguished for the carefu' 
avoidance of personalities, and of everi 



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[1857.] 



BALDWIN 



19 



tiling which might give offence. In the 
private rehitions of hfe, all who knew 
him loved and admired his character. 
He Mas a truly good man. United to 
a cultivated and refined mind, and a 
geni;il chsposition, he possessed the 
Christian graces in an eminent degree. 
We knew him well, and having been 
formerly for many years associated with 
liim in business, the writer of this feels 
that he indeed lost a valued and ven- 
erable friend. 

Baily, Joab, IVhitley township, 
Greene Co., Pa., April 16, se. 75 yrs. 8 
mos. He Avas loved and esteemed as 
an honest man by all who knew him, 
as is shown by the f.ict that he held 
the office of justice of the peace for 
upwards of thirty years, as well as the 
office of county commissioner for three 
years. The deceased was one of the 
oldest citizens of the county, having 
been brought by his father from Ches- 
ter Co. when he was only 10 years old. 

Bain, Alexander, Hampsliire Co., 
Va., , a;. 79. 

Bainbridge, Mrs. Maria, New York, 
June 9, ;e. 75, widow of the late Henry 
Bainbridge, of Huntingdon Co., N. J. 

Bainbridge, Susan, Philadelpliia, 
Pa., Jan. 28, is. 81, Avidow of the late 
Commodore Bainbridge, of the U. S. 
navy, who died at Philadelphia in his 
60th year, July 27, 1833. The death 
of his widow should awaken in Amer- 
ican bosoms a proud recollection of 
Commodore B. His capture of the 
British frigate Java, his generosity to 
prisoners, and his urbanity and officer- 
like bearing at the various naval sta- 
tions where he was placed, will ever 
honor his name and profession. 

Baker, Eugene, Esq., Bradford, Vt., 
July 5, se. 65. Mr. B. had for many 
years Hved at Piermont Bridge, and 
was well known and widely respected. 

Baicer, Dr. George, Kingston, Oct. 
29, x. — . He had been a resident of 
Kingston for many years, but was an 
American — a native of New England. 
He was much respected by his fellow- 
citizens, and Avas a practitioner of skill 
and eminence. 

Baker, Col. Henry F., Portsmouth, 
O., Feb. 20, a^. 59. He AA'as born in 
Salem, Mass., in .1797, and graduated at 
Harvard College in 1815. He became 
a merchant, and tried trade in several 
places. Li 1846, he patented the Avell- 



knoAA'ii " improvement in steam boiler 
furnaces." Near 1848, he Avent to Cin- 
cinnati, became clerk in a bank, and in 
1853 and 1854, published, in tAvo parts, 
a Avork on " Banks and Banking in the 
United States," and contributed fre- 
quently to the Banker's Magazine. His 
name Avas Henry Felt ; he added Ba- 
ker, the name of liis step-father. 

Baker, Jacob, Logan toAvnship, O., 
July 12, ae. 54, AA^as one of the first set- 
tlers in the locahty in Avhich he Uved. 
Up to the time of the commencement 
of his illness, he Avas ever a useful and 
highly respected citizen, holding re- 
spectively the various offices of the 
townsliip, and, at one time, a county 
office. 

Baker, John, at Walnut Hills, O., 
ip. — . A resident of Cincinnati since 
1816. 

Baker, Margaret, June 6, se. 80. 

Baker, Martin, Monroe Co., 0., 
April 27, se. 75. 

Baldavin, Dr. A. S., Jacksonville, Fa., 
Oct. 5, fo. 43. 

Baldavin, Col. Henry E., Washing- 
ton, D. C, Feb. 12, a>. 41, for the past 
few years a resident of that city, hold- 
ing the position of assistant secretary 
to the president, to sign land patents. 

Baldavin, Jediah J., NcAvark, N. J., 
March 24, se. 70. 

Baldavin, Joshua, Columbia, O., 

— . se. 53. He AA'as born in Loudon Co., 
Va., Jan. 16, 1804. His father re- 
moved to Champaign Co., O., about 
1813. In 1820, Joshua entered the 
store of Messrs. GAvynne, at Urbaiia, as 
a clerk. In 1826, or about that time, 
he came to Columbus, and Avas a clerk 
in the store of Messrs. GAvpine & Bald- 
Avin, in Avhich his elder brother, Wil- 
liam, Avas a partner. About the year 
1828, he became a partner in the firm, 
and continued business in Columbus 
until about 1838, when he Avent to New 
York, and became a member of the 
firm of Wilson, Butler & Bakhvin, a 
house in the dry goods trade, exten- 
sively and favorably knoAvn among the 
merchants of Oliio, and of several 
Avestern states. He remained in Nbav 
York until about 1846, Avhen he re- 
turned to Columbus, where he resided 
until his death. He began poor, and 
before he retired from active business 
in NoAv York, had acquired an adequate 
fortune. He Avas tAA'ice married. His 



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[1857.] 



BARNES 



first wife was a Miss Culver, of Cliani- 
pai^'ii Co. ; his second, Miss Jane 
N'urthrup, chiu-i^hter of Moylan Xorth- 
rup, I'.sii., of Columbus, both deceased. 
He left surviving one child, a daugiiter, 
issue of his second marriage, in her 
eighteenth year at the time of liis 
death, wliose protection and compan- 
ionsliij) were the cherished tliemes of 
his mind ; and in these seemed to lie 
his i)rincipal care, and liis chief plans 
for happiness. lie died at the age of 
5'-i, falling from his cliair into the arms 
of a friend, by a stroke of apoplexy so 
sudden, that he ajjpeared to pass at 
once from cheerful conversation and 
ajjparent health, without conscious pain, 
and without a word or struggle, into 
the otiier world. lie was one of seven 
brothers, only two of whom survive 
him. Mr. Baldwin's character Avas, in 
some respects, marked and decisive. 
His abhorrence of anv thing deemed 
by him to be mean or dishonorable, was 
adamantine, obdurate. His opinions of 
men, when unfavorable, were for the , 
most part without utterance, but un- 
yielding. His attachments, on the 
other hand, to such as he deemed wor- 
thy of his regard, were uncommonly 
full and generous. Once a friend with 
him, no ordinar}' event could shake or I 
dislodge liis confidence. As a citizen, j 
he was generally respected ; as a man 
of wealtli, he was free from parsimony, \ 
and ready to answer to calls properly 
made upon his position, without impor- 
tunity and without grudging. lie is, 
liDwever, most wortliy to l)e remem- 
bered and revered for beautiful traits 
of ])rivate character, likely to be un- ! 
known except to those who knew him 
well. i 

IJaldw'IN, Julia, ^Slilford, Ct., , j 

IP. 20. 

Baldwin', Mrs. Mchitable, Bradford, 
Vt., Jan. i;j, a'. 82, widow of the late ' 
Bcnj. P. Baldwin. 

Baldwin, Col. Palmer, Nelson, N. 
Y., Jan. G, IV. 57. For more than .'30 
years, Col. Baldwin had resided in the 
community which so dee])ly mourns 
his loss. During that time, he had ! 
taken a conspicuous jiart in the busy , 
scenes of active life, and by his strict 1 
integrity, his straightforward and lion- ' 
oralde dealing, had not only secured 
the entire confidence and respect of his 
fellow-citizens, but had also, by liis in- 



dustry and economy, secured a compe- 
tence" for himself and for such as were 
dependent upon him. 

13ALDWIX, Sarah, "West Cammington, 
K. T., Oct., a-, about GO. 

Balioi'R, Wm. L., iSI. D., Natchez, 

!Miss., , a\ — , president of the 

board of trustees of the Mississippi Col- 
lege at Clinton, and vice-president of 
the national convention which nomi- 
nated Mr. Buchanan for the presidency, 
in Cincinnati. 

Ball, :\lrs. Anna, Watertown, N. Y., 
Feb. 10, a>. 7:5, wife of Elihu Ball. 

Ball, Uanforth E., Columbus, 0., 
April 15, a*. 47. 

Ball, Mason, Granville, Yt., Feb. 6, 
a>. 46. 

Ball, Col Robert J., Glemille, Gil- 
mer Co., Ya., Jan. 23, a>. — . 

Baltzell, Aid. "VYilliam, Wheeling, 
Ya., Aug. 20, w. — . 

Bancroft, Thomas, Walworth, in 
Wayne Co., N. Y., Nov. 18, a^. 80. 
The deceased was born in INIass., Jan. 
28, 1 778. He removed to Western New 
York when it Mas a vast, unbroken wil- 
derness. For more than half a century, 
he lived in the vicinity where he closed 
liis earthly toils. In early life, he pro- 
fessed hope in Christ, and lived an ex- 
emplary Christian. 

Baxcroft, Daniel, Almont, ]Mich., 
Dec. 20, a\ G8, formerly of Weslfield. 

Bane, Alexander, near Sheetz's JNlills, 
Ya., , a'. 80. Mr. B. was a wor- 
thy man, a most estimable citizen, hav- 
ing been a kind and most aflectionate 
husband, a tender and indulgent par- 
ent, a peaceable and obliging neigh- 
bor, and a strictly honest man. 

Baxks, N. P.,'Wahham, April 24, a?. 
74, father of His Excellency N. P. 
Banks, governor of Mass. 

Banks, Theodore, N. Y., ISIay 20, 
a-. 48. 

Barber, Thomas, Hampton, Yt., 
May 24, ;r. 6G. No man of his race 
held a higher place in the esteem of the 
community in which he lived. His 
character was ever marked by the 
strictest decorum. As a man, he was 
universally esteemed ; as a Clnistian, 
his name will long be cherished by his 
brethren. 

Barnes, Silas, Fitchburg, July 27, 
a*. 97. 

Barnes, Dr. H., Amsterdam, N. Y., 
Aug. 2G, vs. 33. 



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21 



Barnes, Mrs. Sarah, Colebrook, N. 
H., July 16, SB. 67, widow of Dea. Har- 
vey Barnes, one of the fkst settlers m 
that town, who went there as a pioneer, 
and with untiring industry, honest in- 
tegrity, and a firm reliance on the mer- 
its of a crucified Redeemer. They lived 
and died an honor and an ornament 
to their profession. 

Barney, Hon. John, of Baltimore, 
Md., Jan. 25, ae. 72, at his lodgings, in 
Washington City, of pneumonia, after 
a week's illness. Mr. Barney formerly 
repl'esented Baltimore in Congress, at 
the time the celebrated John Randolph 
was a member of that body, and was 
the colleague of the late Peter Little, of 
tliat city. Through his long life he has 
been the famiUar friend and associate 
of many of the most distinguished men 
of the political and diplomatic world. 
The deceased was a son of the late Com. 
Barney, of that city, a gentleman whose 
bravery and skill as a seaman has be- 
come a part of the history of the coun- 
try. In all the positions which he 
occupied during his life, Mr. Barney 
acquitted himself with honor, and wheth- 
er at home or abroad, his countrymen 
always had cause to feel proud of him. 
He enjoyed a high reputation for affa- 
bihty of manner, and from long asso- 
ciation with the most distinguished men 
of this country and of Europe, having 
an active, inquiring mind, Hberal edu- 
cation, and excellent talents, possessed 
a fund of information both interesting 
and valuable, wliich he purposed em- 
bodjing in a book of reminiscences, al- 
ready promised, and upon M'hich he was 
engaged in writing at the time of his 
death. 

Barney, Caleb, Rehoboth, Ms., June 

11, £6. 82. 

Barney, Lydia, New York city, Sept. 
19, 33. 90, widow of the late Daniel 
Barney. 

Barnitz, Gen. Jacob, York, Pa., Aug. 
18, a?. 64. The son and inheritor of 
the entire name of a patriot soldier who 
had fought and suffered for his coun- 
try's cause in the war of our national 
independence. Jacob Barnitz had just 
attained his majority when the news of 
the capture of the federal city, and the 
thi-eatened assault on Baltimore, by the 
British, reached this town, and Aug. 29, 
1814, he marched as first lieutenant of 
the company of " York Volunteers " 



to the defence of our neighbor city. 
How gallantly that company bore them- 
selves on the ensuing 12th of Septem- 
ber, in the battle of North Point, is too 
well known to need a recital here ; it 
forms one of the proudest incidents in 
our municipal annals. But though oc- 
casionally called by his fellow-citizens 
to the discharge of public duties, and 
never refusing to do his part in all so- 
cial transactions, the tastes and feehngs 
of Mr. Barnitz were averse from all oc- 
casions of display, and from the strife 
of ambition. His dearest delight, his 
most precious joys were found in the 
serene pursuits of private hfe. The dil- 
igent prosecution of his ordinary occu- 
pation satisfied his unobtrusive dispo- 
sition. 

Barker, EHzabeth A., Tuckahoo, N. 
Y., March 23, a>. 31. 

Barkly, Iddings, Bloomingbury, Pa., 
Oct. 27, Be. 79, was for many years a 
justice of the peace in his town, and 
sei'ved one term as county commis- 
sioner. Both in public and private life 
he Avas respected by his fellow-citizens. 

Barr, Wm. B., , ge. — , prin- 
cipal of " Barr's Commercial College " 
in Cincinnati. He died after several 
weeks' iUness. Mr. Barr was a son of 
Col. Barr, one of the old citizens of Cin- 
cinnati. He was an estimable man and 
a useful member of the community. 

Barr, Robert, Claysville, Washing- 
ton Co., Pa., , a>. 100. Mr. Barr 

was born in Ireland in 1757, and emi- 
grated to this country in 1772. He 
served his adopted country faithfully 
during the revolutionary war, and en- 
listed at Pittsburg for the war of 1812. 
He remained in the army until peace 
was declared, and was honorably dis- 
charged. 

Barr, Laura Sandford, Morristown, 
N. J., July 14, SB. — , wife of Wm. S. Barr, 
of Richmond, Va., and daughter of the 
late Hon. Lewis H. Sandford, of N. Y. 

Barr, Mrs. Rebecca, Abingdon, Va., 
Aug. 16, se. 72, wife of Dr. Wm. BaiT. 

Barry, Surgeon Robert J., Wash- 
ington, D. C, Aug. 14, se. — , of the 
U. S. N., a native of Pa. 

Barrett, A. M., Pettis Co., Mo., 
Sept. 18, a?. 52. He was born May 11, 
1804, in Greene Co., Ky.,_and when _a 
young man he was appointed circuit 
and county clerk of Edmondson Co., in 
the same state. Both these offices he 



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15AKRITT 



[ 18.37. ] 



BARTO 



filled until the year 1850, and durinj]^ his ! 
lonj; ttTiii of oiKce, he discliurj^ed his 
duties in such a manner as to j;ain lor 
himself, with the members of all the j 
judiciid tribunals of the county, as well 
as the citizens thereof, the re])utation 
of an honest, impartial, faithful, and j 
efficient otHcer. In lHo'2 he removed 
to Pettis Co., Mo., and though he had 
lived there but a short time when he 
died, he had secured to himself a large 
circle of ilevoted friends, who most sin- 
cerely join his family in lamenting his 
death. In the year 1!Sl5(), Mr. liarrett 
joined the Baptist church in liooneville, 
Ky., and was one of its most prominent 
and exem|)lary members, until his re- 
moval to Missouri, where he joined the 
Georgetown IJaptist church, of which 
he was an elder when he died. 

Bauuit T, Ezra L., Xorth-East, Dutch- 
ess Co.. N. Y., , a'. 83. 

Bauuitt, Mrs. A. D., Gainsville, Ala., 
-, iv. — , daughter of Col. Benja- 



min Temple, a distinguished revolution- 
ary officer. 

Bahkitt, Joseph, Lapton's Mills, 
IIami)sliire Co., Va., Feb. 10, iv. 83. 

Bahiungeu, Jacob P., Troy, X. Y., 
March 30, iv. 70. 

Bauuon, Joseph, Logansport, Ind., 
March 2.5, a'. 44, the oldest resident 
settler of the vicinity at the time of his 
death, he having removed from Fort 
WajTie with his ftxthcr's family to a 
spot on the " Barron lieserve," in the 
fall of 1827. lie was known for a mild- 
ness of disposition and honesty of pur- 
tose which endeared him to all who 
new him. 

Bakkows, Reuel, M. D., Fryeburg, 
Me., July 18, if. ()(), was a native of 
Hebron, and a resident of Fryeburg for 
nearly 40 years. He had long been 
known throughout the state as a skil- 
ful and successful j)ractitioner, and as 
an active and useful citizen. 



HON. IIKXRY DISBRO BARTO. 

In Trumansburgh, Tompkins Co., X. 
v., Feb. 22, 18.57, Hon. Hknky 1). 
Bauto, aged G7 years, (i months, and 12 
days, lie was born in Ru])ert, Ben- 
nington Co., Vt., Aug. 10, 17.S!>, wiicre 
a branch of the family of (Jen. Bartcau, 
a Huguenot, who Hed from his native ! 
land on the revocation of the edict of 
Nantes, granting toleration to Protest- i 



ants, settled immediately previous to 
the revolutionary war. His father re- 
moved from the place of his nativity 
wliile he was yet in early childhood, and 
settled in Chenango Co., N. Y. At the 
age of sixteen — to use his own words — 
he " was left without health, without 
money, and without patronage." By 
dint of stern resolve, self-reliance, and 
persevering efibrt, he succeeded in ac- 
quiring a good business education, and 
then turned his attention to the profes- 
sion of law as the vocation of his life. 
He pursued liis jn'ofessional studies un- 
der the instruction of the late Hon. 
Victory Birdseye, then a prominent 
member of the bar of Onondaga Co. 
In the autumn of 1814, having fijnished 
his pre])aratory legal studies, he came 
to Trumansburgh, and commenced that 
Ufelong professional career M'hich has 
been rewarded w ith wealth and distinc- 
tion. His mind was distinguished by 
a marked individuality. He was liim- 
seLf, and instinctively rejected all over- 
tures to take to himself, either by imi- 
tation or assimilation, the idiosyncrasies 
of others. Tliis feature in the structure 
of liis mind was the secret of his suc- 
cess, where most would have yielded 
to the force of opposing obstacles. 
Thoughts and opinions, elaborated in 
such a mind as his, impressed with so 
strong an individuality, would be boldly 
expressed and adhered to with the per- 
tinacious fidelity of a martyr. Such 
was the distinguishing feature of liis 
mind, underlying his success, the secret 
of his wide-sjjread influence, and that 
strong original force which made him a 
leader of public sentiment, rather than 
an obsequious retailer of the ojnuions of 
others. Opinions formed by such a 
mind are not easily relinquished. Hence 
he was eminently conservative in his 
character. In those days w hen he pur- 
sued his profession, the legal talent in 
his county was distinguished by un- 
usual al)ility. Johnson, Woodcock, 
Bruyn, Humphrey, and others, consti- 
tuted an array of talent far above me- 
diocrity. It was among such men that 
he moved. In jioint of exact legal 
knowledge, sound judgment, and prac- 
tical good sense, he was their acknowl- 
edged equal. He gained the entire 
confidence of his ])rofessional brethren, 
and by their suggestion and recommen- 
dation, was elevated to the tii-st place 



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[ 1857. ] 



BARTLETT 



23 



on the bench of the county courts, a 
position which he honored by abihty and 
integrity. He took high views of his 
profession. He regarded the law as a 
minister of justice, to protect men in 
their rights, not to vex and oppress the 
innocent. Nor did he regard his pro- 
fession simply as the means of a liveU- 
hood. Where his counsel and services 
as a lawyer were sought, his first etibrt 
was to restore peace between the con- 
tending parties, and he often volun- 
teered his services to go to the opposing 
party and effect if possible a reconcilia- 
tion. In this way friendship was often 
restored and litigations were prevented, 
while he received nothing but the re- 
ward of the peacemaker. Though he 
was frequently elevated by the suti'rages 
of his fellow-citizens to places of honor 
and trust, yet he was never anxious for 
that kind of preferment. Judge Barto 
was emphatically one of the people ; he 
sprung from their bosom, and with them 
he ever remained in the stronger sym- 
pathies of his nature. Though for many 
years possessed of large wealth, yet in 
all the appointments of his home and 
its surroundings, he retained a most 
rigid republican simplicity. In this re- 
spect his example has been greatly use- 
ful in his neighborhood. The humblest 
of his neighbors were as kindly and 
courteously received by him as those 
upon whom fortune had conferred wealth 
and honors. In papers of advice to 
his children, written at various times 
through his life, are found sentiments 
which illustrate this noble feature of his 
character. " The experiences of my 
life," says he, " have taught me not to 
despise poverty. Nothing will serve 
you in life, nothing will serve you in 
death, nothing will serve you in eter- 
nity, but virtue ; pursue her then, for 
the wise man says, ' her ways are ways 
of pleasantness, and all her paths are 
peace.' " In a paper of later date, he 
says, " it is the opinion of the writer of 
this that the virtuous poor man is by 
far more happy than the man with any 
thing beyond a competency, and espe- 
cially with overgrown wealth." Six 
{rears since he made a profession of re- 
igion, going back over a period of 
twenty years as the beginning of those 
experiences which were his support in 
life and in death. At a meeting of the 
members of the bar, held at the office 



of Caleb B. Drake, Esq., in Ithaca, Feb. 
25, 1857, Caleb B. Drake was called to 
the chair, and S. P. Wisner aj)pointed 
secretary. The following resolutions 
were adopted : — 

" Resolved, That M-e have heard Avith 
regret of the death of Henry D. Barto, 
of Trumansburgh, the 22d instant. As 
a citizen, he was patriotic, watchful of 
the people's rights, and ready to resist 
what he deemed wrong. As a man, 
eminently honest, frank, and virtuous, 
and, while his health and strength 
lasted, industrious and devoted to his 
business. Possessed of strong feelings, 
and decided in his opinions, he was yet 
extremely social in his character. One 
of the pioneers of our country, by his 
labor, frugality, and prudence, he had 
secured a competence for his old age, 
and never were the means thus acquu'ed 
employed to the injury of any one. As 
a lawyer, he was prudent, cautious, and 
always desirous of avoiding litigations, 
but firm in the maintenance of princi- 
ple, at whatever expense ; yielding im- 
plicit obedience to vaHd laws, but un- 
compromising in his hostility to those 
laws he believed unconstitutional, when 
the people's rights were affected. As 
a judge, kind, courteous, and indulgent, 
only anxious to hold the scales of jus- 
tice true. 

" Resolved, That in his character as 
a citizen, a man, a lawyer, and a judge, 
there is much worthy our admiration, 
remembrance, and imitation. 

" Resolved, That Ave sincerely condole 
Avith the family of the deceased, and 
that as an expression of our feelings a 
copy of these resolutions, signed by the 
chairman and secretary, be presented 
to them in our behalf 

" Resolved, That the proceedings of 
this meeting be published in the papers 
of this county. 

" C. B. Drake, Chairman. 

" S. P. Wisner, Sec'y." 

Barton, Rev. Morris, Romulus, N. 

Y., , ae. 58, fonnerly pastor of the 

Presbyterian church at llomulusville. 

Bartox, Jacob, NcAAtoAvn, L. I., N. 
Y., July 14, ae. 76. 

Barton, John, , a^. — , of Her- 
kimer, N. Y. 

Bartlett, Mrs. Lydia, Northamp- 
ton, Ms., May 10, ne. 93. She was the 
daughter of Cornelius Higgins and Sa- 



24 



BARTLETT 



[1857.] 



BATES 



rah Ilawcs, of Haddam, Ct., who \vcre 
the parents ot" nine cliilch'en, all ofwliom 
were prol'tssors of reliji^ion. She re- 
tained her faculties in her okl aj^e, and 
was a woman of eminent faith ancl piety. 

HAUTi-r.TT, Cluirles, Poui^hkeepsie, 
N. Y.. April 24, le. — , principal of the 
Conef,Mate School. 

liAsroKU, Jona., Bclfost, Me., June 
2, a-. H2, formerly of Chester, X. II. 

Baskkuvili.k, Mrs. Mildred, Burt 
Creek, near Lynchl)urg, Va., June 12, 
a*. i)d. She was the widow of John 
Baskervillc, a revolutionary soldier, and 
the sister of the late Micajah Pendleton, 
so long identified with tlie temperance 
reform. She was a Chi-istian by pro- 
fession aliout sixty years. 

Bass, Maj. George, Westford, Ms., of 
Boston, Sept. (5, iv. 78. 

Basyk, Hon. Thomas, Granada, Ni- 
caragua, , .T. — , Judge of the 

First Listance Oriental Department of 
Nicaragua, of cholera. He was a na- 
tive of Northumberland Co., Va., and 
represented that county three years in 
the Virginia legislature. He emigrated 
to Nicaragua in June. 

Batciikldkk, Dr. Josiah, Falmouth, 
Me., March 5, a;. 82, formerly of Bev- 
erly, Ms. 

Batchklder, ]Mrs. Sarah, Falmouth, 
Oct. 11), ;p. — , widow of the late Josiah 
Batchelder. 

Batks, Caleb, Boston, Ms., , 

a?. — , left, we learn, to the Third Con- 
gregational church in Hingham, of 
which he was a member, the handsome 
bequest of .$2000. Numerous worthy 
individuals were also made recipients 
of his bounty, he leaving to various 
persons small legacies. 

Batks, Mrs., Townscnd, AVashington 
Ter., Oct. 8, sr. — , wife of Lieut. Francis 
H. Bates, U. S. A., and daughter of Pe- 
ter Swain, Esq., of New York. 

Batks, Moses 1)., Marion Co., Mo., 
Aug. IS, IP. (),j. Mr. Bates was bom 
in Louisa Co., Va., from thence he re- 
moved to Louisville, Ky., when that 
was yet a forest, and the savages were 
yet roaming the " dark and bloody 
ground." From thence he soon after 
removed to St. Louis, and was ap])ointed 
sheriff of St. Louis Co. l)y the late Gen. 
Clarke. There he took an active ])art in 
business and jjohtics, and l)y liis ])rom])t 
business hal)its and qualifications soon 
laid the foundation to amass a large for- I 



tune, of which he availed himself, and 
was the richest man in Marion Co. A 
year or two after he went to St. Louis 
he commenced the business of trans- 
porting goods in keel boats up the Mis- 
sissippi Kivcr, which he followed for 
several years. It was ^Ir. Bates and the 
late Mr. liector, the then surveyor gen- 
eral of ^Mississippi, that laid off' the pres- 
ent town site of the city of Hannibal, 
and he was the man that built the first 
log cabin ever built in Hannibal. Al- 
though Mr. Bates had never attached 
himself to any church, vet for several 
years previous to his death he often 
spoke of a hereafter, and it was his daily 
practice to admonish those around to 
prepare themselves to meet him in 
a brighter and better world, and espe- 
cially did he admonish his chikh-en to 
make themselves worthy and useful 
meiftbers of society. 

Batks, ]Maj. J. C, ]Montgomery,Ala., 
editor of the " Journal." Maj. Bates 
was born in Vermont, and educated at 
Middlebury College, of which his father 
(now deceased) was the president for 
many years. Maj. Bates came south 
about 1839, and soon took charge of the 
Mhig i^aper at Wetumpka. After a 
year or tMO he removed to Montgome- 
ry, Avhere he married the only daughter 
of the late Gen. Taliaferro. His con- 
nection Avith the Journal Avas con- 
tinuous for fifteen to seventeen years. 
We suppose liis age to have been about 
forty-five. 

Bates, Phineas P., Ontario, N. Y., 
, a?. 75. He was a native of Gran- 
ville, Ms., but came to this town at the 
age of nine years, and has lived ever 
since on the place then purchased by 
his father. Coming thus early, liis in- 
dividual history has been intimately as- 
sociated with that of the town and coun- 
ty, of which he was one of the oldest 
and most res])ected residents. It was 
his lot to witness the settlement and 
mark the growth of the " Genesee coun- 
try," and to share largely with its hardy 
pioneers the ])rivations, toils, and hard- 
ships, by which an unbroken wilderness 
was transformed to cultivated fields, 
and the liaunts of savage beasts to the 
al)ode of industrious, orderly, and thriv- 
ing connnunities. Taking the impress 
and iml)ibing the spirit of surrounding 
scenes and influences, his own character 
was moulded to a kinth-ed tjpe of ener- 



BAUSERMAN [1857.] 



BEDELL 



25 



getic activity and resolute enterprise, so 
characteristic of the jnoneers of West- 
ern New York. 

Bausermax, Christian, Augusta Co., 
Va., March 28, x. about 77. He was a 
good citizen, a kind father, husband, 
and neighbor, and leaves a large circle 
of friends to mourn their loss. 

Baxter, Hon. Horace, Bellows Falls, 
Vt., , ^. 67. 

Baxter, John, Trenton, Tenn., April 
26, te.—. 

Bayley, Mrs. Livonia S., Portland, 
Me., Jan. 5, se. 50, wife of C. T. Bayley, 
Esq., (Supt. of the Sailors' Home,) and 
daughter of the late Rev. Moses Saw- 
yer, formerly of Henniker, N. H. 

Bayley, Capt. Christopher, , 

88. — . Capt. B. was the master of the 
Seamen's Home, a gentleman highly re- 
spected and very useful. 

Beach, Maj., Catskill, N. Y., , 

ae. 72. He ran the last line of stages 
from Albany to Xew York. 

Beach, Roswell, Washington town- 
ship, Belmont Co., O., May 1, fe. 102. 
He was a soldier of the revolution, and 
engaged in several battles. 

Beal, Mrs. Elsa, Lowell, Ms., Nov. 
14, (B. 79, widow of Mr. Benj. Beal, of 
Hingham. 

Bearce, Jacob, Hanson, Ms., June 
24, fe. 83 yrs. 3 ms. He had voted for 
governor for 63 years in succession, and 
voted for Thomas Jefferson for presi- 
dent. 

Beard, Major, N. Orleans, Aug. 20, 
IE. — . A celebrated auctioneer. 

Beardslee, Eli, Marshall, Michigan, 
Sept. 10, fe. 89. Mr. B. was a native of 
Conn. In early life he removed to Sar- 
atoga Co., N. Y., where he served the 
people in the capacity of sheriff. He 
subsequently resided in Rochester, Clar- 
endon, and has just closed a long and 
useful Hfe in this village. His funeral 
was numerously attended at the Chris- 
tian Church, under masonic orders. 
He had often served the public in a fidu- 
ciary capacity, and for honesty and in- 
tegrity his name stands without re- 
proach. 

Beardsley, Hon. John, Auburn, N. 
Y., May 10, jb. 74. 

Beardsley, Hon. Levi, New York, 
March — , se. — . He once filled a large 
space in the politics of the state, but 
latterly has been off the public stage. 
The N. Y. Express states that Mr. B. 
3 



was born at Hoosic, in this county, 
and from thence, in 1789, the family 
emigrated west, — that is, to the then 
Avest, — in Otsego Co., N. Y., Cherry 
Valley. He Mas admitted to the bar in 
1812, and soon took part in poHtics as 
an active democratic republican. The 
Avell-known Jabez Hammond was his 
law partner, the author of the Life of 
Silas Wright. In 182j, he was elected 
member of the State Assembly, and in 
that year, for the first time, in opposi- 
tion even to Gen. Erastus Root, it was 
resolved to dispense "with the " Dark 
Lantern " democratic caucuses, and to 
hold them with open doors. In 1830, 
Mr. B. was elected to the Senate for four 
years, and in 1834 he was reelected, and 
in the last term of his eight years' ser- 
vice there, he was elected president of 
the Senate. He took a very active part 
in the politics of the day, and made his 
mai'k. 

In 1832 the two houses of the legis- 
lature united by concurrent resolution 
with the city authorities, to hold a cen- 
tennial cehbration of Washington's 
birthday, Mr. B. being chairman of the 
committee of arrangements, which con- 
sisted of members of both houses. 

Wliile in the legislature, his votes were 
uniformly in favor of a liberal system 
of canal and public improvements, and, 
during his eight yetirs' senatorship, he 
was for several sessions chairman of the 
judiciary committee, and sometimes on 
the canal committee, and committee of 
ways and means. Mr. B., in 1852, pub- 
lished " Incidents and Anecdotes " in 
his life, — which is full of agreeable 
reminiscences of the prominent men in 
his state. To a N. Y''ork politician his 
book is invaluable. The older politi- 
cians of the state, in parting from him 
now, M-ill recur with mingled pleasure 
and pain to their old associations with 
Mr. B., both at the bar and in the fo- 
rum, but only with pain that the)' now 
part from him to meet no more. 

Becker, Mrs. Eliza P., Troy, N. Y., 
Oct. 18, se. 45, wife of L. L. Becker, and 
daughter of the late Nathaniel Hopburn, 
of N. Y. 

Beckwith, Mr. John, Lyme, Conn., 
Jan. 23, se. 76. 

Bedell, Benjamin, Royalton, Niaga- 
ra Co., N. Y., Jan. 18, fe. 81. He had 
been a resident of ths county for the 
last 30 years of his lifo. His moral in- 



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liEDIENT 



[1857.] 



BELL 



U'fjrity was such as to secure the confi- 
dence of all his acquaiutauees. His 
end was peaceful, the result of a loii-'^- 
cherished confidence in a precious Sa- 
viour. 

Bi;i»iF.NT, D. N., Millport, X. Y., Jan. 
22, ic. — . Mr. li. was well known 
tlirouf,'hout the county, and universally 
resjjected. lie was for the two years 
previous to last year, superintendent of 
the Chemunji: Canal, which office he 
filled with {^reat credit to himself, and 
with satisfaction to the state. 

Bekhk, Major David, Kid<^eville, O., 

, iv. 70. Major Ik-ebe was one 

of the pioneers of llidj^eville. In 
April, 1810, he, in company with his 
father and brother Lowman, Lyman 
Hoot, Oliver and Philander Terrell, and 
Ira B. anil Sylvester Morgan, lel't AWi- 
terbury, Conn., to seek homes in the then 
far distant west. They fixed upon 
Hidgeville, then an unbroken wilder- 
ness, for their future place of residence, 
and it is believed that Major B. cut the 
first tree in the township. Some time 
dunng the summer he was sent back to 
Conn, after the families, and on the 11th 
of Sept., he with his father's family, and 
his own, in company with Ichabod Ter- 
rell and liis family, left the " land of 
steady habits," with ox teams bearing 
their families and such of their house- 
hold goods as they could conveniently 
bring with them, and arrived in llidge- 
ville Oct. 27. The road was then cut 
from Cleveland as far as Kocky Kiver, 
but west of the river the forest was un- 
broken. They were three nights and 
four days in travelling from I'ocky llivcr 
to Kidgeville, having to cut out the road 
as they proceeded. They found that Til- 
lotson Terrell iiad arrived with his fam- 
ily some three months before them, hav- 
ing come from Columbia, where there 
was a small settlement. Mrs. Tillotson 
Terrell still survives, and is believed to 
be the first white woman in Kidgeville. 
Of tills first c<)m])any of settlers, Har- 
ry Terrell. I'"s(i., and Icliabod Terrell, 
who were children at that time, still re- 
side in Kidgeville, Oliver, their brother, 
and Ira B. Morgan, ]'',sq., then young 
men, are living in Katon. It would 
be exceedingly interesting to give a 
history of the early struggles of these 
pioneers. We are informed that a his- 
tory of the townsliip is in the course of 
])rtparation. ^\'e have only time to 



refer to a trying time during the war of 
LSI 2. After Hull's surrender, it was 
reported that the British and Indians 
had landed at the mouth of Black Kiver, 
for the purpose of cutting ofi' the settle- 
ments. The few settlers in Kidgeville 
buried part of their goods, and loaded 
the remainder, with their wives and lit- 
tle ones, on an ox wagon, to Mhich they 
attached six yoke of oxen, and cut a 
road through Eaton Swamp to Colum- 
bia, where they got authority from some 
military officer at Cleveland, organized 
a company of militia, built a block- 
house, and" put it in as good a state of 
defence as possible. Major B. was or- 
derly sergeant in this company, and was 
ordered, with a file of six men, to the 
mouth of Black Kiver, to reconnoitre. 
Carefully following the river somewhere 
in the neighborhood of the Stave Land- 
ing, they heard the sound of human 
voices coming up from the river. The 
major ordered his men to get on their 
hands and knees, and with cocked mus- 
kets to approach the river bank, and 
look down. Keaching the river, he 
found but one man, Oliver Terrell, with 
him. The rest had tied, and the major 
has always declared that he could 
scarcely resist the temptation to fu-e at 
his retreating soldiers. 

Beeckman, Mrs. ^Margaret G., June 
2, se. — , at the residence of her brother- 
in-law, Ex-President T^ier, Charles City 
Co., Va. 

Beeson, Sally Ann, Xilcs, Mich., 
!May 2, a'. 'SO, wife of Hr. "\V. B. Beeson. 

Belcher, Hon. Hiram, Farmington, 
Me., , a>. — . Formerly a mem- 
ber of Congress fi-om Me. 

Beeknai", Mrs. Kuth, Framingham, 
Ms., March 1, re. 83, widow of the late 
Dea. Enoch Belknap. 

Bei.i,, ]\lrs. I''Jizabeth, Washington, 
Feb 10, a'. — , wife of Samuel P. Bell. 

HON. JA^IES BELL. 

We can do no greater service to the 
character and memory of Mr. Bell than 
arrange the sentiments and opinions of 
his compeers and neighbors expressed 
at their meetings of resj)ect and condo- 
lence after his death. The various 
events of his life, the marked features 
of his character as a citizen, a lawyer, 
a ])olitician, a gentleman and a friend, 
are so fully and eloquently exhibited in 



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27 



the publications at the time that we 
have no occasion to detain the reader 
by any new arranj^einont of our own. 
The Congressional Globe gives the re- 
marks of the Hon. J. P. Hale, of N. H., 
in the U. S. Senate, upon the announce- 
ment of Mr. IJell's death, as follows : — 

" jNIr. President, it is my duty, in 
obedience to a long-estabUshed, and, in 
my judgment, peculiarly appropriate 
custom of the Senate, to announce to 
the body the decease of my late col- 
league, Hon. James Bell, wliich occurred 
at his residence in Gihbrd, N. H., on 
the 26th of May last. 

" Mr. Bell was the son of the late 
Samuel Bell of our state, who, for a 
time, was one of the justices of our 
highest judicial court; subsequently, 
for several years, governor of the state, 
and for 12 years a member of this body. 
iNIy late colleague was born in Frances- 
town, county of Hillsborough, on the 
13th of Nov., 1804 ; finished his studies, 
preparatory to entering college, at Phil- 
lips Academy, in Andover, Mass., and j 
in Sept., ISiy, before he had completed | 
his loth year, he entered the sophomore ' 
class in Bowdoin College. He was 
graduated in 1822, and immediately 
commenced the study of the law with 
his brother, Hon. Samuel D. Bell, who 
is at tliis time a justice of our Supreme 
Court. He finished his course of study 
to qualify him for admission to the bar, 
at the celebrated law school at Litch- 
field, Ct., and, in the fall of 1825, before 
he was quite 21 years of age, he was 
admitted to the bar, and immediately 
commenced the practice in Gilmanton, 
then in the county of Strafford, in his na- 
tive state. He remained at Gilmanton 
about six years,when he married a daugh- 
ter of the late Hon. Nathaniel Uphara, 
of X. H., and removed to Exeter, in 
the county of Rockingham, where he re- 
mained, constantly and sedulously en- 
gaged in the practice of liis profession, 
till the year 1846, when he removed to 
Gilford, and continued to reside there 
tiU his death. 

'■In the year 1846, he was elected a 
member of the legislature of N. H., by 
the town of Exeter, and in 1850, by the 
town of Gilford, a member of the con- 
vention to revise the constitution of the 
state. These two offices are believed 
to be the only political stations occupied 
by him till 1855 ; when he was elected 



by the legislature to the senate for six 
years from the preceding 4th of March. 
He served during the whole of the 34th 
Congress, and during the executive ses- 
sion of the Senate commencing the 4th 
of March following. 

" Of Mr. Bell's success at the bar, it 
may be sufiicieut for those conversant 
Avith the character of the men practis- 
ing in the counties of Kockingham and 
Stratford, at the time he came to the 
bar, — viz., Jeremiah Mason, of whom 
Judge Story said, in the dedication of 
one of his volumes to him, that he ' long 
held the first rank in the profession, 
supported by an ability and depth and 
variety of learning which have had few 
equals ; ' George Sullivan, whose mellif- 
luous eloquence and captivating tones 
carried the hearts, while his logical ar- 
gumentation convinced the understand- 
ing of liis audience ; Ichabod Bartlett, 
second to no man who ever addressed a 
N. H. jury, and second to no man to 
whom I have ever listened ; and Levi 
Woodbury, too well known to the Sen- 
ate and to the country to need any eu- 
logium from me, — that, with such men 
for competitors, he very soon, by the 
common consent of the bar and the com- 
munity, was ranked among the leading 
advocates of those two counties. 

" Li private life, in the community in 
which he Hved, he was respected, con- 
fided in, and beloved to a very remark- 
able degree ; and I have never witnessed 
a community apparently more deeply 
impressed by the death of one of their 
members, than was that of which our 
deceased associate was one. 

" The integrity of his character, the 
soundness of liis judgment, and the 
kindness of his heart, were well attested 
by the confidence and affection bestowed 
upon him in his life, and the intense 
sorrow with which his untimely death 
was deplored. 

" While Mr. Bell was with us, he was 
but the viTeck of what he had been : 
months before he took liis seat here the 
hand of an incurable and inexorable 
disease had fastened itself upon him. 
Beneath its grasp his strength decayed, 
his vigor wasted, and he gradually sank 
till he went home to die in liis rural and 
romantic retreat on the banks of the 
Winnipiseogee, which his own taste had 
selected and his own hand decorated- 
He leaves a widow and five childi-eu, all 



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of wliom won- with him in his last sick- 
ness — whose ])rivile<i;e it was to minis- 
ter to his wants, alleviate liis sufler- 
in^s, and by tlu-ir affectionate assiduity, 
sniootli his jjathway to the >,n-ave. 

" Xo man more clearly understood, 
or more faithfully and affectionately dis- 
charged, all the duties of a husband 
and a father than mv deceased col- 
leai,'ue, and to his family his loss is in- 
deed irreparable ; but I shall not invoke 
the i)ul)he j^aze upon the <rrief of that 
stricken circle, but leave them to the 
tender mercies of Ilim -who h.is smitten 
them, Init not in an.ii;er, and who alone 
can heal the wound his hand has made." 

Hon. Mr. Fessenden, of Maine, fol- 
lowed Mr. Hale, and said, — 

" Mr. President, 1 have listened, with 
emotion, to the eloquent remarks of the 
senator from X. H., in announcing the 
death of his late colleague. That col- 
league was one of my early associates 
and friends ; I hope to be excused, 
therefore, for rendering, in a few words, 
my ))ublic tribute to his many virtues. 

" It was my good fortune, Mr. Presi- 
dent, to spend some years with him at 
the same collegiate institution, and to 
be associated with him in one of those 
literary fraternities which often add 
much to the interest and value of col- 
lege life. There I learned to respect 
and love him, as did all equally fortu- 
nate in his companionship. There, too, 
were developed the many rare traits of 
character by which he was distinguished 
through hfe, giving unmistakable prom- 
ise of that worldly eminence which he 
soon attained. His Avas a youth of 
promise well performed in after years, 
securing for lum in life hosts of admir- 
ing friends, and a memory among men, 
which, like 

' Tlie actions of the just, 
Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust.' 

*' Our late associate was gifted with 
a high order of intellect, which was 
carefully and assiduously cultivated. 
But excellent as were his intellectual 
powers, he was equally distinguished by 
great firmness of pur|)ose, united with 
singular modesty and remarkable moral 
l)urity. It was these last characteristics 
which invested his youth with a peculiar 
charm, and won for him universal ad- 
miration and regard ; for while, as a 
scholar, he might have been surpassed 
by some, as a conscientious and liigh- 



bred gentleman he was a model for all 
his fellows, and was so regarded ])y all. 
Of a sensitive and refined nature, he 
shra)ik, instinctively, from the slightest 
approach to vulgarity, either of language 
or demeanor. Adding to all these a 
loving heart, with manners frank and 
cordial, it is not remarkable that asso- 
ciates became friends. 

" I have said, Mr. President, that Mr. 
Bell was a man of singular modesty. 
Indeed, he exhibited this trait of his 
character in excess ; and in such excess 
as to excite apprehension that it would 
seriously impair his prospects of future 
usefulness, by obstructing the avenues 
to distinction, broadly open, in our 
country, to abilities and acquirements 
like his. But those who thus reasoned 
did not sufficiently appreciate his great 
fii-mness of character. "With him, duty 
was paramount ; and while this con- 
trolled his actions, it impelled him on- 
wards with equal force. This Avas, in 
fact, his great motive power — minister- 
ing to, and aiding, that personal ambi- 
tion which is inseparable from a noble 
nature, and sweeping away all those 
difficulties arising from mere tempera- 
ment which Avould have daunted and 
discouraged one cast in a weaker mould. 

"Though not an eye-Avitness of his 
eminent career in after life, yet, know- 
ing him as I did, it occasioned, me no 
sur])risc. Such men seldom fail. With 
qualities like liis, eminent usefulness is 
almost a certainty. It came early, and 
remained with him to the last. When 
such a man places his foot upon the lad- 
der, he is sure to ascend. Fate only 
can cast him down. With him life is 
success. Our lamented associate veri- 
fied this truth. And I am Avell assured 
that the high moral qualities which dis- 
tinguished his boyhood illustrated and 
adorned his riper years. As Avas the 
youth, so Avas the man — a lover of vii'- 
tue, a friend and champion of truth. 

" Mr. Bell's career in the Senate was 
checked and oppressed, from the begin- 
ning, by the malady Avhich terminated 
his life. But he Avas Avith us long enough 
to secure the respect and regard of all 
his associates. His efforts in the Senate, 
though fcAV, evinced an accuracy of 
judgment, a poAver of analysis, and a 
clearness of statement, Avliich marked 
him for an accomjjlished debater. Those 
Avho best knew liim Avere confident that, 



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if he lived, the whole country would be- 
come familiar with his name. His qual- 
ities were such as could not but have 
placed him high in the rank of Ameri- 
can statesmen. Bold, independent in 
thought and action, scorning the arts of 
the demagogue, he would have striven 
to deserve popular fevor by a fearless 
and assiduous discharge of duty in his 
high station. Men like him, pure in 
heart, single in purpose, seeking honor 
only by honoi-able means, devoting all 
their energies to the public good, and 
forgetting themselves in the pursuit, are 
none too numerous. And the early 
death of one such man is always a pub- 
lic calamity. 

" It is a trite remark, Mr. President, 
that there may be a wide distance be- 
tween what men seem to be and what 
they are. Of no class is this more true 
than of those engaged in public life. 
The popular idol of to-day is cast from 
his false eminence to-morrow, and for- 
gotten. Death, the great leveller of hu- 
man distinctions, makes sad havoc Avith 
reputations not founded upon public 
usefulness and private worth. It was 
not such a reputation that my lamented 
friend would have sought to win. His 
aspirations were those of a gentleman 
and a Christian. Dignified, yet cour- 
teous ; firm, but quiet ; brave, but un- 
pretending ; respecting himself, but 
deferential to others ; able to instruct, 
but ever seeking instruction ; never 
loud, never dogmatical, — his was an ex- 
ample which could not but be felt in the 
daily intercourse of the Senate ; while 
his thorough comprehension of, and de- 
votion to, his duties as a senator, marked 
him for a future alike honorable to him- 
self and the state of which he was a 
champion and a cliild. ]\Iany sons have 
been l)orn to her whose names are high 
upon the rolls of fame ; and if among 
them are found some written in more 
brilliant characters, there are none, I 
am well assured, which fall more pleas- 
antly on her ear, or which she better 
loves to remember and repeat." 

When the resolutions came from the 
Senate to the House of Representatives, 
Mr. Tappan, of N. H., addressed the 
house as follows : — 

" ]\Ir. Speaker, it Avas only yesterday 
that Ave were called upon to pass the 
usual resolutions of respect on the an- 
nouncement of the decease of the sen- 
3* 



ator from S. C, Judge Butler ; and to- 
day Ave are again reminded, by the mes- 
sage Avhich has just been received from 
the Senate, of the death of another mem- 
ber of that body — the Hon. James Bell, 
of X. H. 

" And, AA'ith the indulgence of the 
house, I avail myself of the melancholy 
occasion to pay a passing tribute of re- 
spect to the memory and the virtues of 
the deceased. The death of such a man 
as Mr. Bell is not the loss merely of the 
state of Avhich he was the immediate 
representative. It is a national loss, 
Avhen, from its councils, a good and true 
man, in the height of liis usefulness and 
in the vigor of manhood, is suddenly 
cut off". And such AA-as James Bell. 
Kind, affable, and unobtrusive in his 
intercourse Avith his felloAv-senators, 
and with all Avho enjoyed his acquaint- 
ance, he Avas admiraljly fitted to assist 
in aliasing the asperities of political and 
partisan Avarfare, and to do something, 
through the amenities of social Ufe, to- 
Avards draAving closer the bonds of na- 
tional brotherhood betAveen the different 
portions of our extended confederacy. 
And, from his knoAvn integrity and abil- 
ity, his sound common sense and dis- 
criminating judgment, had his life and 
health been spared, he Avould, undovdjt- 
edly, have taken a liigh position in the 
deliberations of the Senate, and exerted 
a favorable influence upon the legisla- 
tion of the country. 

" I am aAvare that sometimes, on oc- 
casions like this, terms of extravagant 
and indiscriminate eulogy are indulged 
in, Avhich the characters of the deceased, 
Avhile living, Avould hardly Avarrant ; and 
that often, in speaking of the most 
gifted, it is necessary to draAv the veil 
of charity over prominent faults, and to 
regard the maxim that notliing but good 
should be spoken of the dead. But 
there is no necessity for this in speak- 
uig of James Bell. He Avas as exem- 
plary in private life as he Avas honest, 
conscientious, and high-minded in his 
public relations. As a laAvyer, as a cit- 
izen, and as a man, among those Avho 
kncAV him longest and best, he Avas uni- 
versally esteemed; and it is not too 
much to say that, in the Avide range of 
his acquaintance, and among all those 
Avith Avhom his varied business relations 
brought him in contact, I do not believe 
he has left a single enemy. 



so 



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"As a lawyer, I think no man in 
N. H. stood hij:;her in tlie confidence of 
the people than Mr. Ik'U. Never de- 
scending^ to any of those low acts which 
too often bi'injif reproach upon an hon- 
orable profession, he was earnest and 
zealous in whatever business was com- 
mitted to his chari^^e, and exhibited a 
devotion to his profession, and an un- 
wearied industry in the cause of his 
clients, such as is rarely equalled. If 
he was not what nny be termed a pop- 
ular orator, yet, as an advocate at the 
bar, he was strong, clear, and convin- 
cing, never failing to impress upon 
those who heard him the conviction of 
his own sincerity in the cause he advo- 
cated. He was not a mere politician, 
in the narrow sense of that term ; and 
it has fallen to the lot of but few men, 
80 prominent as 'Sir. Bell, in his own 
state, to share so largely in the confi- 
dence and respect of those who dif- 
fered widely from him in their political 
views. In matters of principle, though 
always courteous, he was iirm and un- 
jielding, and while faithfully represent- 
ing the wishes, and reilectiug the senti- 
ments of his own people, his patriotism 
■was yet broad enough to embrace the 
entire country, with all its varied in- 
terests and confiicting opinions. 

" It is not, hawever, as a lawyer or a 
politician, th a the loss of Mr. Bell will 
be most keenly felt or most deeply de- 
plored. In private life, an obliging 
neighbor, a warm and sincere friend, an 
agreeable companion, and an honest, 
upright man, his death, in the commu- 
nity wh.jre he dwelt, his created a void 
Avhich cannot soon be filled. 

" But it is upon the sanctuary of his 
own home, that this l)lo\v has fallen 
with most crushing weiglit. On the 
banks of the charming Winnipiseogee 
— not inaptly named the ' Smile of the 
Great Spirit' — the cultivated taste of 
Mr. B"ll h id reared and adorned his 
beautiful New England home. And it 
was here, in the midst of warm and 
devoted friends, and surrounded liy liis 
intelligent and interesting family," that 
he was Ijest known, best appreciated, 
and most fondly h)ved. No words of 
mine can carry consolation to the hearth 
made desol u^, or h-l)) to alleviate tlie 
sorrow of hearts stricken with anguish. 
I can oidy mingle a tear of sympathy 
with theirs, and assure them how deeply, 



in common with his numerous friends, 
I condole with them in their great be- 
reavement. 

" This afflictive event is brought 
home with peculiar significance and im- 
pressiveness to the people of N. H., 
and her delegation in Congress. AA'ith- 
in the short space of four years, three 
senators of the United States from that 
state — Atherton, Norris, Bell — have, 
while yet in oflHce, passed to ' that un- 
discovered country, from whose bourn 
no traveller returns.' The death of 
Mr. Bell, at a moment when ' his de- 
sires were as warm, and liis hopes as 
eager as ours, has feelingly told us what 
shadows we are, and Avhat shadoAvs we 
pursue.' It should remind us how 
little there is which men toil and strug- 
gle for here, that can afibrd any lasting 
enjoyment. The wealth, the honors, 
the hopes and ambitions of this life are 
all hastening to one common goal, and 
will soon be bmied in a common re- 
ceptacle." 

The following sketch of his character 
Avas drawn up bj" Chief Justice Perley, 
of the Su])reme Court of New Hamp- 
shire : ''Mr. Bell was cut oft' in the 
midst of his years. His death was an 
event which necessarily produced a 
strong sensation in this community. 
He was an eminent man, filling a large 
space in the public eye, greatly distin- 
guished in his profession of the law, 
occupying, with ability and integrity not 
denied or questioned, a high ofiicial 
station, very extensively known, and 
universally esteemed as a private citi- 
zen ; and the circumstances of his 
death, in the full vigor of his intellect- 
ual ])()wcrs, and at a time of life when 
it niight be reasonably hoped that a 
long career of usefulness and honor 
was still before him, are deeply aft'ect- 
ing, especially to those of us mIio have 
been so intimately associated with him 
as a friend and brother in the legal pro- 
fession, and to his neighbors and ac- 
quaintances in this immediate vicinity. 
Such a death conveys a solemn warn- 
ing to those who survive, and forcibly 
impresses on the mind the great lesson 
of vanity in human, aiul in all mere 
worldly jjursuits. ]\Ir. Bell was a man 
of large attaiinnents, and great Aariety 
and versatility of jiowers. Considered 
as a laAvyer, it Mould not be easy to 
name one more comjjletely furnished 



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31 



for all exigencies in the different de- 
partments of the profession. He was 
an advocate fully equal to the conduct 
of the weightiest and most difficult 
cases. As a legal adviser, no man gave 
a sounder and safer opinion on a naked 
question of law. His prudence and 
excellent good sense, his sagacity and 
intimate knowledge of men and busi- 
ness, made his counsel of the highest 
value in all those numerous cases of a 
practical nature where a client has need 
of much more than a mere professional 
opinion upon his strictly legal rights. 
There was an even balance in liis mind, 
and a just proportion in all the parts of 
his charactei-. His power consisted 
not so much in the prominence of any 
incHvidual faculties, as in the symmetry 
and united strength of the Avhole. He 
was as far removed as possible from all 
disposition to ostentatious display. No 
part of his strength was wasted in su- 
perfluous action ; his effort always ap- 
peared to be nicely proportioned to the 
importance and diihculty of the work 
which he had in hand ; he never seemed 
to do more on an ordinary occasion 
than the nature of the case appeared to 
require, and was always found fully 
equal to the heaviest and most difficult 
causes that fell to his management. 

" His manner, though by no means 
wanting in force and vivacity, was never 
boisterous or declamatory. He spoke 
directly to his cause, in language un- 
commonly pure and expressive, but 
wholly free from all affectation of 
smartness or ambitious ornament. He 
was seldom known to hesitate for a 
word, and spoke with great rapidity of 
articulation, but Avith so much distinct- 
ness, and with such admirable method, 
that no speaker was more easily or 
more perfectly understood. His argu- 
ments were logical and terse, not often 
extending into great length, though he 
was quite capable of minute and ex- 
tended discussion, M'hen, in his judg- 
ment, the nature of the case appeared 
to require it. 

" There was nothing for which he was 
more remarkable than the variety and 
amount of labor which he was able to 
perform. AVithout hurry or confusion, 
he disposed of his work with unrivalled 
ease and despatch. He was entirely 
free from all low craft and disingenuous 
artifice ; yet his dexterity and tine tact 



in the handling of a cause have not 
been surpassed by any contemporary in 
this state. 

" He always resided, except when ab- 
sent for purposes of education, in N. H., 
and was thoroughly acquainted Avith 
the course of business, the daily habits, 
and the prevailing sentiments and feel- 
ings of the people among whom he 
lived — a knovA ledge Avhich was one 
principal source of his power and suc- 
cess. In his character, some qualities 
Avere united and harmoniously blended, 
Avhich are not often seen to meet in the 
same individual. He was the most 
modest and unobtrusive of men, yet 
was never known to fail in self-posses- 
sion, and in the perfect mastery and 
control of his faculties. With the 
greatest mildness and gentleness of 
manner, he was strenuous and un- 
yielding in the assertion of all his cli- 
ent's substantial rights. The quickness 
of his perceptions was such as is usu- 
ally supposed to imply something hasty 
and volatile in the disposition, not con- 
sistent with sound judgment and steadi- 
ness of character ; yet few men could 
be more safely relied on for caution, 
prudence, and firmness of purpose, and 
for persevering industry in all that he 
undertook. No lawyer could desire to 
possess more entirely the confidence of 
his clients ; and such were his hal:)itual 
candor and fairness, that he seldom 
failed to conciliate the esteem and good 
will even of his opponents. He knew 
well how to be severe ; but his disposi- 
tion and his habits inclined him always 
to forbearance. In studied invective 
he never indulged, and even in the heat 
of the most animated discussion, was 
never betrayed by any amount of prov- 
ocation into coarseness or harshness of 
remark. 

" Of professional deportment, a more 
perfect model could hardly be proposed. 
The prevailing kindness of liis disposi- 
tion, the delightful courtesy and gen- 
tleness of his manners, his good nature 
and habitual disposition to oblige in all 
the formal parts of business, his per- 
' feet good faith and imsullied integrity, 
his untiring patience, and freedom from 
that irritabihty which his cares and 
exhausting labors might A\'ell have 
excused, endeared him in no common 
degree to Ins brethren of the legal pro- 
fession, at the bar and on the bench. 



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" Such a combination of qiuilities can 
onlv be fouml whore excellent natural 
entiownients have been improved by 
assiduous cultivation, and disciplined 
by Ion;; habits of labor and self-control. 
In Mr. Hell's case, it is to be appre- 
hended that too severe and unremitted 
devotion to his various labors and du- 
ties hastened the termination of a life 
so dear to his friends, and so important 
to the ])ul)lic. 

" The bar of X. 11. may well mourn 
the loss of a member who was an orna- 
ment and an honor to our ])rofcssion ; 
and tlie tleath of such a lawyer, in the 
midst of his years, of such commanding 
ability, so faithful to the interests of 
his clients, so honorable in all liis deal- 
ings with the bar and the court, of such 
spotless purity in every relation of pri- 
vate life, must be regarded as a great 
public loss. I will not trust myself to 
sijcak here of the bereavement which 
the family of Mr. Bell, and the exten- 
sive circle of his family connections, 
have suffered in his death ; nor will it 
be expected of me that I should dwell 
upon his character as a statesman and 
politician. It cannot, however, be im- 
pro])er for me to remark, that even in 
political life, Mr. Bell's courtesy, fair- 
ness, and candor appear to have dis- 
armed the usual asperity of party feel- 
ings. I do not remember to have any 
where seen the slightest imputation cast 
upon his integrity and the purity of his 
personal motives, by those who differed 
most widely from the views that he 
entertained on questions that have so 
much agitated and divided the public 
mind. Tiie grief of Mr. Bell's friends 
is sharp, and will be lasting ; but their 
sorrow is not imbittered with the 
thought that any jjart of his too short 
life was wasted in idleness, miss])cnt 
in vain and frivolous pursuits, or sullied 
b^- the indulgence of appetite and pas- 
sion. His Ule was without a stain, and, 
to the last, most diligi.'utly devoted to 
useful and honorable labor in the way 
of his duty." 

In speaking of the legal attainments 
of Mr. Mell, mention has been made of 
the distinguished professional gentle- 
men in \. II. who were the strong 
men in tlie X. H. bar when Mr. Bell 
entered it, and whose attainments and 
power ins])ire(l him with great diligence 
and honorable emulation. It is also 



well to take a view of the family circle 
of Mr. Bell, to appreciate the social 
stimulus which coutril)uted in no small 
degree to his upward and honorable 
progress in life. His grandfather Bell 
was a member of the N. H. Senate in 
the time of the revolutionary war. His 
father was judge of the Superior Court 
of N. H., governor of the state five 
years, and U. S. senator twelve years. 
His uncle, John Bell, also was governor 
of the state. Dr. Luther V. Bell, the 
distinguished superintendent of the 
McLean Hospital, ^lass., and the Hon. 
S. D. Bell, one of the present judges of 
the Supreme Court of X. H., are his 
elder brothers. His wife's father, the 
late Hon. Xathaniel Upham, of Roch- 
ester, X. H., was many years a member 
of Congress, and father of Prof. Upham, 
of Bowdoin College, Me., and of Judge 
Upham, of N. H., late U. S. commis- 
sioner to England, and father-in-law of 
the late David Barker, Jr., of Roches- 
ter, M'ho was several years a member of 
the U. S. House of Representatives, 
and a good lawyer. Mr. Bell, by his 
high and honorable attainments, reflect- 
ed honor upon the men who early be- 
came models of his aspirations, and upon 
the distinguished household ■which, in so 
many of its members, Avas able to impart 
nurture and force to those aspirations. 

Bell, Dr. James, at Des Ark, Ar- 
kansas, April 14, fe. — . 

Bkll, Mrs. X^ancy, Boston, Mass., 
Feb. 4, IV. oo yrs. 9 mos., widow^ of the 
late Dr. Bell, of Dorchester. 

Bell, "William, Spottsylvania Co., 
Va., March IS, a\ 93. Hewas at York- 
town when Cornwallis surrendered. He 
had been a member of the Baptist 
church for more than 70 years. He 
was an honest man, and highly es- 
teemed by his neighbors. 

Bellows, Abel, Walpole, X^. H., 
April — , a*. 81. 

Bellows, Rev. John 'K., Brattle- 
boro', Vt., formerly of Wilton, X. H., 
, a\ 51. 

Be.man, Miss Fanme H. S., Far- 
mington, Conn., Feb. 6, a?. 14, daugh- 
ter of liev. A. G. Beman, of Xew 
Haven, Coim. 

^ Bemis, James D., Brattleboro', Vt., 
Xov. 2, a,'. 74, in the insane asylum of 
that i)lace, formerly of Canaiidaigua, 
X. Y. He was among the foremost of 
that worthy class of older citizens, now 



BEMIS 



[1857.] 



BENN 



83 



nearly all departed, to -whom Canan- 
daigua was largely indebted for the 
prosperity and success of its public in- 
stitutions, and for its high moral and 



high 
social position among the villages of 



Western New York. He took a lively 
and active interest in whatever might 
contribute to its improvement and wel- 
fare, and was ever "ready to every 
good word and work." It was, how- 
ever, in the character of conductor of a 
pubUc journal, that Mr. Bemis was best 
known beyond the Hmits of his imme- 
diate community. The Ontario Repos- 
itory, now almost the oldest newspaper 
in the state, was virtually established 
by him, and, until successive dismem- 
berments curtailed the county whose 
name it bears to its present propor- 
tions, had a widely extended circula- 
tion. Under his jucUcious and able 
direction, it acquired a reputation and 
influence scarcely equalled by any pub- 
lic journal out of our largest cities. 
The uniform candor, truthfulness, and 
good sense which characterized its col- 
umns, commanded implicit confidence 
m all its statements, and compelled the 
respect even of political opponents. 
The few of its early and constant read- 
ers and patrons now living Avill bear us 
out in the estimate here taken of the 
character of the paper while under his 
charge. Hence, amidst aU the fluctua- 
tions of politics and parties, the Repos- 
itory lost little of its popularity and in- 
fluence, even with those who dissented 
fi'om the views and sentiments expressed 
in its columns. The reputation of the 
paper and the character of its proprietor 
rendered a situation in the office of the 
Repository an object of ambition to 
those who w ere desirous of learning the 
printer's art ; and the number of youths 
apprenticed to Mr. Bemis for that pur- 
pose, and ti'ained under his instruction, 
is probably greater than has been sent 
forth from any other country office in 
the state. And it is a fact creditable 
both to him and to them, that in nearly 
every instance, they have turned out 
well, and been prosperous and success- 
ful in their chosen pursuit. INIany of 
them he set up in business ; and there 
was scarcely a village within the limits 
of the original county of Ontario, that 
did not owe the establishment of its first 
printing press and newspaper to gi-adu- 
ates from the Repository office, fur- 



nished, as far as was needful, with pe- 
cuniary aid by its proprietor. This 
statement is due to Mr. IJemis as a de- 
served memorial of liis generous liber- 
ality, and of the friendly and parental 
interest he took in the welfare of those 
reared under his instruction and care. 
In the " History of the Press of West- 
ern New York," read at the " Printers' 
Festival," in Rochester in Jan., 1847, a 
fitting tribute is paid to the professional 
and personal character of Mr. Bemis, as 
" the oldest representative of the news- 
paper press in Western New York then 
living, looked upon with no little vener- 
ation and regard by those actively en- 
gaged in that branch of business ; " and 
the hope is expressed, that " he might 
long be spared as a noble monument of 
fair and upright dealing," and, when 
" gathered to his fathers," be %yelcomed 
with " well done, good and faitliful ser- 
vant." He commenced his apprentice- 
ship, as a printer, in Boston, and com- 
pleted it at Albany, in the office of Sol- 
omon Southwick, at that time a promi- 
nent member of the craft, and the con- 
ductor of one of the ablest political 
journals in the state. Mr. Bemis came 
to this place in Jan., 1804 ; and in the 
course of that year connected himself 
with ]\Ir. John K. Gould, in the publi- 
cation of what was then called the " Re- 
pository and Advertiser." He not long 
after pm-chased the interest of his jmrt- 
ner in the establishment, and changed 
its name to that winch it now bears. 

Benedict, Mrs. Anna, Manchester, 
Vt., Jan. 29, £e. 92, widow of Samuel 
Benedict. Those who were so happy 
to enjoy a familiar acquaintance 



as 



with this estimable person, feel that it 
is right for them to render her memory 
more than an ordinary tril)ute of respect 
and esteem. In her were united to a 
mind gifted by nature, and well culti- 
vated by reading and observation, all 
those amiable and Christian graces 
which become her sex. As a mother, 
her devotion was untiring ; as a friend 
and neighbor, her kindness and amia- 
ble deportment will be cherished as 
most dear recollections. 

Benn, Henry, Curllsville, Clarion Co., 

, a>. 93. He emigrated to the part 

of Clarion Co. then Armstrong, about 
the year 1804, and the country being 
then pretty much of a wilderness, he, 
with other "settlers, endured man)- cliffi- 



u 



BENNET 



[18j7.] 



BICKNELL 



culties and privations. He was a kind, 
inoHensive neighbor, a good citizen, 
without enemies, and an honest man. 

Bknxet, i)r. Abel, Ridgefiehl, Conn., 
Aug. 7, a\ — . Dr. B. was for many 
years a resident of West Bloomtield, 
Ontario Co., N. Y., and more recently 
of Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y. From 
there he removed, in 18,5:5, to liidge- 
field. Conn., the place of liis nativity. 

Bexnet, John, Newton township, 
O., Jan. 28, a?. 70. Deceased emigrat- 
ed from Pa. to O. about 4o years ago. 

Bennett, Brevet Col. A. G., U. S. 
annv, at New Orleans, March — , a^. — . 

Benxett, Mary, Burhngton, Mass., 
March 'M), x. 98, widow of the late 
James Bennett. 

Bexxett, Mary, Portsmouth, Va., 
Jan. 6, a?. 40, wife of William Bennett, 
U. S. N. 

Bexxett, Sarah, Xew Bedford, X. 
J., Sept. 27, ae. 09, Avidow of Jeremiah 
Bennett. 

Bexsell, Mary, Germantown, N. J., 
Sept. 6, a>. 93. 

Bext, Dea. Adam, South Boston 
Point, March 22, a?. 81. 

Bextley, Thomas Spring, M. D., 
New Lexington, O., Sept. 2, se. — . 

Bextox, Dr. A. W., near Delta, Co- 
ahoma Co., Miss., Jan. 26. 

Bextox, lleuben C, Rockford, 111., 
Oct. 11, a'. >54 ; of Guildhall, Vt., sen- 
ator elect at the time of his death. 

Beiihy, James, Jacksonville, Ala., ee. 
69. The deceased removed from Tenn. 
to Ala. some years ago, and has been 
engaged for the most part since then 
in mercantile business. He was much 
esteemed and beloved by a numerous 
train of friends and acquaintances, as a 
good citi/en, a warm friend, an upright, 
honorable business man, and in short, 
estimable in all the relations of Hfc. 
He had been for many years a fiiithful 
and consistent member of the Presby- 
terian church. 

Berry, Rev. John M., Clinton, 
March 2, a>. about 08. 

]}erry, Rev. Philip, Richmond, Va., 
Jan. 2."5, tv. — , rector of St. Peter's 
Church, Kent Co., Va. 

Berry, Hon. William, Concord, N. 
H., Jan. 2."J, a*. 57. He was born at 
Barnstead, where he lived, a restiectable 
farmer the greater T)art of his life. In 
1845, he was a])ponited deputy warden 
of tlie state prison, Mhere lie remained 



and faithfull)- performed his duty three 
or four years. In 1855, he was chosen 
state treasurer, and reelected for 1856. 
The duties of tliis office were performed 
by ^Ir. Berry with faitlil'ulness and 
honesty. He was not a man of envi- 
ous feelings, but rejoiced in the pros- 
perity of those around him, when ac- 
quired thi'ough industry, sobriety, and 
honesty. 

Bekry, Zoheth, Brewster, Mass., Jan. 
24, a. 87. 

Best, Hon. Valentine, Danville, Pa., 
Oct. 28, a. 50. Mr. Best was born 
March 8, 1801, in Valley township, Pa. 
His father's family moved to Danville a 
year or two afterMards, and the subject 
of tliis notice had been a resident of 
Danville ever since, with the exception 
of a few years during his apprentice- 
ship to the printing business, and when 
he worked as a compositor in the city 
of Washington and at Harrisburg. 
After July 15, 1828, he was the pub- 
lisher and editor of the Danville Intel- 
ligencer, which Avas previously pub- 
lished by ]Mr. George Sweeney, under 
the title of the " Watchman." In 1 839, 
he was appointed prothonotary of Co- 
lumbia Co., and clerk of the different 
courts, by Gov. Porter. In 1847, he 
was elected to the state Senate, and in 
the last year of his senatorship, he Avas 
chosen as presiding officer of that hon- 
oralile body. It Avas by his exertions 
mainly that the ncAV county of Montour 
was established, during the memorable 
session of 1850. He also held several 
important municipal offices, all of Avhich 
he filled Avitli fidelity and honor to him- 
self and the community. 

Betiiuxe, ^Nlary C, Robinson Co., 
N. C, March 20, a. 27. 

BiCKEL, INIrs. Savannah C, Hanging 
Rock, LaAvrence Co., O., Sept. 25, a. 
44, Avife of Rev. A. Bickel. 

Bicker, Mrs. Dorothy, N. Y. city, 
Jan. 3, a. 70, AvidoAv of the late Capt. 
Nicholas -Bicker, of the U. S. revenue 
cutter service. 

BiCKFORi), Horace, NcAvburyport, 
Mass., May 17, iv. 40, of the Essex bar. 

BickxeLl, Capt. John, Beloit, Wis., 
^larch 3, a-. 77. Thus Avas there re- 
moved to another Avorld one of the old- 
est inha))itants and original ])roprietors 
of that toAvn. In the death of Capt. B., 
his family is called to mourn the loss of 
a devoted husband, and a land and ten- 



BIDDLE 



[1857.] 



BILES 



35 



der fother, and the community in -which 
he Uved, a strictly honest and upright 
citizen. To tlie fraternity of masons 
he was generally known throughout the 
state as one of its most intelligent, ac- 
tive, and energetic members. As evi- 
dence of his zeal in the cause of ma- 
sonry, we would remark that he was 
one of the original petitioners for a dis- 
pensation for a lodge in Beloit ; and 
of the confidence reposed in him by 
masons, that he was appointed the first 
worshipful master of Morning Star 
Lodge, Xo. 10, at Beloit ; and after 
that, most worshipful district deputy 
gi-and master, the duties of which latter 
office he faithfully and ably discharged 
for two years. At the commencement 
of the illness wliich terminated in liis 
death, he was absent from his home, 
actively engaged in promoting the in- 
terests of the order, of which he had 
been for so many years a bright and 
shining light. 

BiDDLE, Dr. D. W. J., Jefferson Co., 
Tenn., April 23, a^. 36. 

BiDDLE, Professor J. G., Winchester, 

Tenn., , a?. — . He was born in 

181 1, embraced religion while young, and 
became a member of the Cumberland 
Presbyterian church, supported through 
his days of boyhood a widowed mother, 
and afterwards, by his own energy, 
thoroughly educated himself. More 
than twenty years ago, he was an ac- 
ceptable and highly esteemed teacher 
of a male school, was afterwards pro- 
fessor of languages in Cumberland 
College, at Princeton, Ky., and about 
ten years ago, at the earnest solicita- 
tion of many citizens, he came to Win- 
chester, and took charge of the Win- 
chester Female Academy, which posi- 
tion he occupied till his death. He 
was an able minister of the gospel. 
All who heard him listened vnth. great 
interest to the clear, logical, and con- 
vincing sermons of ]Mr. Biddle. He 
was by no means a man of ordinary 
intellect. 

Biddle, Thomas, Paoli, Pa., , 

se. — , an old and highly-respected citi- 
zen of Philadelphia. 

BiGELOW, Mrs. E. L., Medfield, Mass., 
July 4, a?. 43. She was eminently fit- 
ted, by her religious and highly intel- 
lectual character, to enjoy life, and to 
adorn society. For some years previ- 
ous to her maiTiage, she was very suc- 



cessfully employed in teaching young 
ladies, and those who were happily 
placed under her care can testify to her 
peculiar readiness and facility in im- 
parting instruction ; and her unwearied 
efforts in promoting, not only the intel- 
lectual, but the spiritual growth of her 
pupils. For the last sixteen years, 
while Mr. Bigelow has been engaged in 
the ministry, she has been active and 
efficient in the promotion of every good 
Avork, often laboring when it was evi- 
dent to all that her physical strength 
was unequal to her efforts. Since her 
residence in Medfield, though her 
health has been visibly dechning, her 
zeal in every thing connected with the 
interests of the church has been una- 
bated. 

Bigelow, Dr. Isaac, Pleasant Valley, 
Madison Co., O., April 11, a?. 60. He 
was the son of Dr. Israel Bigelow, for- 
merly a resident of Pa., Avho emigrated 
with his family to Oliio in the year 
1816, and settled in the then wilderness 
of ^Madison Co. From this stock, nu- 
merous and respectable famihes have 
since grown up, many of whom have 
passed away, and are now occupants of 
the httle village graveyard, while others 
are actively engaged in the different 
business pursuits of life. Dr. Isaac Big- 
elow first laid out the little town of Avhich 
he was a resident for 41 years, was the 
good physician, a Methodist class-lead- 
er many years, and a friend to all. He 
was generally esteemed for his many 
excellent qualities by all who enjoyed 
the pleasure of his acquaintance. 

Bigelow, Mrs. Hannah, Worcester, 
Mass., Aug. 21, se. 77, wife of Hon. 
Abijah B. 

Bigelow, Mrs. L. M., Boston', Jan. 8, 
ge. — , wife of George F. Bigelow, ]M. D. 

Bigelow, Walter, Worcester, Mass., 
May 17, se. 81. 

Biles, Joseph D., Muscatine, Iowa, 
May 5, se. 72. For very many years Mr. 
B. taught school in Pennsylvania and 
Iowa. Some of Pennsylvania's bright- 
est lights received their childhood in- 
struction from him. For a long time 
Mr. B. was in the practice of the law 
in Pa., having served many years as 
prosecuting attorney for Berks Co. 
He also held the office of justice of the 
peace for that county, having been ap- 
pointed by Gov. Shultz. He had lived 
several years beyond the " threescore 



36 



BILLINGS 



[1857.] 



BINGHAM 



years and ton " allotted to man. For 
more than 30 years the deceased had 
been connected with the Presbyterian 
church. The world is the better for 
such men livinj^ in it. 

BlLUlNus, ^Irs. Betsey, HardMick, 
Mass., Feb. 1, a\ 75, widow of the late 
Dr. David Billings. 

BiLi.iNtis, Mrs. Lydia, Boston, Oct. 
18, IV. 8'J, formerly of Lancaster, Mass. 

BiLisON, Dr. Benjamin, Taunton, 
Mass., Sept. 8, a>. 84. 

BiLsoN, Mrs. Martha, Taunton, Mass., 
Jan. 13, a'. 73, wife of Dr. Benjamin 
Bilson. 

BiXGiUM, Capt. Wm., Royalton, Vt., 
July 12. a'. 78. Capt. B. entered the 
service of the U. S. in Sept., LSI 2, and 
continued till the close of the war in 
181o, serving on the frontier of Canada 
under Gens. Wilkinson and Hampton. 
Upon the declaration of war tlie New 
England states assumed an attitude of 
hostility to the general government, and 
the authorities of some of these states 
interposed an opposition to the admin- 
istration of Mr. Madison that was great- 
ly embarrassing. Gov. Strong, when a 
requisition was made upon Massachu- 
setts for troops by the why department, 
refused to order them beyond the boun- 
dary of the state. Gov. Chittenden, of 
Vermont, where the militia of that state, 
who had been mustered into the U. S. 
service, volunteered to accompany Gen. 
Wilkinson in his descent upon Canada, 
in the winter of 1812-13, issued a proc- 
lamation commanding them to return 
to the state. Partisan politics ran very 
high — brother was arrayed against 
brother, and father against son. In 
July, 1812, a requisition was made by 
the war department upon the State of 
Vermont for troo])s to be raised by 
draft. The regiment to which the sub- 
ject of this notice belonged, was ordered 
to rendezvous at their usual place of 
parade for the ]mr])ose of standing a 
draft to supjjly their quota of one hun- 
dred men. The orders were read on 
parade ; but before the commandant 
of the regiment ])roceeded to detail l)y 
allotment those who should constitute 
the requisite number, Cajjt. B., deeming 
it a reflection upon the ])atriotism of 
the men in the regiment that troo])s 
should be raised by compulsory means, 
advanced before his comrades in arms, 
and after addressing them, volunteered 



himself, and invited the men to follow 
his example and obviate the necessity 
of a draft. His appeal was responded 
to, and the requisite quota of men was 
made uj) from liis own and the other 
companies in the regiment, and he was 
selected as their commandei". The com- 
pany, being othcered and organized, was 
disl)an(led, to return to their respective 
homes till Sept., when they were to be 
mustered into service and marched to 
the Canada frontier. Noav commenced 
a system of active operations, on the 
part of the federalists, Avho were the 
opponents of the war, and who consti- 
tuted the majority of the people of that 
town, to disafi'ect their men and dissuade 
tliem from going into the arnij-. In 
Sept., when the company rendezvoused 
at the appointed place, preparatory to 
taking up the line of march, a plan had 
been concocted to procure the release 
of all the disafi'ected ones, by the inter- 
position of the civil authority. The 
first case was a man by the name of 
Copeland, who, wishing to evade his 
obligation, had made his note that 
morning — had been arrested under a 
warrant — confessed judgment, and was 
taken into custody by the sherifl' on a 
ca. sa. issued instanter upon the judg- 
ment. FincUng what was going on, the 
company was ordered to parade ; the 
roll was called, and the orderly re])orted 
Co])eland absent and in the custody of a 
civil officer. He was sent for ; but word 
was returned by the sheriff that he was 
in custody under civil process, and 
would not be permitted to come ; upon 
Avhich the orderly was directed to take 
a file of men and bring loim to the ranks. 
The slienff and posse resisted, and the 
consequence was, the sherifl' received 
a bayonet wound in the conflict. Cope- 
land, however, was subsequently given 
up, to allay the excitement and a])i)ease 
the murmurs of the federalists, that the 
civil authority had been trampled under 
foot by military force. The day was 
spent in ])reparation for taking up the 
line of march next morning, wlien at roll 
call it was discovered that six more of 
tlie soldiers were in the custody of as 
many civil officers, sheriffs and consta- 
bles, who, encouraged l)y the success of 
Copeland, had, the night previous, con- 
fessed judgment on actions brought on 
the spur of the occasion, and intended 
to effect their release. The time had 



BIRCH 



[1857.] 



BIRNEY 



37 



now arrived for decisive, determined 
action. The company were ordered to 
parade ; their men were brought into 
ranks without much resistance, accom- 
panied by the officers who stationed 
themselves in rear of the company, in 
reaching distance of them ; the com- 
pany was formed, wheeled into col- 
umn, and guards were placed on the 
flanks. The civil officers were requested 
to retire outside the guard, but upon 
refusing to do so, were informed they 
could do as they pleased, but the men 
would be marched to the point of des- 
tination. These officers continued with 
the company some ten or fifteen miles, 
when, finding their efforts to retain then* 
men inefl'ectual, they abandoned their 
pursuit. Capt. B. was bold and fearless, 
open as the day in all his transactions 
in life, generous, devoted to his friends, 
but uncompromisingly hostile to all his 
enemies. Although never an aspirant 
to office, he was an ardent and devoted 
democi'at, a patriotic citizen, and a con- 
sistent member of the church for a pe- 
riod of nearly 40 years. 

Birch, Mrs. Ruth, Seneca Falls, N. 
Y., March 13, ae. 55, wife of Lyman 
Bu'ch, formerly of Scipio, N. Y. 

Bird, Ebenezer, Victory, Cayuga Co., 
N. Y., March 24, se. 78. One of the 
pioneer settlers of the town of Victory, 
who in war defended his country, and 
in peace sustained the reputation of an 
upright citizen and consistent Chi-istian. 

HON. JAMES G. BIRNEY, 

Eagles wood, Perth Amboy, N. J., Nov. 
25, se. 65. Mr. Birney was a native of 
Kentucky. His father was an Irishman, 
who had acqiured considerable wealth, 
and occupied a high social position. 
Mr. Birney received his education at 
Nassau Hall in New Jersey, and at the 
age of 19 began the study of the law in 
the office of Mr. Dallas, at Philadelphia. 
Returning to Kentucky in the year 
1814, he commenced the practice of his 
profession, and at the age of 22 was 
elected to the legislature of the state. 
About this time, also, he married, 
and soon afterwards purchased an es- 
tate in Alabama, where he became the 
owner of some 30 or 40 slaves. He 
subsequently took up his residence in 
Huntsville, Ala., where he practised law 
with remarkable success, and gained a 



prominent position in poKtical circles, 
which insured his election to the legis- 
lature of Alabama. While still a resi- 
dent of the south, 'Sir. Birney's mind 
was awakened to the injuries inflicted 
upon the servile po])ulation by the sys- 
tem of slavery, and his impressions re- 
ceived additional strength from the 
contemplation of the wrongs inflicted 
by the wliites upon the Indians. His 
S}TTipathies became gi-eatly excited, and 
he deemed it his duty to labor for the 
melioration of the condition of the 
classes which suffered from oppression. 
With this purpose in view, he aban- 
doned his profession to espouse the 
cause of colonization — a system which 
at that time appeared to him to offer 
the most feasible means of remedpng 
the evils of slavery. To this enterprise 
he brought all the resources of a vigor- 
ous intellect, and did good service for 
the cause. Afterwards, however, his 
views expanded still further, and he 
became an ardent disciple of the anti- 
slavery doctrines. His first step to- 
wards an earnest exposition of his senti- 
ments was the emancipation, in 1834, 
of all the slaves he carried with him 
from Kentucky to Alabama. He then 
announced liis intention of establishing 
a paper, for the enunciation of his doc- 
trines, in Kentucky ; but met Avith an 
opposition so strenuous that he was 
compelled to resort to publication in 
Ohio ; in which state — now the head- 
quarters of the free soil sentiment — 
he was received with some degree of 
coldness. Before the death of his fa- 
ther, Mr. Birney caused such a disposi- 
tion of the paternal estate as to secure 
to him all the slaves, 21 in number. 
On coming into possession, he set the 
negroes free, and made suitable provis- 
ion for them. Mr. Birney's ■wife died 
in Ohio, and in the year 1840 he visited 
England, and took a prominent part in 
the anti-slavery agitaiions then prevail- 
ing in that country. In 1841, Mr. Bu-- 
ney returned, and soon after married 
the sister-in-law of Gerrit Smith, a lady 
named Fitzhugh, who survives him. 

Mr. Birney's first prominent connec- 
tion with national poUtics was in the 
year 1844, when he became the candi- 
date of the liberty party for the presi- 
dency. He ran in opposition to Mr. 
Clay, and received an aggregate of 
58,592 votes. Mr. Birney was vainly 



38 



BISHOP 



[1857.] 



BISSELL 



exliortc'd to witlulraw from the canvass, 
but persisted in standinf,^ ahhouj,'h his 
chances were manifestly the extreme of 
mea<;rc'iu'ss. He resisted the overtures 
made tu him on the ground that, in his 
judgineut, tlie country woukl f,'ain noth- | 
nij^ l)v the election of Mr. Clay over 
Mr. Polk. Since 1844, Mr. Birney's 
name has been rarely before the ])ul)lic. 
For some ten or twelve years he has 
suffered under attacks of paralysis, 
whicli enfeebled his l)ody and incapaci- 
tated him for active labors, althoujjh his 
intellect remained comparatively unin- 
jured. Kecently liis symptoms had 
been apf^ravated by heart disease. His 
residence, for several years past, had 
been in Michijjan, where he was pos- 
sessed of considerable landed ])roperty. 
About two years since he removed to 
New Jersey, under the advice of his 
physicians, to seek relief in chan<Te of 
air, and to superintend the education of 
his younjjest son at Eagleswood. 

Mr. ]}irncy formerly held relations 
■with the American Anti-Slavery Society, 
and was for a time connected with Lewis 
Tap])an, in the conduct of the affairs of 
that organization in New York ; but 
some difficulties occurred, and his con- 
nection ceased. He had been of late 
years an attentive observer of public 
affairs, and during the last pi'esidential 
contest was a warm su])porter of the 
republican nominee. A number of 
•weighty political disquisitions were pro- 
duced by him, and his convictions of 
the necessity of a system of checks upon 
the progress of slavery remained un- 
shaken to the close of his life. Mr. 15. 
was a man of great al)ility and of inde- 
fatigable energy. He has filled an im- 
portant 1)1 K-e among the men of the 
time, and will not be forgotten l)y those 
•with whose interests his later life was 
identified. 

Eisnop, Asa, Grand Blanc, IMich., 
Nov. (), ii". 87. Mr. Hislio]) was one of 
the earhest of the early settlers of Gen- 
esee Co., and maintanied through his 
long life an unsullied reputation as a 
man and a citizen, enjoying the love of 
his friends and the esteem of liis neigh- 
bors. 

Bishop, Rov. T.uther, Watertown, 
N. Y., April li), w. 74, a minister of 
Christ's gospel over '>() years, and for a 
great number of years a faithful and | 



successful itinerant miiuster in the 
Methodist church, and will be ac- 
knowledged by all who knew him as 
one of God's most faitliful, exemplary, 
and holy servants. 

Bisiiop, Mrs. Sarah, Barrington. 11. 1., 
Sept. 10, as. 52, wife of James Bishop. 

HON. JUDGE CLARK BISSELL, 

Norwalk, Conn., Sept. 15, ae. 75. Mr. 
Bissell was born in Lebanon, Conn., 
Sept. 7, 1782. He was the eldest of 
three sons. His father was a farmer, in 
straitened circumstances, who was un- 
able to afford liis children any further 
advantages of education than such as 
were furnished by the district schools 
of three quarters of a century ago. But 
Avith these his eldest son was not con- 
tent, and the clergjTiian of the village 
offering to give him instruction if he 
could get time to learn, the lad obtained 
Latin and Greek Grammars, and in the 
intervals of labor, at morning, noon, 
and night, fitted himself for college. 
When he went to New Haven for the 
purpose of commencing his collegiate 
course, his parents gave him a home- 
spun suit of clothes dyed with butternut, 
and made, from the iieece, by his moth- 
er's hands ; and this Avas all that they 
could give him. He maintained liim- 
self, wliile in college, by teaching in the 
schools about New Haven, and gradu- 
ated with honor and four hundred dol- 
lars in debt. This was in 1806. In 
the autumn of that year he went to Ma- 
ryland, and spent about a year there as 
tutor in the family of a Mr. Singleton, 
on the eastern shore. Returning to 
Connecticut, he came to Saugatuck, no'w 
AVestport, where he taught scliool for 
another year, ])ursuing, meauMhile, the 
study of the law, under the instruction 
of Hon. Samuel B. Sherwood. 

Having succeeded in paying off his 
debt, he entered the office of Hon. Ro- 
ger M. Slierman, where he completed 
his preparation for the bar, and, in 
1809, was admitted to practice. In 
June of that year he removed to Nor- 
walk ; and the following extract of a 
letter, written by Dr. Jonathan Knight 
(father of Prof. Knight, of Yale Col- 
lege.) -will show at once the manners of 
the times and the auspices luuler which 
Mr. liissell commenced life in tliis 
town : — 



BIX DEE 



[ 1857. 



BLAKE 



39 



" INIr. Clark BissoU, who Avas lately 
licensed as an attorney, came in town 
yesterday, and lives with me. He has 
the character of a reputable young man. 
E.. M. Sherman, Esq., with Avhom he 
last studied, has given him letters of 
commendation to the civil authorities 
of the town." 

In April, 1811, Mr. Bissell was mar- 
ried to Sally, daughter of Hon. Samuel 
B. Sherwood. For nearly half a cen- 
tury, she was to her husband a loving 
wife, a fiiithful companion, and a sym- 
pathizing friend. She died Feb. 27, 
1856. 

Mr. Bissell, by unwearied industry 
and scrupulous fidelity, rose steadily in 
his profession. In 1829 he was sent to 
the legislature from his town, and, at 
the session of that year, was elected a 
judge of the Supreme Court of Errors 
and Superior Court. He occupied this 
position till 1839, when he resigned; 
the salary of the liighest judicial officers 
being, at that time, about one third of 
the income of a respectable lawyer, and 
entirely inadequate for the support of a 
growing family. In 1842 and 18-43 he 
represented the 12th district in the Sen- 
ate, and in 1847 and 1848 he was suc- 
cessively elected governor of the state. 
While holding this office, he accepted 
the appointment of Kent professor of 
law in Yale College, the duties of which 
position he continued to discharge till 
ill health and the advancing infiraiities 
•of age compelled him to resign. In 
1850 he also represented his town in 
the General Assembly ; the controversy 
concerning the lower shire town in Fair- 
field Co., to which Norwalk was a party, 
and which was not finally terminated 
tiE 1853, being then pending. Since 
his retirement from the law school, he 
had resided at home, occupying himself 
mainly in reading, and association with 
Ms children and grandchildren, till he 
sank peacefully to his rest, on Tuesday, 
Sept. 15, at the age of 75 years and 
8 days. 

BiXBEE, Rufus, Amherst, Mass., June 
19, se. 89, the earUest, and for jnany 
years, the only cabinet-maker in town. 

Black, Mrs. EHzabeth A., Austin, 
Tex., April 9, aj. — , wife of Dr. Joliia 
A. Black. 

Black, Rev. John L., D. D. and 
LL. D., Orange, N. Y., , se. — , 



a graduate of Brown University of the 
class of 1812, and the first rector of St. 
Paul's Church, Pawtucket. 

Blackleuok, Hon. Wm. S., New- 
bern, N. C, March 21, vc. 64. He rep- 
resented Craven Co. in the General 
Assembly of 1 820, and in the same year 
was elected to the Congress of the U. S. 
He was reelected the year following 
after a heated and bitter contest ; and 
he subsequently held offices of trust in 
the county of Craven, such as commis- 
sioner, warden of the poor, clerk of the 
Superior Court, and chairman of the 
County Court. 

Blacknor, Hon. Esbon, Newark, 
Wayne Co., N. J., Nov. — , a». — , an 
ex-member of Congress and a well- 
known citizen of Western New York. 
He was a baker and produce dealer, 
and had been compelled to yield to the 
pressure of the times and make an as- 
signment, which is supposed to have 
been the cause of his death. 

Blair, Beverly, Richmond, Va., 

— , w. — . He was once an eminent 
and wealthy merchant of Richmond, but 
became embarrassed by his friendship 
for others, and parted Avith the larger 
portion of his possessions, rather than 
evade the responsibility imposed upon 
him by resorting to the subterfuges so 
common in these degenerate days. A 
few years ago, he was elected high con- 
stable by a very large vote, and retained 
the office several terms. 

Blair, Mrs. Jane, near RahAvay, N. 
J., Jan. 22, je. 68. 

Blair, Wm., Williamstown, Mich., 
June 14, pe. 62. He was an old resi- 
dent of the county, and much esteemed 
by his numerous friends for those good 
qualities of the hejrt wliich render a 
man a good citizen and kind neighbor. 

Blaisdell, Hon. Josiah, Lewiston, 
Me., Feb. 20, se. 50. A member of the 
state Senate. 

Blaisdell, Daniel, Amesbury Mills, 
Jan. 4, ac. 61, for many years a mer- 
chant, and afterwards postmaster under 
President FiUmore. 

Blake, Francis, Portland, Me., April 
28, se. 62. 

Blake, Rev. John Lauris, D. D., Or- 
ange, N. J., July 6, a?. 69. He gradu- 
ated at Brown University in 1812, be- 
came an Episcopal clergyman, and was 
settled in various parishes. He was 
the author of a Text Book in Natural 



40 



LLAKE 



[ 1857. ] BLENNERIIASSETT 



Philosophy and in Astronomy, of a 
book, calk'cl " 'llu' Farm and Fireside," 
and of the Biographical Dictionary 
wliich bears his name. 

I{i„\Ki:, Mrs. Kesiah, Bristol, R. I., 
An-j. 20, a-. 84, widow of Ebenezer 
Blake. 

Blake, Roval, Forcstdale, Brandon, 
Vt., Dec. 2, IV. 04. — " lic.wlred, That the 
Vestry of this church desire to record 
the expression of their deep sorrow, at 
the athictinj,' dispensation wluch has so 
suddenly deprived them of the valuable 
cooperation of lloyal lUake, their late 
senior warden. They bear their aft'ec- i 
donate testimony to liis upright charac- I 
tcr, liis pure example, his active benev- 
olence, and his constant zeal in the sup- 
port of the church, and in the fulfilment \ 
of every known duty." 

Blaki:li;y, Charles, LaurensviUe. 
March 17, a'. — . 

Blanciiaud, Rev. Wm. H., Flor- 
ence village, N. Y., Jan. 23, se. 32. 

Blandixg, Dr. William, Rehoboth, 
Mass., Oct. 12, iv. 84. 

Blankknsiiii'. Mrs. Gcraldine B., 
Lidianola, Vermilion Co., 111., Jan. 13, 
ae. 32. 

Bi.ATCllFORD, Mrs. Abigail, Glouces- 
ter, Conn., April li), a'. 8.3, widow of 
the late Nathaniel Blatchford. 

Bli:nnekil\ssi;tt, Richard Spottes- 
woode, St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 25, a>. 4G. 
He was born at Conway Castle, Killorg- 
lin, in the county of Kerry, Ireland, 
May, 1811. By his mother, he was re- 
lated to Daniel O'Connell, to whom she 
was second cousin — also to the S])()ttes- 
woodes of Virginia.* Spotteswoode be- 
ing her maiden name ; and his fiither, 
Edward lilennerhassctt, of Tralee, Avas 
second cousin of Ilarinan Blennerhas- 
sett, of the " Island." R. S. 15. received 
his early education at a seminary in 
Tralee, and completed his classical 
studies under the superintendence of 
an elder l)rothcr, who was a graduate 
of Trinity College. Owing to the ruin- 
ous results of a lawsuit, which deprived 
his family of considerable proi)erty, he 
joined his father in his determination to 



• Am Aiiic-rii'iin tchwI. mmni.inilcil liy a Ciiitiiiii 
SpotlcMWiHi.li'. Hii.MwruilOMl I. II ihiMD.ixtdf Ivcni;;li: 
iM-invr rcuriud li_v ii iM-ifililmriiii; f:iiiiil\ iiml llicir 

t'lllllltH, till' kilnltll'hK llllll lllrNpillllity ■■Xtl'llllcil to 

him mill liU iruw ho won on tin- wuriii-lii'iirtiMl 
Vjr:'iiiliiii, Hull. hi'tlliiiK 'M' '''•• "ll:iir!< lis i|iiipkly iiK 
fxjHhlMn. Iin ri'tiiniril. iiiiirricil into llir faiiiily, iimi 
buttled in Kerrj-, wheru his desucudunt!) Ktill resido. 



emigrate to this country. In 1831, 
having married Miss Byron, (great- 
granddaugliter of Jean Jaques Rous- 
seau, and whose father served in India 
under Lord Cornwailis,) on the 26th of 
May, accomjianicd by his father, a 
brother, and two sisters, they embarked 
for America, landed at Quebec, and 
travelled on to Guelph in Ui)per Canada, 
where they intended to settle ; but 
being disappointed in land speculations, 
they returned to Hamilton, (wliere they 
had spent a few days on their journey,) 
ojiened a school, and remained there 
till the cholera broke out in 1832. On 
leaving Hamilton, Mr. B. passed on to 
Lockport, where he first joined the 
democratic ranks ; and he continued 
throughout liis life a firm and consist- 
ent adherent to that party. His next 
move was to Western New York, where, 
like the celebrated Luther Martin, " he 
devoted himself to the double duty of 
preceptor and student at law " in the 
village of Attica ; and so diligently 
did he apply himself, that he was in 
1835 admitted to the bar, six months 
sooner than the term usually prescribed. 
After obtaining his license, he rose rap- 
idly in his profession, and practised in 
Cjenesee and the neighboring counties 
till the year 1841, when, desirous of 
moving still farther west, he took up 
his residence in the city of St. Louis. 
Here a field opened, where free scope 
being afibrded for the exercise of liis 
talents, he soon became distinguished 
as one of the most prominent criminal 
lawyers in the state. The uncommon 
command of tem]ier which he possessed, 
and which was a distinguishing trait in 
his character, gave him vast advantages 
over his opponents ; and the shafts of 
irony and ridicule, which he well knew 
how to wield, often in a doubtful case 
turned the scale in favor of his client. 
But it was not in wit and humor alone 
that he excelled. When engaged on 
the defence, into which he uniformly 
entered with all the fervor of his na- 
tional character, and the energy of his 
cajiacious mind, so powerful was his 
])leading, so ])ersuasivc his eloquence, 
that judge and jury were alike borne 
along by the logic of his reasoning, and 
the warmth of his feelings, and seldom 
failed to accpiit the prisoner whose 
cause he defended, lu cross-examina- 
tion, which was liis forte he, like his 



BLISS 



[1857.] 



BLOCK 



41 



relative, " Counsellor Dan," stood un- | 
rivalled. When quite a boy, it was his 
deli<!;ht to visit the courts of his native 
county, and listen to the manner in 
which O'Connell twisted and turned a 
witness, until he almost turned him in- ; 
side out ; and the shadow of the old j 
man's mantle seemed to have fallen on ' 
his young admirer. In criminal cases 
he Avas always on the defence, and when | 
running for the judgeship of the crimi- 
nal court, was frequently heard to say, ' 
" that if elected, he did not believe he 
could ever sit on the bench and convict 
a prisoner." So sensitive was he to ! 
human sufferings, that he has been 
known, when visiting the jail in the se- 
verest kind of weather, to give his over- 
coat to a prisoner, who was unprovided 
with sufficient clothing, and go himself 
for weeks after without one. In his 
domestic relations, the same spirit char- 
acterized all his actions. If annoyances 
and difficulties " cast a shadow on his 
brow " out doors, it was quickly dissi- 
pated on passing the threshold of that 
home, where he was adored ; while the 
kind greeting, the affectionate word 
to his aged fithor, and to every mem- 
ber of his fiimily, testified the happiness 
he felt and wished to diffuse around 
him. In October last, being absent on 
professional business, he returned home 
iU, and shortly after had an attack of 
apoplexy, which terminated in his death ' 
on the 2oth of Dec, 1857. Mr. B. was 
a member of the Episcopal church, as 
all the Blennerhassetts (with few excep- 
tions) are. He lies interred in Belle- 
fontaine cemetery, St. Louis. 

Bliss, Mrs. Mary K., Gainesville, 
Ala., formerly of Medford, Mass., was 
born March 6, 1809, and died April 12, 
1857, iB. 48. She united with the 
chm-ch at Charlestown, Mass., in 1827, 
and adorned her profession by a hum- 
ble, devoted Hfe of active piety until 
her death. She was, for about the 
whole of this period, an active and suc- 
cessful teacher in the Sabbath school, 
and ever anxious, and laboring in her 
sphere, for the prosperity of Zion. Her 
piety was pecuHarly uniform, active, and 
free from_ fluctuation. Its foundation 
was manifestly laid in a vital union 
with Christ. He was emphatically the 
Sun of her spiritual system, her life, 
her sole reHance, the joy of her heart, 
her all in all. She possessed an ex- 
4* 



traordinary degree of benevolence and 
kindness of heart. She seemed to feel 
happiness and joy ever in doing good, 
and in contributing to the welfare of 
others ; so much so that she evidently 
experienced more happiness in giving 
than others could in receiving. This 
Avas manifested not only while minister- 
ing to temporal wants, but preeminently 
in relieving spiritual wants. It prompted 
her to meet every call with an earnest- 
ness proportioned to the necessity of 
the case. Her piety Avas evinced also 
by her faithfulness in duty, her love for 
the sanctuary and all religious ordi- 
nances, her conscientious exactness in 
the performance of all religious duties 
and exercises, especially in reading the 
Avord, meditation, and prayer. These 
Avere ahvays as food to her, and she felt 
a loss and discomfort if at any time, 
under any circumstances, they Avere 
neglected or materially abridged. She 
had indeed in all matters a remarkably 
tender conscience, alive to the gentlest 
suggestions. If at any time betrayed 
into any Avrong, she Avas never at rest 
until she had sought pardon, no matter 
hoAV loAV or humble the object against 
Avhom she had offended. 

Bliss, George, XorAA-ich, Conn., Sept. 
12, fp. — , for the last 12 years sheriff 
of NcAV London Co. He Avas highly 
esteemed as a man and citizen, and as 
an executive officer he has received the 
highest commendation from the court 
and bar of Ncav London Co. 

Block, Abraham, New Orleans, La., 
March 17, se. 77. He Avas a friend of 
the destitvite, a reliever of the troubled, 
and a comforter of the afflicted. His 
ear Avas ahvays open to the cry of dis- 
tress, and none Avorthy of his bounty 
ever asked it in vain. As a merchant, 
AA'ho had done an extensive business for 
more than half a century, and Avho had 
experienced all the vicissitudes of for- 
tune incident to this hazardous profes- 
sion — having often found liimself, dur- 
ing the great monetary pressures to 
Avhich this country has from time to 
time been subject, involved to the ex- 
tent of many thousands of dollars be- 
yond the means at his control, — none 
exhil)ited a clearer record for honesty 
and integrity. And there is not a sin- 
gle one of his numerous creditors, dur- 
ing this long period of time, Avho can 
say he ever lost a dollar by his neglect. 



42 



BLODGETT 



[1857.] 



BOISE 



Honesty was his watchword from the 
beginning to the end oi' his usel'ul course 
on earth — it was the polar star of his 
existence, and no intiuence, however 
strong, could ever force liim to swerve 
an iotii from the simple integrity of 
heart that governed all his actions. It 
was tliis he taught liis children when 
they first began to lisp his name, and 
he had never ceased to enforce it uj)on 
them, both by precept and example, 
until the cold hand of death cliillcd liis 
warm and generous heart. He was in- 
deeil and in truth " the man of a thou- 
sand ;" and while few ever leave a liistory 
so beautiful and a record so clear and ad- 
miral)lc, none has ever left one superior. 

l}i,oD(ii;TT, Howard, Stewartstown, 
N. IL, Oct. 29, IV. 88. He had been a 
resident of Stewartstown for 50 years, 
was beloved and revered by neighbors 
and acquaintances, Avas also an afi'ec- 
tionate husband and parent. 

Bloodgood, Ljiiott, Enfield, Conn., 
June 17, a*. 70, formerly of Utica. He 
was born in Albany, and belonged to 
one of those families whose names are 
associated with the early history and 
progress of that city, and Avas familiarly 
known to most of its inhabitants up to 
the day of liis death, but who, like 
those older generations, are now num- 
bered with the dead. He had lived for 
some few years past in Utica. N. Y. 

IJi.l'K, Mrs. Elizabeth, llomney, Va., 
Oct. ."31, IV. 80, widow of Mr. Uriah B., 
at the residence of her son-in-law, Col. 
Isaac Parsons. The last survivor of 
the Donaldson family. 

BoARUMAN, Capt.George, Hamilton, 

, iv. 95. 



Madison Co., N. Y., 
Caj)t. B. was a native of Wethersfield, 
Conn., and formerly, and for many 
years, a much resjjccted citizen of 
Schenectady, N. Y. 

BoGAUDU.s, C. S., Bloomingdale, N. 
J., Sept. 21, iP. 4u, late naval olficer. 

BoGKKT, Alida, Geneva. X. Y., Mar. 
19, w. Ho. She was born in the city of 
New York, was the daughter of Nicho- 
las Bogert, one of the whig committee 
of safety during the revolutionary war, 
and granddaugiilcr of the llev. Johan- 
nes Kitzema, one of the early pastors 
of the Collegiate Keformed Dutch 
church, by whom she was baptized in 
1772. Her father, having removed to 
Dutchess Co. when she was quite yoiuig, 
she united in 1813 with the Reformed 



she having been 
for the last five 
ncntly a Bible 
great delight in 



Dutch church of HopeAvell, which was 
then under the pastoral care of the llev. 
Dr. Dewitt. In 1817 she removed to 
Geneva, where she had since, Avith the 
exception of two short intervals, resided 
with her brother, Col. James Bogert. 
Miss B. was one of the nine communi- 
cants who were organized into the Re- 
formed Dutch church of Geneva in 1832, 
and (while free from bigotry) was al- 
ways devotedly attached to the church 
of her fathers. She was a regular at- 
tendant upon all the means of grace, 
until prevented by age and infirmities, 
confined to her house 
years. She was emi- 
Christian, and found 
the daily study of the 
Scri])tures. One of the most beautiful 
features of her religious character was 
her scrupulous regard for the Sabbath, 
when she Avould suffer notliing of a sec- 
ular character to divert her mind from 
the duties and enjoyments of the day. 
The cause of her Master was always 
dear to her, and her influence in favor 
of religion was felt and acknoAvledged 
by all with Avhom she came in contact, 
especially by the young. Her health 
had for several years been delicate, and 
she sufi'ered much bodily pain, which 
Avas occasionally aggravated by seasons 
of spiritual depression ; but her faith in 
God sustained her under every trial, 
and Avas evidently strengthened by its 
exercise. 

BoGEKT, Jacob C, Old Hackensack, 
N. J., July 7, a?. 95. 

BoGGS, Thomas J., Sonora, Cal., Oct. 
13, iV. 56, formerly a resident of Boone- 
ville, Missouri. Possessing talents of a 
high order, and a mind Avell stored Avith 
general knoAvledge, the deceased, as a 
social companion, had fcAV equals. But 
oAving to a retiring disposition and diffi- 
dence in his own poAvers, it Avas only to 
his more intimate associates that liis 
intellectual strength Avas fully manifest- 
ed. Mr. B. Avas a native of Fayette 
Co., Ky. He Avent to Missouri some 40 
years ago, Avhere he continued to reside 
till the s])ring of 1850, Avhen he moved 
to California. He settled in the toA\Ti 
of Sonora, and entered on the practice 
of the hiAv, in Avhich he continued up to 
the time of his late illness. 

lioi.sE, Mrs. Sarah Goodyear, Ann 
Arbor, Mich., April 8, ae. 40, wife of 
Prof. J. R. Boise. 



BONBRIGHT 



[1857.] 



BOSTWICK 



43 



BONBRIGTIT, Dr. Wm., Philadclpliia, 
Pa., •, «?. 3d. He received a lib- 
eral education at Dickenson College, 
Carlisle — studied medicine, and en- 
gaged in its practice at Mt. Pleasant, 
in connection with Dr. W. C. Keiter, 
now of Pittsburg. He subsequently 
lived for several years at Rochester, 
Beaver Co., and for a couple of years 
past has resided in Philadelphia. His 
attainments as a scholar and scientific 
man were of a high character, while 
his excellent quahties as a gentleman 
endeared him to numerous friends. 

Bond, Mrs. Ann, at the residence of 
her son-in-law, John C. Washington, 
Esq., Vernon, N. C, April 18, ae. 77, 
■widow of Southey Bond. Esq., of Ra- 
leigh. Mrs. Bond was the tliird child 
of Col. Henry Cannon, an officer of the 
army of the revolution, and was born 
in Pitt Co., Jan. 19, 1784. It was not 
until the latter period of her Hfe, when 
she was ra])idly fading away, that the 
author of this sad tribute to her mem- 
ory made her acquaintance. He was 
quickly impressed with her extraordi- 
nary mind and character, and now feels 
how irapossiljle it is that any elegance of 
thought or phrase can do adequate jus- 
tice to her many vu'tues. She possessed 
unusual vivacity of fancy and great 
strength and perspicuity of intellect, was 
a dehghtful companion, a disinterested 
and confiding friend. The fertility and 
originality of her thought, the fulness 
of her information, and the extent 
of her observation and experience, ren- 
dered her conversation higlily enter- 
taining and instructive. Ardent in her 
feelings, generous in her impulses, and 
devoted in her affections, she was a model 
ynie, a fond and indulgent mother, a 
kind and considerate mistress. 

Bonn, Mary H., Baltimore, Md., 
18, ce. 84, widow of Phihp Bonn. 

BoxNEL, Mrs. Margaret, Farmes, N. 
J., Feb. 3, 86. 48. 

BoNNEY, Alfred P., New York, 
March 31, ae. 37, of Waterford, Vt. 

BoxsALL, Martha L., Chester, Pa., 
April 14, ae. — , wife of Dr. J. K. 
Bonsall, and daughter of the late Joseph 
Lea, of Philadelphia. 

BoNTECON, Daniel, Springfield, 
Mass., Nov. 24, se. 79. 

BooHER, Samuel, Dayton, O., April 
12, fE. 77. Mr. Booher was one of the 
earliest settlers of Dajton ; having 



come here from Maryland in December, 
1807. In 18U8 he married in this 
place. He first engaged in the business 
of wagon making, as will be recollect- 
ed by old citizens, wlrich he continued 
for a number of years. When the 
Miami Canal was completed, Mr. 
Booher commenced the produce and 
transportation business, and owned, 
besides, one of the first packets wliich 
ran between Dayton and Cincinnati. 

Boomer, Sarah, wife of Dea. Na- 
thaniel, Fall River, Feb. 2, a?. 87. 

Booxe, Gen., Tishormingo Co., 
Miss., Oct. 17, a^. — . He was a regu- 
lar descendant of the distinguished Col. 
Daniel Boone, who died in 1822, se. 84, 
and was said to resemble him, not 
only in personal appearance, but also 
in his qualities of head and heart. He 
had filled various places of honor and 
trust in Mississippi. 

Booxe, Dr. John G., Pendleton Dist., 
S. C, Jan. — , «. 47. 

Booth, Mrs. H. W., New Castle, Del., 
Sept. 8, IV. — , widow of Chief Justice 
Booth, who died March 29, 1855. 

Bordwell, Mrs. Eliza, at the resi- 
dence of her brother, Prof. John A. 
Leland, of Davidson College, N. C, 
May 13, a-. — ,wife of Rev. Joseph Bord- 
well, and daughter of Rev. Dr. Leland, 
of Charleston, S. C. 

BoRROUGHs, Phebe, Concord, Mich., 
Sept. 12, se. 72. She was born in the 
town of Shaftesbury,Vt. At an early age, 
she was taken to Whitehall, in the State 
of New York. Wliile there, she became 
the subject of divine grace, and at the age 
of "15 was baptized by Dr. Nathaniel 
Kcndrick. In 1833, she removed, 
with her family, to Michigan, and hav- 
ing located herself in the town of Con- 
cord, she united with the little band 
that composed the Baptist church in 
that place, at its organization. 

BosTiCK, Major John G., Schelly 
Co., Tenn., April 29, se. 72. Major 
Bostick was a soldier of the war of 
1812, and was known and respected by 
most of our citizens. 

Bostick, Charles B., Albany, N. Y., 
Oct. 26, sd. 62. 

BosTWiCK, Isaac W., Lowville, Lew- 
is Co., N.Y., Jan. 3, a?. 82. Mr. Bostwick 
came to Lowville some time about 1808, 
when Lewis and other counties were 
mostly a wilderness. He had been 
educated to the law, and for a few 



44 



LUSWELL 



[1857.] 



BOTKIN 



years practised that profession, but at 
an early aije was appointed the land 
ajient of Mr. Loav, of New York, and 
other hirf>e real estate owners, embra- 
cinj; a hufie proportion of Lew is county, 
a jjart of St. Lawrence, &:c. — an ap- 
pointment which he held at the time 
of his death, transacting^ i)erson- 
ally all its duties until witiiin a few 
years, and in a manner perfectly satis- 
factory to his emjiloyers and to the 
settlers. Mr. Bost^vick was ai)pointed 
president of the IJank of Lowville, 
when it was organized, and held that 
position until a few years since. 

EoswELi., Sarah M., Philadelphia, 
Pa., May 4, le. — , widow of the late 
John L. lioswell. 

PoTKiN, Col. Alexander, Sun Prairie, 

Wis., , a\ 56. lie was in many 

respects a most peculiar man, and was 
welJ known to all Avho have visit- 
ed the state capital with any fre- 
quency through the last ten or twelve 
years. He jjossesscd an inexhaustible 
fund of anecdote and coarse, rough 
humor, that made him an entertaining 
com])anion in the circles he frequented. 
In his youth, we learn that he was 
quite dissipated, and that he then con- 
tracted the inci])icncy of the bloom that 
of late years marked his features, and 
led many to doubt the regularity of his 
habits. On leaving Cincinnati, hoM- 
ever, for the west, he pledged his sol- 
emn faith to himself to drink nothing 
intoxicating ; and from that hour to the 
day of his death, a social glass, even, 
never stained his lips. He frequented 
places of amusement, and was always 
ready to join in them — was occasion- 
ally seen at the dances, and by the 
friendly card table, but never could be 
induced to violate his habits of the 
strictest abstinence. Col. B. had not 
received tlie l)enefits of a highly pol- 
ished education, which sometimes 
caused him to make serious blunders 
in the use of language. Upon one oc- 
casion, in the Senate, he proceeded to 
K])eak against some measure adopted by 
the op])osition in secret caucus, protest- 
ing strongly against the secrecy which 
had characteri/i'd their proceedmg, and 
said, — "Mr. I'resitk'nt, we want a 
fair fight. A\'c don't want to go 
crawling around in the brush about 
this measure ; but we want action on 
it to be sub rosa and uLoceboard." 



Upon another occasion, in one of 
the Justices' Courts of his county, he 
was arguing some question of law or 
fact, and attempted to quote lago, as 
follows : — 

'> He wlio steals my purse steals trash ; 
I!ut he who filches nie of my cruoil iiatiie, 
Steals tlial which nut eniiches hill], ami makes me, 
Gentlciiieii of the jury — makes nv; fed — (/ijso- 
!/rceaUc." » 

A laughable anecdote is told of his 
electioneering tours. He called upon a 
Norwegian family, for he was an ac- 
complished master of electioneering 
arts. He was invited to eat, and at 
once accepted the invitation. Among 
other Norwegian delicacies provided, 
was a quantity of ri])e pickled cucum- 
bers — jellow and plethoric with their 
intestinal contents. They were urged 
upon the colonel by his officious host- 
ess, till he could no longer refuse with- 
out hazarding the vote of the head of the 
family. He at length attacked a mon- 
strous specimen, and with tears in his 
eyes, induced l)y the sharpness of the 
vinegar, and the contents of the enor- 
mous pickle running out of both corners 
of liis mouth and down liis protuberant 
vest, insisted upon her (jiriny him a 
recipk fur tlte "picMcs, tliat he could 
carri/ home and yet some made like them. 
He was elected ! The keen encounter 
between his wit and Pump Carpen- 
ter's " scrap book," at the Court House, 
during the last campaign, will be re- 
membered by the crowd who Hstened 
to it. It was a " very nest of spicery," 
and made men laugh till they almost 
cried from sideache. The last convi- 
vial occasion at which Col. B. was 
seen was at a recent dinner given by 
Mayor Fairchild to the Common Coun- 
cils of M^atertown and Madison, and 
those interested in the W. ik. M. 11. K. 
He was then called out, and delighted 
all liy his humorous accounts of his 
efforts as right-of-way agent to secure 
the best possible terms for the railroad. 
He related his system of doing his 
business with an unction and humor 
that were in the highest degree entcr- 
1 taining. Col. B. had a good and manly 
heart. No acquaintance that he ever 
had in his state will charge him with 
a mean or dishonest act. His goodness 
of heart was as imbounded as liis humor ; 
he was every body's friend ; " had no 
arts but maidv arts ; " and if merit that 
received pubhc respect, — 



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[1857.] 



BOWDON 



45 



" A Iiami open as day to melting charity," — 
the qualities that make a man gener- 
ous, patient, honest, forgiving, and 
good, constitute a gentleman and a 
Christian, Col. B. was both. 

He was born in Kentucky, in 1801. 
At an early age, he removed to Ohio, 
and from there to Alton, 111., in 1832. 
He was a justice of the peace at the 
time of the Lovejoy riots, and took an 
active part to preserve law and order. 
He twice sat in the territorial legisla- 
ture, and served one term in the state 
Senate and one in the Assembly. He 
was also a candidate for the Constitu- 
tional Convention, but was defeated by 
John Y. Smith, and was voted for by 
the whigs, in 1851, for U. S. senator, 
against Gen. Dodge. 

Boucher, Anthony, Claverack, Co- 
lumbia Co., N. Y., April 22, a;. 87. Mr. 
B. was one of the most worthy and 
respectable citizens of Columbia Co., 
where he had resided for sixty 
years, and for the last fifty years, an 
attached member of the Dutch Re- 
formed Church. He represented the 
county in the legislature of 1833, and 
was, for seven or eight years in succes- 
sion, supervisor of his town. 

BoULiGNY, recorder of the fourth 
district, New Orleans, La., Feb. 6, a\ 
— . Previous to the consolidation of 
the several districts of the present city 
of New Orleans, Mr. Bouligny occupied 
the position of mayor of Lafayette, 
which he filled with credit to himself 
for several years. He was a member 
of one of our most ancient Creole fam- 
iHes, and died in the maturity of man- 
hood, of asthma. As a mark of re- 
spect to the deceased recorder, the \ 
mayoral office, and the offices of lle- 
corders Stith, Fabre and Bouligny were 
closed and draped in mourning. 

Bourne, Thomas L., Springfield, Ky., 

, se. 43. Mr. Bourne was born 

May 11, 1813. He landed in Terre 
Haute on the 1st of April, twenty-one 
years ago, and since that time has been 
one of the most active members of so- 
ciety. For a number of years he was 
engaged in the wholesale grocery busi- 
ness. Mr. B. was one of the represen- 
tatives from Vigo in the last constitu- 
tional convention, in which position he 
made many lasting friends, and signal- 
ized himself as a man of ability and 
judgment. But few of that conven- 



tion are left, we understand, and we say, 
" Peace be unto their ashes." Mr, B. was 
buried by the order of free and ac- 
cepted masons, with tlieir usual impos- 
ing ceremonies. Thou"}! he died away 
from home, liis bretliren forsook liim 
not, till they had followed him to the 
grave and pronounced tlieir last bless- 
ings upon him, and strewed their me- 
mentoes of fidelity over liis remains. 

BouRZ, Rev. AVm. W., Jacksonville, 
Fla., Nov. 3, sc. — , formerly of Geneva, 
N. Y. 

BouTON, James, Huntington, L. L, 
Feb. 24, 86. 56. He was one of the 
most estimable citizens — a kind and 
olilisrinsf neiirhbor — a faithful friend — 
upright in all his intercourse with the 
world ; he Mas beloved while living, and 
died regretted by all who knew liim. 

HON. F. W. BOWDON, 



Henderson, Paist Co., Texas, , se. 

— , was born in Alabama, and was a 
representative to Congress, from 1846 
to 1851, from his native state. About 
the year 1852 he removed to Texas, and 
engaged in the practice of the law. He 
was one of the electors for the state at 
large at the last presidential election. 

No man in Texas, public or private, 
was more admired and beloved. A 
great light has gone out ; a man of 
splendid intellect has fallen ; the state 
has lost one of its most distinguished 
and patriotic statesmen ; society has 
surrendered one of its brightest orna- 
ments ; but the loss to his family 
and friends, those who knew him in- 
timately, who drank at the fount of 
his genius, who were the recipients of 
his best aflections, and for whom the 
warmest pulsations of his noble heart 
beat, who shall estimate it ? 

It was our fortune to be present at 
the meeting of the bar, to express their 
grief and condolence. Never were we 
more solemnly impressed than on that 
melancholy occasion. 

First arose Mr. Henderson, who an- 
nounced the time and manner of his 
death. " I had the melancholy pleas- 
ure to be present," said he, " at his dy- 
ing couch, and to behold him in death. 
As I looked upon that Grecian face, 
that brow of intellect, I thought I nev- 
er before saw mind and feeling more 
: indelibly stamped on a humaa coun- 



46 



r.OTVE 



[18o7.] BRADFORD 



tenanco. Foihles he may have liad ; 
faults lie had none. A great and good 
man has fallen. Who that has listened 
to him has not heen thrilled by his el- 
ociurnce, or warmed by the generous 
feehngs of his nature ? He never forgot 
the tluties of ])roj)riety ; not even in the 
most exciteil ilebates was he ever 
known to ilo injustice to an adversary, 
or to wound his feeling." 

Then followed Mr. Murrah, who, 
after a brief allusion to the more 
important events of ]Mr. 15owdon's 
life, and paying a glwving tribute to 
his memory, gathered together the 
flowers of his genius and its trophies to 
Ciist u])on his tomb. 

Then followed Judge Frazer in a 
brief, but chaste, eloquent, and impas- 
sioned tribute, which found an echoing 
res])()iise in every heart. 

'I'hen -Mr. Lane arose, and dwelt 
upon the virtues and character of the 
deceased. Altogether it was an occa- 
sion worthy of the man whose memory 
it was intended to honor. — Texas Bep. 

BowE, D. A., Lancaster, N. H.. 
March 22, if. 36, editor of the Coos 
Kepublican. 

BowKX, Stephen, Manhcim, N. Y,, 
May '), a'. Go. Mr. Boavcu was one of 
the oldest and most esteemed citizens 
of Manheim, and in all the relations of 
life was kmown and valued for his in- 
tegrity and exemplary character. He 
liad for years taken a great interest in 
educational matters, and had honorably 
filled the ofHce of town superintend- 
ent of j)ublic schools. 

BowKN, Mrs. Vashti, Aurora, Nov. 
19, a-. 75*, wife of Jonathan Bow- 
en, I-'sq., and mother of ('apt. Isaac 
Bowen, of t lie army, and Dennis Bowen, 
Esi|., of liulfalo. 

B(i\vi.i:s, Henjamin, Fluvanna Co., 

Va. . a-. i'i;{. He had voted for 

every president from Washington to 
Buchanan. 

Bowm;, Mrs. i;iiza, Newark, N. J., 
Oct, 11. a-. HO, widow of the late Con- 
over Hownc of Schoolcy's Mountain. 

B()Vl>, John, ConncUsviUe, Pa., Mar. 
31, H'. 7H. The deceased was one of 
the oldest and most respectable citizens, 
an<l was esteemed for Ills honesty, in- 
dustry, and intcgritv. 

Bovi). Mrs. .Sarah, Hudson City, N. 
J., Oct. IG, w. Gl. 



BoYDEN, Frederick, Goshen, N. Y., 
Aug. 24, a^. — . Mr. B. was formerly 
from Boston, and was for a number of 
years one of the proprietors of the As- 
tor House, New York, and formerly 
of the Exchange Hotel, Kichmond, Va. 

BoYDEN, Mrs. Eliza O. T., Amherst, 
Mass., March 24, ae. — , wife of Col. J. 
W. Boyden. 

BoYEH, Mr. George, Harrisburg, Pa., 
June — , a^. — . He participated in the 
war of 1812. 

BOYNTON, Mrs. T). E. W., Rockland, 

Me., 27, a^. 36, wife of C. V. R. 

Boynton, and daughter of Dr. James 
Cochran. 

Bracey, Major ISL, Gainesville, 
Clarke Co., Ala., Jan. 19, sc. — . Many 
opportunities of witnessing his ati'ec- 
tionate and endearing devotion as a 
husband, his paternal solicitude, even 
to indulgence, as a parent, his disinter- 
ested patriotism as a citizen, indulgent 
hmnanity as a master, and uriblemished 
virtue as a pliilanthropist, render the 
writer deeply conscious of his utter ina- 
bility to do justice to the testified exer- 
cise of those departed virtues, pos- 
sessed in an eminent degree by 
the deceased, and lead him to believe 
that, to mention his name in the 
circle of his appreciating acquaintances, 
more imperatively commands, concen- 
trates, and enlists the most noble and 
sublime passions that ever rent asunder 
the grief-stricken soul, than all the 
speeches and declamation that could 
be chanted from the pulpit, or delivered 
from the stage, in calling forth a tailing 
tear to heal the wounded heart. — Com. 

Bradell, Mrs. Maria, Peoria, 111., 
June 28, a'. 56, wife of Mons. BradeU, 
Esq., formerly of New York. 

Braden, Mrs. Caroline, Keokuk, 

Iowa, , a>. — , wife of Dr. James 

Braden. 

Bradford, Col. Thomas H.. Dec. 31, 
iT. 69. The deceased Mas born in Fau- 
quier Co., Va. He emigrated to Ken- 
tucky in the fall of 1807, and settled in 
Scott Co., where he continued to re- 
side until his removal to this county in 
the year LSi}-. A\'hilst a citizen of Ken- 
tucky., he represented Scott Co. in the 
legislature, and sul)sequently he repre- 
sented the senatorial district com- 
])osed of the counties of Scott and 
Bourbon, in the Senate of Kentucky. 
In the war of 1812 he was attached 



BRADFORD 



[1857.] 



BRADLEY 



47 



to the north-western array, under Gen. 
Harrison. He vohinteered as a pri- 
vate in the company of Capt. Payne, 
which composed a part of the regiment 
commanded by Col. Ball. Whilst upon 
the northern lakes, he again volun- 
teered as a private in Com. Perry's 
fleet, and was on board of the Caledo- 
nia during the memorable action of 
Sept. 10, 1813, when that distinguished 
naval officer gained so signal a victory 
over the British forces. He was a 
high-minded, patriotic citizen, prompt 
and faithful in the discharge of every 
public duty wliich through a long life 
devolved upon him. But it was by 
those who knew him best that he was 
most highly prized. In the social and 
domestic circle, he was respected and 
beloved by all who had the pleasure to 
know him. No mean or selfish motive 
ever influenced his conduct or con- 
trolled liis action. His heart was a well- 
spring of the noblest virtues ; his na- 
ture abounded with the " milk of hu- 
man kindness ; " liis hand was ever open 
to charity ; his soul was the very seat 
of honor ; and his death has created a 
void in the neighborhood which cannot 
be filled. The loss to his family can 
only be realized by those whose hearts 
are stricken with grief, and who appre- 
ciated best the beauty and purity of the 
character of him for ^\■hom they mourn. 
He was interred on the first day of the 
new year with the honors of masonry, of 
which ancient order he had been for 
many years a sliining light and distin- 
guished ornament. 

Bradford, Mrs. Mary, South Kings- 
town, R. I., Oct. 23, iv. 99. Mrs. B. 
retained her mental powers, in a re- 
markable degree, to the close of life. 
She descended from the Puritan stock, 
and could trace her pedigree to her an- 
cestors who landed from the Mayflower 
on Plymouth Rock. She was a sincere 
Christian, and had been a member of 
the Second Baptist Church in Rich- 
mond for many years. She was a con- 
stant attendant upon the ordinances of 
God's house as long as her strength 
permitted. She was social, grateful 
for favors, and patient under affliction. 
Having lived through the most trj-ing 
and eventful scenes in the history of 
our country, she was one of the living 
links which connect the distant past 
with the present. She left the world 



with the joyful hope of a blessed im- 
mortality. 

Bradley, Ariel, Lovet's Grove, 
Wood Co., Ohio, March 25, a>. 88. 
He was born in Salisbury, Conn., in 
1767. Naturally of a strong, discrimi- 
nating mind, he was employed witli suc- 
cess when a boy in scenes and busi- 
ness that would have appalled older 
and more experienced heads. Just 
before the battle of White Plains, in 
1776, young Bradley, then being only 
nine years old, was employed by Gen. 
Washington to enter the British camp 
as a spy. He took an old horse, and 
putting a load of grain on his back, 
and got astride of it himself, and boldly 
passed the British Hues, under pre- 
tence of going to mill. He was ar- 
rested, as he expected to be, and taken 
to the British camp for examination. 
Here, without exhibiting any vmusual 
curiosity, he observed all that was go- 
ing on. A long consultation Avas held 
by the officers as to what should be done 
Avith him ; but young Bradley acted the 
"Johnny Raw" so completely that they 
finally discharged him, thinking him 
more fool than spy. As he was leaving, 
one of the officers remarked, " I believe 
the little devil will betray us." The 
mill boy made his way back to the 
American camp with the desired infor- 
mation. In 1801 he removed to Can- 
field, Mahoning Co. He left Sahsbury 
on the 14th of June, 1801, and arrived 
in Canfield in August of the same year. 
He remained in Canfield vuitil 1805, 
when he removed to Suffield, Portage 
Co., and settled on what is known as the 
old Kent farm. Having remained in 
Suffield a little over a year, he removed 
to Springfield on lot 12, in what is now 
Mogadore. He was the first settler in 
Springfield, and built the fu'st house 
in what is now Mogadore. He was a 
quiet, retiring, unassuming man ; for 
many years a member of the Presbji;e- 
rian church. 

Bradley, David M., Chicago, 111., 

, ff. 40. He was born in the 

State of New Hampshire, and learned 
the printer's trade in the city of Con- 
cord. 

Bradley, Hon. Henry, Burlington, 
Vt., April 7, a?. — , was, for several 
years, a member of the General Assem- 
bly, in House and Senate, and was one 
of the most shrewd and influential 



48 



BRADLEY 



[1857.] 



BRAY 



leaders of the old whif? party ; a man 
of jji-eat energy and activity in business. 

liUADLKY, Elum, Ilamden, Conn., 
Jan. liit, le. 8*2. 

Bradley, liohert, Fryebur^, Maine, 
Nov. 11, a?. S<3, formerly of Concord, 
N. 11. 

Bkadi.ey, Dr. T. \V., Harbor Creek, 
Pa., June 2>S, a-. GO. 

BuAUY, Samuel \V., Winchester, 
Va., March 27, a'. 49, was one of the 
three survivors of the Dade massacre 
m the I'lurida war, and was a soldier 
in the whole of the Scott campaign in 
Mexico. At Chepultepec, he was fore- 
most among those who scaled the walls, 
and was so severely wounded as to be 
at fir^t reported in the list of the 
killeil. His remains were accompanied 
to their last resting place by the Mor- 
gan Continentals with military honors. 

BKAdta.Ns, Miss Mary A., Xew\ork, 
at tlie residence of Park Benjamin, Jan. 
20, a-. 74, a kind, affectionate, faitli- 
ful, and devoted friend ; a member, for 
many years, of the churcli of Christ ; 
she died in the hope of a happy immor- 
tality. 

BiiAlNARD, Dr. Daniel, Fremont, O., 
Jan. 17, x. 09. He was a native of 
Mass., and was born Oct. 20, 1787. 
He studied medicine in St. Johns, Low- 
er Canada, and commenced its practice 
at St. Armands, in the same i)rovince. 
He removed to Canandaigua, New 
York, al)out 1812, and during the 
war served for a time as assistant sur- 
geon in the army, but was soon obliged 
to resign on account of sickness. Li 
Nov., 1819, he came to Lower Sandus- 
ky, now Fremont, and commenced the 
practice of medicine, which he contin- 
ued till within a few years. For some 
years he was the ordy regular physician 
m that region. 

BuAiNAKD, James H., M. D., China, 
Me., April (i. a-. (>fi. 

BuA.MA.N, liev. Francis, So. Belcher- 
town, Mass., Jim. 20, a*. 64. 

Bkaniian, Kichard C, Galveston, 
Texas, May ."51, a', about 50, of Colum- 
bia, Miss. Mr. B. was a j)asscnger on 
tlie ill-fated Louisiana, which was de- 
stroyed by fire within eight miles of 
Galveston, and was homeward l)oun<l, 
after a\isit to Texas. The shock wliich 
the connnunity received at the rumor 
of his distressing death was succeeded 
by a settled grief and sorrow, as that 



rumor ripened into certainty. He had 
been, for many years, one of the promi- 
nent citizens ; engaged in an extensive 
mercantile business ; and his justice, 
])ublic sjjirit, integrity, pure and unsul- 
lied moral character, were uiaiversally 
conceded. The loss of such a man as 
he can but be severely felt. Always 
remarkable for morality and projjriety 
of conduct, Mr. B., in maturer Hfe, 
learned to rest his faith and hope on 
the Bible, and added to his native cour- 
tesy, kindness, and gentleness, the 
graces of the Cluistian character. 
Faithful and pure in every relation of 
life, his character was true, his example 
always good ; his name will be a delight- 
ful remembrance to his family and 
friends. 

Brannan, Mary E., Dajton, O,, AprU 
3, a". 36, wife of B. F. Brannan, of Cin- 
cinnati, and daughter of the late Rev. 
Dr. Doddridge, of Va. 

Braxtlixger, Frederick, "\Miatfield 
township, Indiana Co., Pa., March 29, 
very old. 

Braxton, Geo., San Francisco, Cal., 
July 31, 86. 41, formerly an employe 
of the mint in Philadel]ihia, and on the 
establishment of the branch mint in 
San Francisco, was sent thither. He 
was an excellent officer, and held in de- 
served esteem for his uprightness and 
integrity, while as a citizen he enjoyed 
the confidence and warm regards of 
all who knew him. Mr. B. served in 
the war Avith ^Mexico, in Capt. Scott's 
company of Pennsylvania volunteers, 
and was a member of the Scott Legion. 
He occupied a high position as a dem- 
ocrat, both here and in California, and 
Mas a member of the late democratic 
state convention Mhich nominated Hon. 
John B. Weller for governor. 

Bray, James, Chatham Co., N. C, 
April 19, a\ 94. It Mould be saying too 
much to say that any man ever lived m ith- 
out a fault ; but he Mas as near fiudtless 
as any man. He had been a consistent 
member of the BajJtist church for a 
number of years. Although he did not 
make much show and display about 
religion, like many others, Avho are full 
of ostentation, yet he carried his piety 
M'itli him Mherever he Mcnt, not having 
tliis meeting-house religion alone. It 
is true he had not been as much satis- 
faction to his friends for the last fcM' 
jeai's as formerly ; still they disliked to 



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[1857.] 



BRINLEY 



49 



give him up, although he had been 
blessed with so much longevity, 
and the}' were -willing and anxious 
to extend their hospitality and kind- 
ness to him, as they manifested up to 
the very last moment of his existence. 
In his character he was retiring and un- 
assuming ; generous and good to the 
poor, kind and obliging to his neigh- 
bors, affectionate and loving to his chil- 
dren, grandchildren, and great-grand- 
children ; and it is a source of gratifi- 
cation to them to know that he never 
wanted for any thing, and that their loss 
is his gain, for he has filled the grave 
of an honest man. — 'iV. C. newspaper. 

Breji, Mrs. Martha A., Charlotte, X. 
C, March 16, te. — , wife of Mr. 
Thomas H. Brem. The deceased was 
the second daughter of the late Dr. 
Stephen Fox, whose Avise and judi- 
cious precepts of moral and Christian 
duty, so assiduously and thoroughly in- 
culcated upon the minds of all his chil- 
dren, were unceasingly practised to the 
last moment of her life by the subject 
of this humble and imperfect notice. 
Often, during her short sickness, she 
expressed to her venerable surviving 
parent a perfect consciousness of her 
approaching dissolution, and a certain 
confidence of meeting her Saviour at the 
thi'one of omnipotent grace. As a 
neighlior, she was ahvays kind and 
obliging. As a friend to the poor and 
afflicted, she was liberal, punctual, and 
active in the performance of her whole 
duty. 

Brexnax, Joseph, New Orleans, 
May 28, te. — , editor of the New Or- 
leans Times. He was a compatriot with 
Mitchell and Meagher. 

Brenton, Hon. Samuel, Fort 
AVayne, Ind., March 29, a?. 48. He 
was a native of Gallatin Co., Ky. ; was 
a minister from the age of twenty until 
1S48, when struck by paralysis, he re- 
signed, and was appointed register of 
the Fort Wayne land office. He was 
elected to Congress in ISol, and again 
in 1855. From 1853 to 1855, he was 
president of Fort Wayne College. 

Brewer, Gardner, INIilton, ]Mass., 
Aug. 19, a^. 15, only son of Gardner 
Brewer. He was accidentally shot. 

Bridges, Harrison, Louisville, Ky., 
^larch 24, jb. — , merchant of that city. 

Brigos, David, Milo Centre, Yates 
Co., N. Y., , 33. 80. 



Briggs, EUsha, Pembroke, Mass., 
, a?. 76, was for many years a ship- 



builder at Belleville, and" was a sub- 
scriber to the Newburyport Herald 
about fifty years. 

Briggs, Dr. H. W., Atalanta, 111., 
Jan. 17, a>. about 30, Avas a native of 
Taunton, and had been in Illinois about 
six years. 

Briggs, Jeremiah, West Burlington, 

Otsego Co.,_N. Y., , a-. 78. He 

formerly resided in Benton, and was one 
of the pioneers in the settlement of that 
county. 

Brightwell, Basil, Richmond, III., 
June 4, a>. 70. He was one of the 
oldest settlers of that place, having 
been engaged in business there between 
30 a'nd 40 years. He was a useful citi- 
zen, and esteemed as an honorable and 
correct man in his business transac- 
tions. 

Brinckerhoff, Edward, Albany, N. 
Y., Jan. 6, se. 48. 

Brinckle, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Grove- 
ville, N. J., Aug. 27, se.— , wife of Dr. 
Wm. B. Brinckle. 

Brinkeriioff, Mrs. Elizabeth B., 
Norwich, Conn., March 4, a". 74. 

Brixley, George, Hartford, Conn., 
Jan. 22, a>. 82. He was formerly a 
druggist in Boston, and was a large 
owner of real estate in that city and 
Worcester. His wife was a grand- 
daughter of Gen. Israel Putnam. 

Brixley, Mrs. Elizabeth, Tyngsbor- 
ough, Mass., May 7, a^. 76, wife of 
Robert Brinley, Esq. This estimable 
lady was descended from a long line of 
distinguished ancestors. Her father, 
Hon. John Pitts, graduated at Harvard 
University in 1757, and was for several 
years a member of the Massachusetts 
House of Representatives, and speaker 
of that body in 1778. Her grandfather 
on her mother's side was Hon. John 
Tyng, a graduate of Harvard, in 1725, 
and judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas, in 3Iiddlesex Co., from 1763 to 
1786, having been reappointed and 
made chief judge after the revolu- 
tion. Previous to his appointment as 
judge, he was for ten years a member 
of the House of Deputies from Boston. 
The father of Judge Tyng was Major 
William Tyng, a gentleman of a mili- 
tary turn. He was a major in the time 
of " Queen Anne's War," in the battles 
M'ith the Indians, and was killed by 



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them in 1710. Major Tyng's father 
was Col. Jonathan Tyng. He was one 
of the pioneers of the old township of 
Dunstable, a man of great courage, en- 
ergy of character, ancl influence, all of 
which were exhibited during the Indian 
war with King Philij). besides many 
offices which he held, he was colonel of 
tlie upper Miildlesex regiment, judge 
of the Court of Common Pleas in Mid- 
dlesex Co. from 1702 to 1719, and Avas 
appointed one of Sir Edmund Andros's 
council under King James II. The 
father of Col. Tyng was lion. Edward 
Tyng, who was born in Dunstable, 
Eng., in 1000, and came to Boston 
about l():i9. In 16-12 he began his of- 
ficial career as " a constable of Bos- 
ton." He was afterwards one of the 
deputies two years, and assistant thir- 
teen years ; in the colonial government ; 
was major of the Sutiolk regiment ; 
and was elected major general, but 
proljably did not serve. He held many 
other public offices of less importance. 
Previous to his death he removed from 
Boston to that part of Dunstable which 
is now Tyngsl)orough, and from liis na- 
tive place in England the old tOMnship 
of Dunstable took its name. The town 
of Tyngsborough also took its name 
£i"om the family. 

Bkison, Benj., Xewtown, Jan. 6, je. 
77, one of the oldest and most es- 
teemed citizens of that town. 

Bkoauuus, Mrs., Charlottesville, 

Va., , X. — , wife of lie v. John 

A. Brouddus. 



HENRY PO^^'TLL BRODXAX, 

Russellville, Ky., Feb. 4, vc. 87. Judge 
Brodnax was born in Dinwiddle 
Co., Va., March 15, 1769. He was 
the youngest son of Henry Brodnax, 
Esq., a gentleman of great respectabil- 
ity and wortli. Ho was educated in 
lus native county, and studied law 
with Judge Edmund Pendleton, then 
one of tlie most distinguished men in 
Virginia. He was licensed to practise 
law, in 1794, shortly after he came to 
Kentucky. He was npjjointed judge of 
tlie district in which he died, among the 
first Ijench of circuit judges in the state, 
wiiich office he held for 27 years, when 
he resigned and retired to private life. 

During a period of ;i() years. Judge 
Brodnax. was an infidel ; never till after 



he retired from public life did he pay 
any attention to the subject of religion. 
In the year 18;j2, "after a long strug- 
gle with a very proud heart," he ob- 
tained a hope in Christ. His conver- 
sion Avas a clear manifestation of divine 
grace to liimself. He united Avith the 
Cumberland Presbyterian church, and 
Avas ordained a ruling elder. Some 
years after he became a member of the 
old school Presbjterian church, in the 
communion of Avliich he died. 

Judge Brodnax Avas a man of strong, 
good sense, honest, frank, and candid. 
While judge, he Avas emphatically a 
terror to evil doers. He may have done 
Avrong from being misled by his very 
strong feelings and prejudices ; but a 
more honest man never lived. He 
could not act the hypocrite. He never 
could be popular on that account. He 
certainly had very great peculiarities 
and eccentricities of character ; yet he 
Avas truly a humane, kind-hearted, 
Christian man. There Avas ahvays a 
tinge of superstition about him ; he Avas 
a strong believer iir special prayer and 
special providence. His statements on 
such points Avould often surprise and 
startle his best friends ; yet they all 
believed him to be rigidly honest and 
sincere in all he said. He was ever 
distinguished by four tilings : — 

1. His sincerity — honest heartcd- 
ness. 2. His soundness in the doc- 
trines of grace. 3. His daily, constant 
reading of the Bible. 4. He was em- 
phatically a man of prayer. 

Some years since, he set free all his 
slaves, and left them in good circum- 
stances. There never Avas a kinder 
master. He Avas almost literally the 
executor of liis OAvn Avill. After divers 
legacies to others, he left upAvards of 
tAventy tlTousand dollars to the Danville 
Theological Seminary. 

Brookiiouse, Matilda L., Roxbury, 
Mass., Feb. 1, vo. — . 

Brooking, Robert E., Lexington, 
Ky., Dec. 21, a>. 76. 

Brooks, Dr. Adin, Red Wing, Min- 
nesota Ter., Oct. 4, re. 26. 

Brooks, John, Mill Creek, Pa., Oct. 
24, a-. 85, one of the oldest and most 
esteemed citizens of the county. 

Brooks, Miriam, Westminster, Dec. 
7, iv. 81, Avife of Samuel ]5rooks. 

Brooks, Hon. Preston S., Washing- 



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ton, I). C, Jan. 27, te. 37. He was born 
in i?.dgefield District, S. C, in August, 
1819. He graduated at the fSouth 
Carolina College in 1839, studied law, 
was admitted to the bar in 1843, and 
was a state representative in 1844. In 
1846 he raised a company of volunteers, 
was made captain, and served in the 
Palmetto regiment during most of the 
Mexican war. After the war he with- 
drew from the bar, and devoted himself 
to planting. He was elected to Con- 
gress in 1853, and reelected in 1855. 
The incidents of his life in connection 
with his assault on Senator Sumner, his 
leaving the house, and reelection, are 
too well known to be repeated here. 
His death was sudden, the disease be- 
ing acute inflammation of the throat ; 
and it created a profound sensation 
throughout the country. 

Brooks, Mrs. Susan E., Madison, 
Wis., Feb. 27, ee. 36, wife of Rev. W. 
R. Brooks, pastor of the Baptist church. 

Brooks, Warren, Townsend, Mass., 
Feb. 4, IS. 24, graduate of Harvard 
College, class of 1856. 

Brooks, Thomas, Sen., Norfolk Co., 
Va., March 2, se. 88. He was highly 
esteemed by the community for his many 
excellent qualities. " In all the rela- 
tions of life," says the Transcript, " as 
father, husband, citizen, friend, he was 
truly kind, indulgent, exemplary, and 
faithful, and has gone to receive the re- 
ward of a well-spent life." 

Brown, Mrs. Abigail Webster, Wil- 
mington, Mass., Feb. 2, se. 73, wife of 
Dr. Silas Brown. 

Brown, Arthur Van Vechten, Hano- 
ver, N. H., April 4, a?. 4 jts. 3 mths., 
son of Prof. S. G. Brown, and grand- 
son of the late distinguished President 
of Dartmouth College, Francis Brown, 
D. D., M'ho died at Hanover, Julv 27, 
1820, 8D. 36. President B. left a widow, 
daughter of the late Rev. Tristram Gil- 
man, of North Yarmouth, Me., who died 
at Hanover, Sei:)t. 5, 1851, a^. 75, and 
one son and daughter who still reside 
there. President B. will long be re- 
membered for " his talents and learn- 
ing, his amiableness and piety," and for 
his connection with Dai-tmouth College 
during the agitation of the great con- 
stitutional question of the inviolability 
of EngHsh charters of our colleges and 
eleemosynary institutions by state legis- 
lation. The' late Rev. John M. Mason, 



D. D., of the city of New York, M'as 
great-grandfather on the mother's side. 

Brown, Christopher, South Union, 
Pa., March 18, se. 84. The deceased 
was one of the oldest and most respect- 
ed citizens of the county. He Uved 
all his long life and died on the same 
farm on wliich he was born in the year 
1773. 

Brown, Cornelia Tryon, Cleveland, 
O., March 6, iv. 61, wife of Gen. Joseph 
W. Brown, of Toledo, O., and daughter 
of the late Judge Tryon, of New Leba- 
non, N. Y. Mrs. B. was a sister of the 
late Mrs. Thomas Shepherd, of tliis 
town, and thinking that some of the 
numerous friends she left here will be 
interested in a notice of Mrs. B., writ- 
ten by the Episcopal clergyman of the 
church of which she was a valued mem- 
ber, and pubUshed in a Toledo paper, I 
send an extract from it for }our paper : 
" Thus while serving God in her gener- 
ation hath this holy woman been gath- 
ered to her fathers. For 40 years her 
steady, consistent, and fruitful piety has 
borne testimony to the faith of Christ. 
During this long period she met the 
trials and vicissitudes of a life checkered 
with such sorrows as few mothers are 
called to endure, with an unmurmuring 
patience, and an unshrinking fidelity, 
rarely equalled and never surpassed. 
To her family, to society, and the church 
she so ardently loved, she was ever 
faithful and true. In social intercourse 
her presence secured modesty, prudence, 
and charity, with a sweet savor of cheer- 
fulness. At home she ruled by the 
persuasions of love, and taught her 
children by example as well as precept ; 
and in the church her memory will ever 
be associated with whatever is lovely 
and of good report. In prosperity she 
was humble, in adversity resigned, in 
sufferings patient, for the hopes of re- 
ligion were her constant solace and un- 
faihng support, and ' she loved what 
she now enjoys,' for ' blessed are the 
dead who die "in the Lord.' " We may 
add that her angelic sweetness and un- 
tiring patience, during the two years of 
intense sufiering previous to her death, 
will never be forgotten by those who 
had the privilege of watching by her 
bedside. Previous to this sickness, she 
seemed to have become " perfect through 
suffering." We have the evidence of 
one who was in her family for months 



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together, that she did not seem to have 
a fault. Slie was looked up to as a su- 
perior bein^ by those about her, and, 
beloved by ail, her loss will be I'elt by 
a larfjc couimunitv. — Ohio paper. 
BuowN, ])aniel, Ann Arbor, Mich., 

, ii'. HI. Mr. ]}. was born in the 

villufxe of Lexington, in the State of 
Massachusetts, in the year 177.J. His 
family afterwards removed to Windsor 
Co., *Vt., where, for a long series of 
years, he served in the legislature of the 
state. Migrating to AVestern New York, 
he filled for many years offices of trust 
and honor among his fellow-citizens. 
He came to tliis place in 1826, when 
the site of our city was almost an un- 
broken wilderness. To his forethought, 
energy, and jjublic sj)irit was the town 
indebted for the first impulse in its ca- 
reer of prosperity. He was possessed 
of a genial disposition, and social qual- 
ities of a high order, which enabled him 
tlirough life to win " troops of friends," 
■whom he retained by his integrity, gen- 
erosity, and high sense of honor. Born 
at the time and in the place where the 
first blood of the revolution was spilt, 
his nurseiT tales were the stories of 
patriotism, and liis cradle hymns Avere 
the songs of liberty. These early im- 

Eressions remained indelible through 
fe. He was enthusiastic in his sup- 
port of the great party of his preference, 
recording his first vote for Mr. Jefferson, 
in 170(), and with a fidelity that never 
faltered, supported each succeeding 
presidential candidate of his party, 
coming out for the last time to record 
his vote for Mr. lUichanan. It is an 
interesting f\ict in the early history of 
this county, that on the inauguration of 
President Jackson, in 1S21), every "Jack- 
son man" in Washtenaw Co. was in- 
vited, and most of them were present 
at his house, at a festival given in honor 
of the occasion. The lamp of his life 
went out jieacefully and quietly. He 
died without disease and without pain, 
cxjircssiug gratitude that his time had 
come, and reiving with U7ishaken confi- 
dence in a glorious immortality. The 
burial was conducted by the masonic 
societies of the city. He had been a 
prominent member of that institution 
for more than half a century. 

BuowN, Elizabeth, I'xbridge, Mass., 
Jidy L'7, ie. H2, widow of the late Elea- 
zai' lirown. 



Brown, Elias, Carroll Co., Md., July 
3, SB. 65. He was a most exemplary 
man, a true and devoted patriot, an ever- 
])rotecting friend to the needy, and a 
stanch advocate of pure republican 
principles. He Avas called in early life 
to engage in the grand arena of political 
contention, and no man fought better 
for the constitution and her rights than 
he did. True to his cause, he stood as 
a giant oak, always resisting the mighty 
blasts that often swept against him. At 
one time he was fu-st lieutenant of a 
troop of horse that volunteered in 1814 
for the defence of Baltimore, and Avas in 
the battle Avhen the British made their 
unsuccessful attack on that city. Short- 
ly after this, he was appointed captain 
in said troop, but resigned as soon as 
the Avar Avas over. He Avas honored on 
different occasions Avith being an elector 
for president, and once an elector of 
state senator under the old constitution. 
He Avas in both houses of the legisla- 
ture ; three years in the House of Dele- 
gates, and two years in the Senate. He 
Avas elected member of Congress, and 
Avas in the convention in 1850, Avhcn the 
present state constitution Avas framed. 
The croAvning act of his long political 
career Avas to Adsit Washington last 
Avinter, in reference to the proposed 
measures against his old friend, Judge 
Lecompte, of Kansas. He called on 
several senators Avith Avhom he Avas in- 
timately associated, and also on the 
president, and there refuted the meas- 
ures, that Avere so strongly charged on 
the judge. The stentorian voice and 
generous disposition of ]Mr. B. Avere duly 
appreciated, and he lived to see his 
friend, Lecompte, in the full enjoAinent 
of the judicial bench of Kansas. In 
conclusion, j\Ir. B., after devoting him- 
self to the interests of the community, 
and setting a most Avorthy example for 
his compatriots and foUoAvers, fell a 
sacrifice to disease. In his sickness, he 
displayed the most heroic fortitude ever 
Avitnessed, and rivalled the stoical indif- 
ference of the Christian martjTS. There 
he lay upon the couch of sickness, calm- 
ly, quietly, ])atiently aAvaiting the mes- 
senger death, and often Avisliing him to 
s])eed his anticipated advance. Finally, 
death relieved him of his Avorld of ago- 
ny, and Ave hope that he now rests 
amidst all the pui'e glories of one con- 
tinued joy. 



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53 



Brown, Eunice, College Hill, Ohio, 
Sept. 11, iP. 86, wife of Ephraim Brown. 
She was one of the pioneers of Hamil- 
to*n Co., having settled at North Bend 
upwards of 60 years ago. Her husband 
was an officer in the north-western army 
in the last war with England, and was 
a representative in the General Assem- 
bly of the state for 14 years. She had 
a lively recollection of the revolutionary 
war — in fact, her memory was stored 
with the whole history and the tradi- 
tions of her country. 

Brown, llev. Francis H., Jonesboro', 
111., Sept. 19, gs. 38. He was for 17 
years a consistent and useful member 
of the Baptist church, and for 14 years 
a worthy minister of the gospel. 

GOOLD BROWN, 

LjTin, Mass., March 31, te. 66. Mr. B. 
was born in Providence, R. I., March 7, 
1791. He was the second son of Smith 
Brown, a descendant of Chad Brown, 
(one of the early settlers of Rhode Is- 
land,) and one of the firm of Almy and 
Brown, at the time they erected the fii'st 
cotton factory in the United States. 
His wile was Lydia, daughter of Samuel 
Goold, of Pembroke, Plymouth Co., 
Mass., who inherited a farm in that 
place at the death of her father, and 
her husband, decided to relinquish his 
interest in the factory, and removed 
thither when the subject of this memoir 
was in his tliird year. He was a very 
quiet, docile child, fond of retmng by 
himself, and of petting the animals 
about him, rather than joining in the 
rude sports common to boys. He very 
early evinced that spirit of perseverance 
and thoroughness in every thing he un- 
dertook, wliich so strongly characterized 
him tlu'ough Hfe. His parents were 
members of the society of Friends, and 
he was brought up in the simplicity pe- 
culiar to that sect, and what was, per- 
haps, but the intiuence of education on 
the boy, became the conviction of his 
riper years, and he retained his right of 
membership in the society thi'ough life ; 
and though no bigot, he gave evidence 
of a conscientious desire to fulfil all the 
Clu'istian duties incumbent on those 
who make so liigh a profession. There 
was, at the time of liis school days, no 
boarding school for the Friends in New 
England, and his education was con- 
5* 



fined principally to the public schools, 
at that time not continued more than 
half the year ; he, however, industri- 
ously improved all the opportunities 
afforded him, and was very efficient in 



working on the farm during the vaca- 
At the age of 15, he was placed 
the counting room 



tions. 

in the counting room of his father's 
former partners, Almy and Brown, with 
the expectation of getting initiated into 
the manufacturing business ; but, for 
some cause, that arrangement seems 
not to have been entirely satisfactory, 
as he remained there but one year, when 
he left and returned home, and as there 
was notliing to prevent, he suggested 
that he should hke to obtain more 
knowledge of books. Accordingly, he 
again left home, (in the summer of 1807,) 
and from that time to the close of liis 
life, (near 50 years,) liis time was almost 
exclusively devoted to literary pursuits. 
He has been heard to remark that the 
circumstance of his leaving Providence, 
though a trifling thing, was the means 
of an entire change in his after life, 
saying, " Had I remained there, I might 
have become a successful manufacturer, 
but I should never have been a scholar." 
The school to wliich he went was Sand- 
wich Academy, then one of the most 
flourishing institutions in Massachu- 
setts, under the care of EHslia Clapp, 
Esq., a gentleman of great moral worth 
and literary acquirements, and very 
much respected by his pupils. Mr. B. 
always spoke of him in the liighest 
terms, and to him more than any other 
person was he indebted for the direction 
of liis literary taste. He remained un- 
der liis tuition as long as he was the 
preceptor there, and one term under liis 
successor, when he left Sandwich, and 
was one or two terms at the Pierce 
Academy in Middleboro'. The whole 
of his academic course could not have 
exceeded three years, as it is remem- 
bered that he taught a district school 
in the winter of 1810-11, if not the pre- 
vious one. He likewise taught a private 
school the summer following, _ for the 
benefit of his young associates in Pem- 
broke. In the autumn of 1811 he ac- 
cepted an invitation to become principal, 
teacher in the Friends' Boarding School, 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. This was an un- 
portant undertaking for one so young, 
but he acquitted himself with credit, 
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emnloyt-rs. lie remained there two 
years, when he left, and after a short 
visit at home, went to New York, and 
enprajjed as an assistant with his friend. 
Prof. (M-iscom, in a high school; in 
which situation he continued two years, 
when he opened an academy of liis own, 
which he continued to teach more than 
20 years, besitles the labor of preparing 
his'pul)lications for the press, belong- 
ing to several literary societies, acquir- 
ing the Krench language, attending lec- 
tures, ^.c. He sufi'ered much from 
physical debility, during the greater 
part of tliese years, in consequence of 
too close a])plication to study and teach- 
ing. It was not until the year 1837 
that he could be induced to yield to the 
anxious solicitations of his friends to 
relinquish the labors of the school room, 
and endeavor to restore his impaired 
health by a change of climate. In that 
year he left New York and took up his 
residence with his brother, the late Dr. 
W. B. Brown, in Lvnn, in whose family 
he continued till his marriage in 1842, 
when he removed to his omu house in 
Common Street, in the same place. His 
cxi)erience in teaching caused him to feel 
the need of a more thorough work on 
English grammar than any then in use, 
and he turned his attention to prepar- 
ing one about the commencement of 
1820, and in 1823 it was published. 
Not long after its publication, he con- 
ceived tlie idea of writing a larger work, 
and connnenced his " Grammar of I'^ng- 
lish Grammars;" which had progressed 
considerably before he left New York, 
and to its com]iletion he devoted his 
whole attention after he settled in Lynn. 
The magnitude of the work, and his 
extreme desire to have it correct, caused 
it to progress slowly, and the failing 
state of ills health often made him feel 
ajinrehensive that he should not live to 
finish it. 'i"he strong desire he felt to 
have it completed induced him often to 
sit at his desk and write in a state of 
physical suii'ering which would have 
condned almost anv other man to his 
bed. The first edition of this work was 
published in 1H.>1. He examined all 
the ])roofs as it progressed, allliougli 
many times lie was so feeble as to l)e 
obliged to do it lying on the sofa. His 
next employment was to revise and im- 
prove liis " Institutes of Knglish firam- 
mar," to correspond with the larger 



work. He lived to see the large Gram- 
mar pass to its second edition, and al- 
though he had sold the copyright, jje 
volunteered to examine the proofs of 
that likewise, lest some errors should 
escape unnoticed, if done by another. 
This was liis last earthly effort ; scarcely 
two weeks had elapsed after finisliing 
those proofs, when he was attacked with 
a disease which terminated his life, the 
31st of March, 1857, after a few days of 
severe suffering from congestion of the 
lungs. He expressed to one of his 
friends a few days before he was attacked 
that now his work was done. He re- 
tained his senses to the last, although 
it was with great difficulty that he could 
converse at all. He appeared calm, in 
prospect of approaching dissolution, 
saying, he trusted not in liis own merits, 
but in the Saviour he had endeavored 
to serve. He gave directions to have 
every thing connected with his biu'ial 
performed in the simplicity to v\hich he 
Mas, from principle, accustomed. He 
was averse to ostentatious disjilay in 
any thing, and frugal in regard to his 
OMii expenses ; but no call of charity 
ever was made to him without a ready 
response, and many an act of generous 
self-sacrifice will long be remembered 
by those he assisted when he was him- 
self in very limited circumstances, if 
ever a man lived for others, that man 
was Mr. B. ; though he once said in a 
letter, " Although we are not made for 
oiirsdres, neither are we made for oth- 
ers onlij." His meaning was, that by 
improving our own talents to the ut- 
most, we shall be prepared to assist 
others to do the same. He was not 
gifted with very micommon natural 
l)owers of mind, but it was in his great 
industry and untiring application that 
his superiority consisted. In one of the 
notices of the " Grammar of Grammars," 
I find the following : " It is a monument 
of learning, patience, and toil. It ranks 
in im])ortance with Webster's Diction- 
ary, and other great works in the Eng- 
lish language, and will perpetuate the 
name of its author among the benefac- 
tors of mankind." Another says, " No 
teacher of Knglish Grammar should fail 
to i)rocure a copy of this masterly work." 
I have not noticed his small work 
abridged from the " Institutes " soon 
after its publication, and entitled "First 
Lines of Grammar." — l. b. 



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Brown, James, South Champion, X. 
Y., May 2, se. 85. Mr. B. was one of 

the pioneer settlers of Jefi'erson Co., 
havin,<i: emigrated to Champion in 1803, 
when the part of the state known as the 
Black River country was almost an un- 
broken forest. Consequently he was 
familiar Avith the hardships and the pri- 
vations that must be endured, and the 
sacrifices and self-denials that must be 
practised, by those who seek the subju- I 
gation of a wilderness to the arts of j 
civilization, and strive to create com- 
fortable homes in the midst of intermi- 
nable forests. For this kind of enter- 
prise Mr. B. was peculiarly fitted. 
Possessed of a clear and discriminating 
judgment, a calm inflexibility of pur- 
pose, a mild yet tireless perseverance, 
combined with a placid temper and 
kindly heart, he could meet without 
complaint, and bear without a murmur, 
the varied privations of a new settle- 
ment, and surmount the difficulties and 
discouragements that proved so formi- 
dable a barrier to the prosperity of oth- 
ers. But material prosperity, and am- 
ple provision for the physical wants of 
himself and family, did not limit his de- 
sires ; the intellectual and moral Avants 
of the neighborhood had claims to which 
his mind and heart readily responded. 
To provide for these wants, he was 
among the most early, active, and lib- 
eral founders, as well as constant sup- 
porter of a school in his neighborhood, 
which, for a long term of years, ranked 
high among schools of its class, and has 
been eminently successful in diffusing 
the elements of knoM'ledge among the 
children of the locality. Nor was he 
less soHcitous or less efficient in provid- 
ing for the moral wants of the commu- 
nity. 

Brown, Joseph, Salem, N. Y., July 
4, fp. 78. 

Brown, Joseph W., Tampa, Flor., 
April 10, 86. — . A leading citizen. 

Brown, Dea. Josiah, Sparta, Pa., 

, jp. 82. Mr. B. was a native of 

Heath, Mass., and for many years was 
connected with the Con2;re2:ational 
church m that place. Some years since, 
he removed with his family to Warren, 
Pa. By all who knew him Dea. B. was 
much respected for Iris consistent Chris- 
tian walk. He was a man of prayer, 
and delighted to praise God in sacred 
music, and in his declining years spent 
much time in singing familiar hymns. 



Broavn, Dea. Jesse, Providence, R. 
I., June — , ve. 44. Last spring he was 
reelected a member of the General As- 
sembly of 11. 1., and in every position 
filled by him he enjoyed tlie high es- 
teem and love of those with whom he 
was associated ; and his loss will be se- 
verely felt by citizens of 11. 1., with 
whom he had so long cooperated heart- 
ily and efficiently in every good work. 

" Brown, Dr. John G., Rockingham 
Co., Va., Sept. 5, ae. — , late a delegate 
to the General Assembly. 

Brown, Mrs. Sally C, Accomac Co., 
Va., Jan. 1, se. — , wife of Dr. Peter F. 
Brown. 

Brown, Rev. Samuel, Frankford, 

Greenbrier Co., Va., , a'. 30, was 

born in Berkeley Co., Va., but has grown 
up from early youth in this community, 
where, in the family of his father, our 
revered pastor, he has been amongst us 
in boyhood and manhood for 20 years. 
At the early age of 17, having chosen 
the God of his fathers to be his God, he 
ratified the covenant made by them in 
his behalf, by a pubUc profession of 
faith in Christ, and was received into 
the communion of the church. After a 
thorough preparation in our schools, he 
entered Washington College, Va., where 
he graduated in 1849, with a high stand- 
ing for character and scholarship. Hav- 
ing chosen the preaching of the ever- 
lasting gospel as the business of his Ufe, 
(as it had been of his fathers for several 
generations,) after two years spent in 
tliis place in teaching and study, he 
entered the Theological Seminary at 
Princeton, in the autumn of 1851, and 
continued two years in that institution. 
At the end of the second year, his 
health failing, he returned to Kanawha, 
where he pursued his theological stud- 
ies, until his license in Aug., 1854. In 
the fall of 1855, he was ordained by 
presbjtery, and settled on the United 
Congregations of Frankford, Spring 
Creek, and Anthony's Creek, in the 
County of Greenbrier. In this field he 
ministered with entire acceptance and 
great usefulness until he was summoned 
to his rest ; and has departed mourned 
and beloved, nay, almost idoHzed, by 
the people of his charge. — Com. 

Brown, Van, Esq., Carrollton, O., 
Feb. 4, aj. 55, attorney at law, ex-mem- 
ber of the legislature, and member of 
the constitutional convention, and one 
of the 14 who voted against it. 



5Q 



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[ 1857. ] 



BRUCE 



Browx, Mrs. Sarah, Pine Grove, 
SchuylkUl Co., Pa., ]\Iarch 13, ae. 65. 
A larj^e circle of relatives have thus 
been called upon to mourn the dejjart- 
m'e of a most atfectionate mother, and 
true-hearted friend. Mrs. B. Avas one 
of those favored few, afjjainst whom no 
one could utter an unkind word. She 
embraced religion in its most cheerful 
aspect, evinced its moral power in a 
well-ordered life, and ever infused a 
portion of her own hap])}" spirit into the 
family circle. 

Brown, Mrs. Sophia, ]\Iinot, Me., 
Oct. 11, a\ (51, widow of Dr. Wintlu'op 
BroMn, of Baymond. 

Browx, Rev. O. F., Morrisania, N. 
Y., July 28, a>. 44, formerly pastor of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church of Ja- 
maica. 

Brown, My. Peter, Guilford, Me., 
March 8, a^. 82, one of the fu-st settlers 
in that section of country. 

Brown, Warren C, Dublin, Ireland, 

, w. — , son of the Bev. David 

Brown, of LambertviUe, N. J. 

Brown, Hon. Wm. J., Indianapolis, 
Ind., ]\Iarch 18, ve. 52. A native of 
Kentucky, the deceased emigrated to 
Lidiana in 1821, a youth of 1(5, and en- 
tering pubHc Hfe when but just of age, 
as a member of the legislature, contin- 
ued to fill, with honor and satisfaction, 
various ofhces of trust and responsibil- 
ity, with scarce a month's exception, 
for the long period of 30 consecutive 
years. We knew liim first in 1843, as 
a member of the 28th Congress, from 
the Indianapolis district, and afterwards 
intimately as assistant postmaster gen- 
eral during Mr. Polk's administration, 
as a mem1)er of the 31st Congress, as 
chairman of the democratic state cen- 
tral committee, as editor of the " Sen- 
tinel," (the organ of the jmrty in Ind.,) 
and as special agent of the post office 
department from July, 1853, to the day 
of his death, and can truly say, that a 
more honest man never lived, and a 
kinder heart never ceased to beat. 
Gifted with great political sagacity, and 
familiar with the secret sources of every 
important national movement for the 
last 20 years, united to an astonishing 
recollection of men, dates, and events, 
his advice upon matters of public or 
party policy always had a controlling 
weight, and his loss is one doe])ly to 
be moui-ned. His personal act^uaint- 



ance extended to almost every promi- 
nent man in the Union, and but few in 
the vast army of the sheeted dead have 
left behind them more friends than ]\Ir. 
Brown. 

Bruce, David, New York, March 15, 
a}. 88, printer, stereotyper, and type 
founder. 

Bruce, David T., Chardon, O., May 
12, a?. 72. The deceased was born in 
Worcester Co., Mass., Dec. 15, 1784, 
and removed to this county in 1821. 
Over 33 years of his life, he resided in 
Chardon. He was connected Avith the 
" Geauga IlepubHcan and "Whig " from 
Nov. 8, 1841, until Aug. 16, 1849; five 
years he conducted the paper alone, and 
thi'ee years in com])any with his two 
sons, Wm. W. and Eli Bruce. He was 
a man of very strong and positive char- 
acter ; hypocrisy or dissimulation was a 
vice impossible with him. Possessing 
a keen and discriminating iirtellect, and 
a remarkably independent disposition, 
he formed his opinions rapidly, adhered 
to them with great tenacity, and was 
always free to express them, let others 
think as they might. Though a zeal- 
ous, and, at times, violent partisan, yet 
he was a kind-hearted man, a man of 
good impulses, of sincere and abiding 
friendsliip, and was respected for his 
honesty, even by those who could not 
indorse his conservative sentiments. 
AMiile the whig party existed, he was a 
whig of the Henry Clay school. Soon 
after the organization of the American 
party, he became an advocate of its 
principles, and continued such until his 
death. He retained, in his old age, a 
firm and energetic step, and a vigorous 
and active mind, and, though for years 
he was nearly blind, and quite luiable 
to read, he never lost his interest in the 
political discussions of the day. lleli- 
gion was always, Avith him, a subject of 
nuieh thought and investigation ; and 
he died, as he had lived, a firm believer in 
the doctrine of universal salvation. By 
his death, his family have lost a kind 
and indulgent husband and father, and 
society a most esteemed and exemplary 
member. 

Hhuce, Rev. Nathaniel French, M.D., 
Utica, N. Y., Aug. 1, a-. — . Dr. B. was 
born in the Island of Barbadoes, W. I., 
and came to the U. S. at the age of 16 
years. He Mas ordained deacon in the 
city of New York by Bishop liobart, on 



BRUCE 



[1857.] 



BRYSON 



57 



Sunday, April 27, 1817, and was for 
more than forty years a laborer in his 
Master's vineyard, in the dioceses of 
New York and "Western New York. 

Bruce, Rev. James C, Wyoming 
Valley, Wis., April 26, Ee._ 57. In re- 
cording the decease of this venerable 
servant of God, there are many things 
worthy of more than a passing notice. 
That he was distinguished aUke for his 
mental and moral quahties none will 
dispute ; but it is foreign to the inten- 
tion of the writer to attempt any tiring 
like eulogy. The deceased was born in 
the town of York, York Co., Pa. His 
father, Robert Bruce, removed with liis 
family, when James was but a boy, to 
Youngstown, Trumbull Co., O. James 
was the eldest of the family. There 
were four brothers and three sisters in 
the family, all of whom, except two 
brothers and one sister, have entered 
into their rest. Two of the brothers 
chose the ministry, the other two the 
practice of medicine. Being born of 
religious parents, James was early im- 
pressed with religious principles. At 
an early age he connected himself with 
the Associate church, the same church 
to which liis pious parents belonged. 
James acquired his classical education 
at the Franklin College in Oliio. He 
received the degree of A. M. from the 
same institution, Sept., 1833. He stud- 
ied divinity at the Theological Hall, 
Canonsburg, Pa. Mr. Bruce was li- 
censed to preach the everlasting gospel 
at Carmel, O., by the associate presby- 
tery of Muskingum, June 30, 1830 ; 
was ordained at Cadiz, O., by the same 
presbytery, Aug. 25, 1831, and sent on a 
mission to the west for one year. During 
this time he received a unanimous call 
from the congregation 
Warren Co., 111. At 
adjacent country was 
the settlements were smaU and scat- 
tered. It was also at this time that 
the Black Hawk war Avas raging in the 
then western wilds. In June, 1832, he 
married ^liss Margaret AUen, daughter 
of Zechariah AUen, of Greene Co., 111. 
In October, the same year, he removed 
with his family to Warren Co., 111., Avith 
the design of settling there. In ^la}', 
1836, he was installed as pastor of the 
Henderson congregation, where he con- 
tinued to labor with great success till 
October, 1837 when, unhappily, trou- 



of Henderson, 

this time, the 

a wilderness ; 



gregation 
connecting 



bles began to arise in the congregation, 
which resulted in a division of the 
congregation and his leaving the Asso- 
ciate church, June, 1847, and connect- 
ing himself with the Associate church of 
North America, designated as the Bul- 
lions church. A part of his former con- 
still adhering to him, and 
themselves with the same 
church, he continued to preach to them 
till the spring of 1852. He resigned 
his charge April 16, 1852, and connect- 
ed himself with the Associate Reformed 
Presbyterian church, April 19, 1853. 
During the summer of 1853, he received 
a caU from the congregations of ^^'^yo- 
ming and Blue Mounds, in AVisconsin, 
wliich was by him accepted. He re- 
moved to Wyoming in the spring of 
1854, and settled there. May 23, the 
same year, at which place, in connection 
with the Blue Mounds, he continued to 
labor till his sickness. 

Bryax, Luke, Perry township, Marion 
Co., Ind., :\Iarch 25, a-. 72. The de- 
ceased settled in Perry township in 
1830, and consequently had been a citi- 
zen of the same place for 27 years, 
during which time he bore an active 
part in the improvement of the neigh- 
borhood in which he lived, and was 
loved and esteemed by all who knew 
Mm. He was a member of the Baptist 
church, and was indeed one of the no- 
blest works of God — a good man. 

Bryar, Robert, Pittsburg, Va., Jan. 
31, a?. 80. The deceased was one of 
our oldest citizens, and was highly re- 
spected by a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances. He leaves a numerous 
fomily, Avith the members of Avliich Ave 
sincerely condole in their irreparable 
loss. 

Bryson, Hugh W., Pittsburg, Pa., 
, ee. — . His remains Avere tak- 
en to Washington, Pa., the place of his 
birth, Avhere his parents still reside, for 
interment. During Ms residence in 
this city, Mr. Bryson had Avon, by Ms 
manly uprightness of character, his 
courteous manners as a gentleman, and 
his fine social qualities, a large number 
of Avarm personal friends, by Avhom he 
AA'as esteemed most highly. Unassum- 
ing and quiet in his manners, he pos- 
sessed the easy address of a gentleman ; 
and all Avho enjoyed the pleasui-e of 
knoAA'ing him intimately, can bear testi- 
mony that he possessed a large, gener- 



68 



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[1857.] 



BULL 



ous and noble heart. He was a man 
of fine personal apjiearance, and ai)par- 
ently enjoying the most robust health ; 
but (leatli has stricken the stroni,' man 
down, and taken away from amongst 
his fellows a valued, useful, and highly 
esteemed citizen. To his many friends 
hi other cities, and to his numerous 
acquaintances every where, the news of 
his death wiU be most sudden and un- 
expected. 

BuvsoN, Ilcv. Samuel, Furguson 
townsliip, Centre Co., Pa., April 13, iv. 
90. 

BuBlES, Mrs. Deborah, Salem, Nov. 
12, !t>. 8.5. 

BlXHAN.w, "William, Wheeling, Va., 
Mav 1, a?. 63. Mr. B. was a native of 
Baltinioi-e Co., but had lived in Mar- 
shall for many years jiast. He was well 
knoMn and universally esteemed by all 
the people. He had long been con- 
nected with the National Intelligencer 
and Home .lournal. 

Bi'CK, John, Baldwinsville, , 

w. 60, of Lysander, New York. ]Mr. 
B. was among the first settlers of the 
town, and always enjoyed a large share 
of i)ublic esteem. He represented the 
town in the board of supervisors for a 
period of about twenty years, and was 
often chosen without any opposition. 

Buck, Rachael, York, Pa., May 18, 
tp. 49, wife of the late Kev. Thomas 
Buck. 

Blxkley, Elizabeth, Dec. 9, a?. 85, 
formerly of AVethersfield, Conn. 

BrcKNKU, Dr. William, Hillsboro', 
O., Nov. 28, a*. 33, late of Georgetown, 
Brown Co., O. Though young, he was 
distinguished for skill and ability in his 
profession, and possessed intellectual 
endowments of no common order. His 
kind and gentle manners won the aflec- 
tion and esteem of all who knew him, 
and his untimely death will be sincerely 
lami'Uted by many friends, to whom 
he was endeared by his amiable traits 
of character. 

Bli.Ki.KY, Dr. Rturgis, AVaterl)nry, 
Conn., Julv 9, a-. .58. Dr. B. was born 
in A\'eston, Fairfield Co., Conn., Oct. 12, 
179'.). His earlv years were passed in 
the usual avocations of a farm. When a 
lad, his parents removed to Itidgefield, 
where he pursued his classical studies 
under the care of the Kev. Samuel M. 
Phelps, an excellent scholar and a 
good man. His mind being turned 



towards the medical profession, he en- 
tered the office of Dr. Nehemiah Peny 
of that town, attending lectures at the 
medical school in New Haven, where 
Dr Nathan Smith occupied the chair of 
surgery. As was the prevalent custom 
in those days, he took a license to prac- 
tise in the spring of 1821, and soon af- 
ter established himself in Monroe, in 
his native county. In 1839, the faculty 
of Yale College conferred upon him the 
honorary degree of M. D. Dr. Smith 
gave him personal regard as well as in- 
struction, and it may be, in part, owing 
to this fact, that of the two branches of 
his profession, surgery was the favorite. 
He was a prudent and skilful operator, 
and a judicious and careful practitioner, 
pondering and improving the lessons 
of his experience. The characteristics 
of the man marked the ])hysician — 
judgment, prudence, foresight, and an 
eminent conservatism ; while his faith- 
fulness to his convictions of right pre- 
served the integrity of his character. 
In early life he was a member of the 
Baptist communion, but afterwards an 
attendant upon Episcopal services. A 
decided and unwavering democrat, he 
was always true and devoted to the 
cause. In 1850, he removed to Water- 
biiry. Conn., where he died, July 9, 
1857, after a brief illness, of malignant 
erysipelas. 

Bull, Ebenezer, Hamptonburgh, Or- 
ange Co., N. Y., Oct. 20, a?. 65, a re- 
spectable member of the society of 
Friends. 

Bull, .Tane, New York city, , 

a^. 70, Avidow of the late Frederick G. 
Bull, Esq., one of the few remaining 
members of the BuU family, formerly 
of Chestnut Hill. 

Bull, Rev. Mitchell B., Brooklj-n, 
N. Y., Aug. 6, a^. 80. 

Bull, Hon. Thomas R., Cedardale, 

Middlesex Co., Md., , se. — . He 

was born in Accomac Co., in the year 
1817, and moved to this county about 
the year 1840. Since which time he 
married, and leaves behind him a wife 
and several interesting children to 
mourn their irreparable loss. He was 
a kind husband and indulgent father, 
and possessed many high intellectual 
and moral qualities. A short time be- 
fore his death, he was elected a mem- 
ber of the County Court, and bid fair to 
be one of its brightest ornaments. To 



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[1857.] 



BURBECK 



59 



the community in which he lived he 
was the most useful citizen, owin,<^ to 
his business qualities, the many favors 
which he was ever ready to bestow, and 
his abundant Uberality to the poor, 
whom he never sent empty away. 

BuLLARD, ]Mrs. Emily, Woodhull, 
Steuben Co., N. Y., April 3, a?. 46. 
The sul'.ject of this notice had been 
long- ami severely afflicted with con- 
sumption, during which she was sus- 
tained by a well-grounded faith in the 
future hapi)iness of all, which afforded 
her a joyful triumph in the hour of 
death. 

Bi'LTJONS, Eev. Alexander, D. D., 
Cambridge, N. Y., June 2j, eb. 79, an 
acconi))Iished scholar and devoted 
Christian. — See Appendix. 

Bullock, Dr. James, Rumford, Me., 
, ff>. 60. 

BuMGARDEER Jacob, Sen., Augusta 
Co., Va., Aug. 25, ve. 90. This vener- 
able and esteemed gentleman, Avas pre- 
ceded to the tomb by all the contempo- 
raries of his youth, and although he 
had been long withdrawn from the busy 
haunts of men, yet his surviving ac- 
quaintances have not forgotten, and 
bear warm testimony to, the merits of 
his strongly-marked character. For 
more than half a century he was a man 
of great industry and energy in busi- 
ness, and in that long period was large- 
ly engaged in various honorable pur- 
suits ; yet in liis protracted and active 
life, spent for SO years at the very place 
where it terminated, he did no act to 
fix a stain upon his name ; no act which, 
when dying, he had cause to regret. 
He was of the " old school ; " of strong, 
practical mind ; of elevated character ; 
a valuable citizen, a devoted husband, 
an indulgent parent, a generous neigh- 
bor, a humane master. May we long 
remember his virtues, and strive to em- 
ulate his good name. 

BuMPUS, Capt. L., branch pilot, 
Wareham, Mass., Xov. 1, fp. 53. 

Bunker, Benjamin M., Philadelphia, 
Pa., ]\Iarch 27, se. — . 

BUNTON, James, Unionto-UTi, Pa., 
March 16, iE. — , a soldier of the war 
of 1812. 

Bunting, Cadet R. S., of Florida, at 
the Georgia Military Institute, Mari- 
etta, March 20, pe. — . 

BURBANK, Rev. Wm., Jefferson, Me., 
Oct. 18, 86. 80. He was born in New- 



bury, Mass., in 1777, and joined the 
Baptist church in Beverly when about 
25 years of age. About 1810, he re- 
moved to Jefferson, and became a dea- 
con of the Baptist church there. Hav- 
ing strong and clear doctrinal views, and 
being accustomed to conduct the public 
services of the church, he was ordained 
at about the age of 43, and having 
gathered a church together in 1824, he 
ministered to it in holy tilings, with fer- 
vency of sjiirit and vuitiring labor, to his 
death. He died on the Sabbath, rejoic- 
ing in God, the Rock of his salvation. 

BuRBECK, Arthur, Centre township, 
Columbiana Co., O., March 22, se. 73. 
INIr. B. was born in the city of Balti- 
more, June 17, 1783, and emigrated to 
Columbiana Co. in the spring of 1809. 
In Sept., 1812, he united with the first 
Presbyterian church, New Lisbon, O. 
In the Avar of 1812, he volunteered his 
services, and was in the north-western 
campaign under Gen. Harrison. The 
death of this estimable man has cast a 
gloom over our whole community, of 
which he was so long a citizen. It is 
indeed very seldom that we meet with 
any one, who, during a long hfetime, 
has steadily exhibited so many shining 
virtues, accompanied with so few frail- 
ties, as he did ; and seldom indeed is it 
that any one has passed thi-ough a long 
life, and gone to his grave so universal- 
ly lamented. He was a good husband, 
a kind parent, a warm-hearted friend, a 
benevolent, upright, and honorable man ; 
and he exhibited his Christian feehngs 
in always endeavoring to practise upon 
his blessed Master's injunction, " What- 
soever ye would that men should do to 
you, do ye even so to them." He Avas firm 
in his own opinion, yet tolerant of the 
opinion of others. He was a man of 
the strictest integrity, and his word 
would be received by all who knew him 
as readily as his bond. His veracity 
was never impeached, nor his honesty 
questioned by any one. To be said to 
be as trutliful and honest as Arthur 
Burbeck Avas considered a high recom- 
mendation to any one. He was a pub- 
lic-spirited citizen, and ahvays manifest- 
ed a deep interest in any enterprise 
which Avas hkely to contribute to the 
welfare of the community around him. 
He Avas benevolent and kind-hearted ; 
some Avould say almost to a fault. He 
was always a friend to the poor and the 



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[18.37.] 



BURT 



distressed, and oftentimes relieved oth- 
ers to his own serious ])ecuni.u-y disad- 
vanta.ire. His loss will be deeply felt; 
long will iiis memory be cherished, and 
his fjood deeds be remembered by all 
who knew him. 

lU'RKK, Mrs. Frances Ann, Xewport, 
N. II., ,Ian. 4, iv. — , wife of the Hon. 
Ivlmund Jiurke, formerly commissioner 
of patents, and also once associate edi- 
tor of the Washin-jton Union. 

lUuLiNO. Mr. James, Kipon, AVis., 
July i>, a'. 01. 

lifUNU.vM, Noah, Concord, N. H., 
Au;^. 27, IP. (31, formerly of Chester. 

BruNiiAM, Mr. James, West Jeffer- 
son. Madison Co.. O., Jan. fi, a>. Go. 

lUuNs, Mrs. Mary J., Steubenville, 
O.. March 2S, a?. 4S. 

Blku, Mrs. Lucretia, Colchester, 
Conn., Feb. 11, x. 50. Retiring and 
dilfident in her disjjosition, the deceased 
shrank from the world into her own 
happy home, which, by a rare combina- 
tion of domestic excellences and accom- 
plishments, she was singularly qualified 
to adorn. With declining health her 
mind had become more and more with- 
drawn from the world, and occupied 
with things divine ; and when suddenly 
summoned away, she had but to fall into 
tlie arms of that divine Saviour in whom 
she had long trusted, and who was all 
her salvation. 

lU'KU, William Waters, AVashington, 
D. C. Jan. 24, le. 24, Mr. B. had been 
a cl'.'rk in the ti'easury department 
nearly three years, where, by his faith- 
fulness and superior clerical qualifica- 
tions, as well as by his kind and gen- 
tlemanly bearing, he won the esteem 
and love of all his associates. Gov. An- 
derson (in wliose bureau he was) said 
of liim, no clerk ranked higher for moral 
worth, business capacity, and indomita- 
ble perseverance. 

HniRorfiiis, Oscar, Waukesha, AVis., 
Nov. 4, a>. 21. 

lUiiKows, Ilev. Daniel, Mvstic River, 
Conn., Nov. 2.J, n>. 'Jl. >ir. 15. had 
been a minister of the gospel in connec- 
tion with the M. F. church for the ])ast 
GO years. His last davs were eminently 
characteristic of his life. He died tri- 
umpliantly in the faith which he so faith- 
fully advocated. 

lUliT. Kev. I'noch, Manchoster, Conn., 
Nov. II, u'. 70. He was Ixjin in Wil- 
braham, Muss. His collegiate course 



was pursued at Princeton, where he 
graduated in 1805. For some time he 
labored as a missionary, in the then new 
region of Oliio. Afterwards receiving a 
call, he was settled as pastor over the 
Congregational church in Holland, 
Mass., May 9, 1S21. He remained but 
a short time there, being dismissed 
March 5, 1823. From thence he was 
called to Manchester, Conn., and was 
installed July 1, 1824, where he labored 
until 1828, when he was dismissed, but 
continued to reside there till his death. 
BuuT, Rev. James, Canton, Conn., 
Jan. 15, fe. 62, was born in Southamp- 
ton, Mass. At the age of 21, he made 
a public profession of his faith, and 
united with the Congregational church, 
in his native town. In 1820, he entered 
the freshmen class in AVilliams College. 
Here he continued nearly one year, and 
then entered the new institution at Am- 
herst, at its opening, from Avhich he 
graduated in 1824. His theological 
course was commenced at Auburn, N. Y., 
prosecuted there little more than a 
vcar, and completed Avith his brother, 
with Avhom he had pursued his prepar- 
atory studies. In June, 1826, he re- 
ceived his license to preach, and, after 
a few Aveeks, an invitation Avas extended 
to him from the society at Canton, Conn., 
to preach before them as a candidate 
for settlement. In October, of this year, 
he accepted a call from the church and 
society of that tOAvn to become their 
pastor, and December 20, he AA'as or- 
dained to the office, the duties of Avhich 
he so faithfully discharged until his 
death. As a pastor, Mr. B. Avas Avise, 
fiiithful, and affectionate. His very 
presence Avas a rebuke to sin and a 
comfort to sorrow ; and appropriate and 
timely Avere his Avords of consolation, 
counsel, and admonition. In Ids pray- 
ers there Avas a peculiar unction, excit- 
ing devout feeling in those Avho joined 
in them, and imparting something of his 
own strong faith and hope to their souls. 
For 30 years he Avent in and out before 
his people, but at last Avas taken from 
them so suddenly, that some of them 
had not heard of his sickness Avhen they 
received the intelHgence of his death. 
One Sabbath he preached to them, ap- 
parently in liis usual health ; the next, 
Ins pulpit Avas drajDcd in mourning, and 
tliere Avas none to speak from it the 
message of peace. 



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BUTLER 



61 



Bl'RTls, John, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa., 
May 2, a^. 79. 

BuRTXEli, Rev. Henry, near Da}"ton, 
Va., Jan. 4, je. 56. He was greatly es- 
teemed in the circle of his acquaintance, 
and leaves a large family to lament his 
death. 

Ersii, Hon. Charles P., Lansing, 
Mich., July 4, a?. 49. Mr. B. had re- 
sided in Michigan more than 20 years, 
and by indomitable energy, and the ex- 
ercise of shrewdness and activity, had 
accumulated a handsome fortune. He 
was formerly a resident of Livingston 
Co., but became one of the founders of 
Lansing, and removed thither about ten 
years since. Mr. B. was a member of 
the state Senate in 1847, and exercised 
a prominent influence in procuring the 
removal of the seat of government. He 
was a ready debater, a man of clear 
and remarkably quick perception, and 
an adroit politician. He belonged to 
the democratic school of politics, and 
was active and prominent as a party 
leader. He was a member of the con- 
stitutional convention of 18.30. 

Bush, Capt. David, Wilmington, Del., 
• , je. — , one of the oldest citizens 



of Wilmington, Del. 

Bush, Lewis C, New York citv, April 
26, iv. 29, son of Prof. George Bush, 
Brooklyn, L. I. 

Bush, Mary W., Newport, R. I, May 
6, cT. 78. 

BusHXELL, Mrs. Ann, Conway, N. H., 
Jan. 24, jp. 87. 

BusHNELL, Rev. Noah Y., Chesliire, 
Mass., May 13, re. 60. 

BusHNELL, Mrs. Sarah, Deep River, 

Conn., , se. 85, widow of the late 

Eber BushneU. 

Butcher, Adeha M., Galena, 111., 
May 3, a?. 36, wife of Mr. Robert 
Butcher, and only daughter of Charles 
LowcU, Esq., of Ellsworth, Me. 

Bute, Col. John, Franklin, Pa., May 
4, s}. 73. Col. B. was born near Win- 
chester, Va., and lived there 15 years. 
He then went to Wheeling, Va., where 
he lived six years ; next he came to 
Plumpsock, in his county, and there 
lived eight years. Then he moved to the 
fai-m on which he died, having lived 
there 44 years. The loss of Col. B. will 
be deeply felt and sincerely regretted 
by the community in which he lived, 
and throughout the county. In all his 
deahngs he was prompt and punctual. 
6 



In his intercourse with his neighbors he 
was kind and accommodating. A wor- 
thy man, rich or poor ahvays found a 
friend in Col. B. There is, perhajjs, no 
man in the county whose lii'e afibrds a 
better example of what can be accom- 
plished by industry, perseverance, and 
integrity. He commenced life poor ; 
imaided he acquired a competency, and 
Avhcn he died was one of our largest 
capitalists and landholders. 

Butler, Amos, Natchez, ■Miss., April 
13, te. 77. In connection with the late 
John Lang, of the Gazette, Mr. B. Avas 
the first of the New York editors to 
employ boats in the offing, beyond the 
Narrows, to board inAvard-boimd ves- 
sels, for the purpose of facilitating the 
arrival of news from foreign parts. At 
one period Mr. B. possessed a hand- 
some fortune, which he sacrificed in un- 
availing cftbrts to sustain a " ten dollar 
daily " in competition with the penny 
papers of N. Y. Although " The INIer- 
cantile " closed its long and usefid 
career more than 20 years ago, its feith- 
ful editor is still remembered by all the 
old merchants of the metropolis, as a 
firm and devoted servant of the com- 
mercial interests of the city. 
Butler, ^Ir.Eleazar, Yarmouth, N. C, 

, a?. 94. He was a native of 

Conn., and was a soldier in the revolu- 
tionary war under Gen. Washington. 

HON. ANDREW P. BUTLER, 

at the residence of his nephew in Edge- 
field, Va., May 25, fp. 71, surrounded by 
his friends and enjoying the ministra- 
tions of his only daughter. 

" Andrew Pickens Butler was born in 
Edgefield district, in the year 1796. His 
father was the late Gen. Wm. Butler, of 
Va., and his mother, Behethland ^loore, 
of Edgefield, the former having mi- 
grated from Va. to this state. He had 
six brothers, among them, George, a 
gallant officer in the war with Great 
Britain, who died young; the Hon. Wm. 
Butler, M. D., formerly a surgeon in the 
U. S. navy, and member of Congress 
from GreenviUe and its associated dis- 
tricts ; and Pierce M. Butler, formerly 
governor of the state, and afterwards 
the gallant colonel of the Palmetto regi- 
ment, and winner of a glorious death 
and deathless renown, in the hour of 
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corps, in the memorable field of Cheru- 
busco. They were of patriot stock, 
their father having done revolutionary 
and warrior service in the war of inde- 
pendence. Their mother, too, did ])a- 
triotic service in the same hallowed 
cause, and was at one time a prisoner 
to the enemy. His sister was the first 
wife of the Hon. Waddy Thompson, and 
all his brothers having preceded him to 
the grave, he now completes the obitu- 
ary roll. He Avas a pupil of Dr. James 
Waddell, at Willington Academy, that 
school of illustrious men. He gradu- 
ated at the Coll?g? of South Carolina in 
the year 1817, with distinction, having 
been awarded a thii'd honor in a class 
of which the first and second honors 
were awarded to Charles Fishburn and 
Ai'chibald C. Baynard, and of which 
Chancellor Caldwell. Judge Glover, and 
the Hon. Wm. ^IcWillie, among others, 
were members and graduates. He 
served first in the popular branch of 
the legislature, and was then trans- 
ferred to the state Senate ; and he made 
his mark, as an able and eloquent de- 
bater, in both houses. In 1818 he was 
admitted to the bar, and almost con- 
temporaneously he appeared before a 
committee of the House of Representa- 
tives, in a contested election between 
Charles Bussy and Wra. Middleton, of 
Edgefield district ; and he soon rose to 
high distinction in his profession. In 
Dec, 183;3, he was elected an associate 
law judge of the state, in place of the 
Hon. Wm. D. Martin, deceased, and 
wore the ermine Avith dignity, impar- 
tiality, uprightness, and ability. In 
the year 184(5, he was elected U. S. sen- 
ator, as the colleague of the illustrious 
Calhoun, whose esteem, confidence, and 
love he enjoyed in an eminent degree ; 
and in that august body he distinguished 
himself by his dignified demeanor, chiv- 
alrous beai-ing, towering and classic 
eloquence, and statesman-like ability ; 
and won a popularity, ])olitical and so- 
cial, rarely surpassed if ever equalled. 
His health began to fail upwards of a 
year since, and his decline was, doulit- 
less, in some measure, hastened l)y the 
melancholy, distressing, and sudden 
death of his near, young, and gallant 
kinsman, the Hon. Preston S. lirooks, 
whom he loved M-ith all the tenderness 
of parental aftection. He left Wash- 
ington at the close of the late executive 



session of the Senate, in a very feeble 
state, having remained until the last 
moment at the post of duty, and re- 
turned to his home to mingle his mor- 
tal dust with that of his parents and 
kindred in his native state. His first 
wife was a Simpkins, who died childless, 
shortly after their marriage ; and his 
second was a HajTie, daughter of the 
late William Edward Haync, Esq., (son 
of the revolutionary martyr, Col. Isaac 
Hayne,) and sister of Isaac "W. Hayne, 
Esq., our attorney general, she, too, 
having died in an early period of their 
wedded life, leaving one daughter, Avho 
survives to mourn her beloved and 
gifted parent." 

AVe copy from the Congi'essional Globe 
of December 17 the proceedings of the 
House of Representatives, on a message 
from the Senate, communicating the 
proceedings of the Senate of respect to 
the memory of the Hon. Andrew P. 
Butler, deceased, late a senator from 
the State of South CaroHna. The mes- 
sage having been read, — 

Mr. Boyce said: "Mr. Speaker, the 
resolutions before the House announce 
the death of Andrew Pickens Butler, 
late senator from the State of South 
Carolina. It is my melancholy privilege 
to add my feeble tribute of respect to 
the more imposing proceedings of the 
Senate. 

" Judge Butler departed this life on 
the 2Jth day of May, A. D. 1857, at 
Stonelands, his residence, in Edgefield 
district, South Carolina. He died in 
the midst of his friends and kindred, 
receiving from them every kindness the 
most devoted affection could suggest, 
and liis last visions of earth were of 
those scenes most endeared to liim by 
the memories of his past life. 

" Judge Butler's health was somewhat 
impaired at the close of the last Con- 
gress, but no serious consequences were 
ajiprehended, so that the rajiid and fatal 
termination of his disease was in a great 
degree unexpected. 

" Judge Butler was born on the 18th 
day of November, 1796, in Edgefield 
district. South Carolina. His father 
rendered distinguished services to the 
whig cause in the great war of our rev- 
olution, and his mother was a woman of 
great strength of mind and unusual force 
of character. 

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receiving a course of intellectual train- 
ing under the best instructors, was en- 
tered as a student of the South Carolina 
College, Mhere he soon gave evidence 
of great promise, and M'here he subse- 
quently graduated Avith distinction. 
Upon completing his collegiate course, 
he devoted himself with ardor to the 
study of the law, choosing the same 
path so many great minds have taken 
to distinction. Upon his admission to 
the bar, his success was rapid and bril- 
liant ; his vigorous mind and impulsive 
energy soon placing him in the front 
rank of the profession. 

" In lSo3, he was called by the legis- 
lature of South Carolina to a seat on the 
bench of the Supreme Court, which po- 
sition he held until liis election to the 
United States Senate in 1846, as the col- 
league of 'Mi: Calhoun. It was from 
this period he became known to the 
people of the United States, his reputa- 
tion previously having been confined to 
his own state. His services in the Sen- 
ate were active and important. His 
position as chairman of the judiciary 
committee required Irim to take cogni- 
zance of a class of cases of great delicacy 
and interest — contested elections — for 
tlie proper consideration of which he was 
peculiarly fitted by his freedom from 
party bias. During his senatorial ca- 
reer, some of the most agitating ques- 
tions arose, which have ever convulsed 
the public mind, in the consideration of 
which he bore liis full share of respon- 
sibiHty. Indeed, during liis long term 
of service in the Senate, there Avas hard- 
iy an important debate in which he did 
not take a ])rominent part. 

" Upon all questions in our foreign 
relations he was firm, yet discreet ; and 
upon sectional questions, while stead- 
fastly insisting upon the constitutional 
rights of the south, he was eminently 
conservative. It is not my purpose, 
however, to refer with minuteness to his 
senatorial history. He has made his 
own record ujjon the pages of our con- 
gressional annals, to which the student 
of political philosophy may turn with 
interest and advantage. 

"Judge Butler's intellectual gifts were 
remarkable. His mind was strong, fer- 
tile, acute, quick, and suggestive. He 
did not arrive at Ms conclusions by slow 
gradations of reasoning, but he bounded 
to them with impetuosity. His dis- 



courses were not regular chains of ratio- 
cination ; his mind was too ardent for 
this slow process. He came at once to 
his strong points, and stated them in 
graphic language. He did not pin-sue 
his subject by the dim twilight of a cold 
logic ; he seized it promptly and bore it 
with him. illuminating the fiiglit of his 
genius with perpetual flashes. 

" In him mind and Ijody were in more 
remarkal)le accord than any orator to 
whom 1 have ever listened. You could 
almost hear the beatings of his heart in 
the tones of Ms voice. He had all the 
attributes of the orator — mind, body, 
soul, all gave their assurance and their 
aid. His eloquence was not the elo- 
quence of art ; it was the eloquence of 
nature. Nothing could be more simple 
than his style of speaking. It was na- 
ture — pure nature — subhmated, in- 
deed, by a poetic temperament, and 
chastened by the study of the great mas- 
ters. A strong mind, imagination all 
compact, words that burn, a noble heart, 
a commanding person, a bold and fiery 
spirit, all wreaking themselves upon ex- 
pression, were the secrets of his power. 
Besides tMs occult spell and mystery of 
eloquence. Judge Butler also had, in a 
remarkable degree, what Cicero so much 
commends : boni senatoris prudeniia — 
the prudence of a good senator; and 
herein consisted a striking and distinc- 
tive trait in his intellectual organization 
— in his emotions all impulse, in his 
actions he was all prudence. 

" But in his moral attributes he tow- 
ered still more proudly eminent. He 
Avas a man of an exquisite sense of honor. 
His soul was full of authentic fire. _He 
•was just, generous, kind, and forgiving. 
He contemplated human life from the 
stand-point of an elevated moral gran- 
deur. He was the material out of which 
heroes are made ; and if fate had so 
willed it, like Bayard or Russell, or his 
heroic brother. Pierce Butler, Avho fell 
at the head of the Palmetto regiment, 
he would have sublimely died under the 
most malignant star. 

" Such was Andrew Pickens Butler — 
no commonplace man dwarfed by ma- 
terialism, but a real man. His majestic 
form, his noble head silvered o'er with 
the frosts of age, rise even now before 
me, and 1 tliink of a Roman senator in 
the best days of the great republic, Avhen 
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were despised. I never went into the 
Senate Chamber, and looked upon that 
august body, in the midst of wliich, near 
his approved friends, the senators from 
Virginia, sat this venerable man, but 
that I felt proud to see my state so wor- 
thily represented. But he is no more ; 
he sleeps in the bosom of his native 
state, which he loved so well ; the som- 
bre pine forests of the land of the sun, 
unheeded, sigh their unceasing requiem 
over his grave. 

" Peace and honor to his memory. 
He is one of the last of a constellation 
of great men, which South Carolina, with 
a singular prodigality, gave to the ser- 
vice of the federal government. His 
name will shortly be but a memory. 
We, too, will soon tread the dark pas- 
sage of the tomb, through which he has 
passed, and other representatives, stran- 
gers to him and to us, will walk these 
halls. 

" The paths of gloi-y have no exit but 
the grave. Life is but a brief episode 
in the great drama of immortality, and 
death but an event in that episode. Let 
us, then, so act our parts as to meet that 
inevitable event with fortitude, and jus- 
tify, if not a place in the pantheon of 
history, at least a place for some short 
space in the recollections of good men. 
I offer the following : — 

" Eesolved, That this House has heard 
with deep sensibility the announcement 
of the death of Andrew Pickens Butler, 
late a senator in Congress from the State 
of South Carolina. 

" Itcsohed, That as a testimony of re- 
spect for the memory of the deceased, 
the members and officers of this House 
wear the usual badge of mourning for 
thirty days. 

" licsoliiciJ, That the proceedings of 
this House in relation to the death of 
Andrew Pickens Butler be communi- 
cated to the family of the deceased by 
the clerk. 

" L'esoloed, That as a further mark of 
respect for the memory of the deceased, 
this House do now adjourn." 

Mr. Stephens, of Georgia : " I rise, 
sir, to second the motion for the adop- 
tion of these resolutions. But before 
the question is put, I wish to add a few 
words to wliat has been said by the gen- 
tleman from South Carolina, in honor of 
the memory of the distinguished sena- 
tor whose death has been announced. 



Judge Butler was known to me person- 
ally. His immediate constituents and 
mine are neighbors. Nothing but the 
broad and beautiful Savannah separates 
them. Identified in interests, identified 
in habits, in sentiments, and in feelings, 
their sympathies naturally commingle 
on a common loss and bereavement ; and 
such this is considered. 
I " Judge Butler possessed, in an emi- 
nent degree, those qualities that not only 
secure the esteem and the admiration 
always due to genius and learning and 
talent of a high order, but those other 
qualities that win the love and the affec- 
tion of all who come within their range. 
He was emphatically a man cast in an 
original mould, of most marked charac- 
teristics, physical as well as intellectual. 
As the honorable gentleman spoke of 
his silvery locks, and majestic form, and 
stately person, and Roman countenance, 
I could almost imagine liim again stand- 
ing in our midst. Those of us who knew 
that form and knew that gallant bear- 
ing, with the sense of age and the fire 
of youth, can never forget him. He 
was mercurial in his temperament, more 
pointed in conversation, as well as in 
argument, than he was logical. But he 
Avas, nevertheless, firm and stable. 

" Li the social circle he shone to great 
advantage. Wit and humor, drawn from 
classical sources, were his delight. He 
was chaste in thought and classical in 
expression. In the busy pursuits of life, 
the abstruse studies of the law, or the 
labors that devolved on him in ]}ublic 
life, he did not forget the cultivation of 
letters. He scorned to wrangle, yet he 
had a zeal for truth. In manner he was 
easy and agreeable — in intercourse with 
mankind, warm-hearted, brave, chival- 
rous. None was more Hberal ; none 
more unoffending ; none more generous, 
noble, or magnanimous. 

" He was firm, though versatile. De- 
cision was one of his marked character- 
istics. As a judge and as a legislator, 
he came up to the ideal of one of liis 
favorite poets : — 

' Justum ct tcnarom propositi vinim 
Non civiuiu ardor priiTiijubontium 
Non Tullus install tis Tyranui 
Mull to niiafit soliila.' 

"Few men were more amiable and 
mild in disposition, none more resolute 
in i)urpose. 

" Sir, eulogy is not my object ; that 
may be left for liis biographer or histo- 



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rian. He that was a few months ago 
with us is gone. Those places that 
knew him so well will know him no 
more. We, too, are passing away. 
How brief the time since the voices of 
Lowndes, of McDuffie, of Calhoun, and 
of Hamilton, were heard within these 
walls ! The cold sod covers them to- 
day. The voice of Butler is silent in 
the grave Avith theirs. These were men 
that stirred, in their day, empires — a 
proud galaxy, of which the gallant Pal- 
metto State, which they almost adored, 
may well be proud. As a mother, she 
may well boast of such jewels. 

" But the thought, how suggestive, 
when we see men of such character, in 
then" day and generation, passing away, 
receding from the existing generation — 
how suggestive the thought, the truth 
that, — 

'When fame's loud trump hath blown ita noblest 
blast. 
Though louil the sound, the echo sleeps at last ; 
And glorj', like the phoenix 'midst the fires, 
Exhales her odors, blazes, and expires.' 

" ' What shadows we are, and what 
shadows we pursue ! ' How transitory 
pleasures ! How unsubstantial honors ! 
The only hope to the wise and the good 
— the virtuous good — on this earth, 
with all their aspirations for honorable 
place, — and such aspirations are to be 
great only so far as they are good, — is 
the hope, the day-star of promise, that 
hereafter the dust of these bodies, like 
the ashes of that same fabled phoenix, 
is to be quickened into newness of life 
in a future existence, where to each shall 
be measured out according to the deeds 
done here in the body ; where there 
shall be no more strife, ho more pain, 
no more death, but never-ending im- 
mortality. I second the resolutions." 

Mr. Harris, of Illinois : " Mr. Speak- 
er, I rise to express my cordial concur- 
rence in the resolutions which have been 
reported from your table. They an- 
nounce to us the sad intelligence of the 
decease of the venerable and distin- 
guished senator from South Carolina, 
whom to know was to admire — ■■ whom 
to hear was to learn -n-isdom. 

" It is no part of my pui-pose to refer 
to those minute characteristics of the 
deceased, or those amiable and affec- 
tionate traits in domestic Hfe, which give 
such completeness to human character. 
I speak only of what I know. My ac- 
quaintance with the deceased senator 
6* 



commenced some eight years ago, when, 
upon entering this body, I found him in 
the_ other branch of the legislature, as- 
sociated with his preeminently distin- 
guished colleague, Mr. Calhoun. The 
mournful obsequies attending the death 
of that illustrious man are still deeply 
impressed upon my recollection, and 
hardly less so the fact that in the short 
space of two months the successor of Mr. 
Calhoun, the lamented Elmore, followed 
him to the world of spirits. And now 
another senator from the same state has 
responded to the all-compelling sum- 
mons, and has joined those his illustrious 
compeers in the chambers of the dead. 
Yet not among the senators only of 
South Carolina has the hand of death 
been at work — it has stricken down also 
numbers of her sons in this House. For- 
tunate, indeed, though bereaved, are 
that people who have such wealth of 
eminent citizens to lose ! 

" In the death of Judge Butler, not 
his constituents alone, but the whole 
country, has sustained a heavy loss. He 
was, in the best and fullest sense of the 
word, a patriot. No man possessed of 
so many generous and noble quahties 
could be other than a patriot. To a nice 
and intuitive sense of justice he added, 
upon all occasions, a matured judgment, 
formed upon careful examination and re- 
flection. Unaffected and unostentatious 
as he entirely was, he possessed an origi- 
nating mind, cultivated and adorned by 
the most extensive reading and classical 
study. His amiability of temper and 
large conversational powers made him a 
most agreeable companion and favorite 
in every circle in which he moved. To 
the artless simplicity of a child was 
joined in him a firmness of purpose far 
above the reach of flattery or intimida- 
tion. His motives were always right, 
his actions magnanimous, and his heart 
beat full with manly emotions and sen- 
sibilities. He attained great influence, 
not by lengthy and elaborate speeches, 
but by adcbessing himself with clearness, 
force, and earnestness directly to the 
point. He never sought advantages by 
indirection, but relied upon the justness 
of his opinions and the force of legiti- 
mate argument for success. In all the 
qualities and qualifications Avhich con- 
stitute a pure and able statesman, and 
an honorable and virtuous citizen, the 
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as a model ; and with such a model, how 
few, how very few, will equal — how 
many, how very many, will full below it ! 
" The great American statesmen who, 
for a generation, have, like faithful sen- 
tinels, been guarding the lines of the 
republic, and protecting it from dangers 
without and within, are fast passing 
away. AVhile each successive year adds 
to the moral and material wealth, and 
to the power and renown of our extend- 
ed and happy country, those great lights, 
who have watched over, guided, and ad- 
vanced these developments through the 
dark and trying hours of our political 
night, disappear like the twinlding jew- 
els from God's firmament, before the 
coming brightness of day. 

'0, 'tis s;ij, ill that moment of glory and song, 

To S(v, while tlie hill-tops are waiting the sun. 
The glitti'ring band that kept watch all night 
long 
O'er love and o'er slumber, go out one by one. 

Thus oblivion, from midst of whose shadow we 
came. 
Steals o'er us again when life's twilight is gone, 
And the crowd of bright names, in the heaven of 
fame. 
Grow pale and are quenched as the years has- 
ten on.' 

" But, sir, while we thus bear tribute 
to the virtues of the illustrious dead, we 
are admonished, by these constantly 
recurring events, that we too are mortal. 
But a few months, or years, at most, and 
■we shall leave these stirring scenes of 
life, to be seen no more on earth for- 
ever. How vain, how fooHsh, then, are 
all our strifes and struggles here, if 
prompted by love of power, or low, per- 
sonal ambition ! Let us learn Avisdom 
from the contemplation of these things, 
and, following the example of him whose 
death we now deplore, look only to the 
welfare of our common country and our 
race. Let us be ti-ue to ourselves, and 
we cannot be unjust to any man. Let 
us seek only for that honorable and 
honest fame which results from a foith- 
ful discharge, of all our duties, both 
public and private. We shall thus leave 
a record and a character of which our 
cliildren will never be ashamed, and of 
which our country may well be proud : — 

' So live, tliat wlicii tliy summons comes to join 
The iiinuiiicralili- caravan which inovi'S 
To that mystPriuuH rcahu where each shall take 
His cliambiT in tlic silent halls of ili'iith. 
Thou go not, like th(( ipiarry slave at iiiirht, 
Scourged to his dungeon, but, suutained and 

soothed 
By an unfalterincr trust, approach thy grave 
]jike oiii> whii wraps the ilnqjcry of his cnuch 
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams, ' " 



Mr. Goode : " Mr. Speaker, in coming 
forward to mingle in these solemn cere- 
monies — these funeral rites — it is not 
my purpose to sketch the history of the 
distinguished man whose virtues we 
commemorate, whose death we mourn. 
I shall not direct attention even to the 
prominent incidents in his useful life — 
this has been done by one from whom 
it appropriately came. I shall not at- 
tempt to pronounce his eulogy ; that 
eulogy is indehbly inscribed on the heart 
of every man who knew him. I come 
to perform the last sad, solemn offices 
of friendship ; I come to express my 
sorrow for the dead, my admiration of 
liis virtues, my affection for liis person 
wliile yet he lived, my reverence for his 
memory now that he is gone. 

" Four years have passed since I as- 
sumed towards Judge Butler the relation 
of an intimate friend. Before that time 
I knew him only as he was known to 
the world. We then became inmates 
of the same household, members of the 
same domestic circle. We lived to- 
gether to the close of the last Congress, 
when we parted to meet on earth no 
more ; and throughout that long term, 
and in that most intimate relation, I 
saAV every thing to admire and to love. 

" His social and convivial qualities, 
his powers of conversation, his cheerful 
disposition, his humor, wit, learning, 
taste, and inexhaustible fund of anec- 
dote, charmed and fascinated in all his 
public intercourse Avith men ; but it was 
in the privacy of domestic life, it was 
in the sanctity of his home, tliat he re- 
vealed the noble nature, and those 
high, endearing qualities, which seized 
upon the heart and captivated the affec- 
tions. 

" I speak not of the powers of liis 
mind, the brilliancy of his intellect, 
his successes in the political arena, nor 
his aptitude for the great theatre of 
life. On these the world will pass its 
judgment. I speak not of the extent 
of his learning, the character of his at- 
tainments, his elegant accomplish- 
ments, nor the delicacy and refinement 
of his tastes. These, too, were open 
to public criticism. 1 follow him to 
the seclusion of domestic life ; I follow 
him to his inmost liome, where the real 
nature stood revealed, to offer my 
homage to his heart — that ever kind 
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and noble nature ; ever kind to friends, 
ever generous to foes. 

" The point of honor and the stan- 
dard of benevolence never ranged higher 
in the human soul. In private inter- 
course, he was painfully sensitive to 
the sufferings of others, regardful of 
their feelings, attentive to their most 
delicate sensibilities, and cautiously 
avoided every topic which by possibil- 
ity could pain. And if, perchance, he 
ever wounded, he felt what he inflict- 
ed, and was prompt to extract the barb. 
" He was ever true and truthful ; 
trusty and faithful ; kind to the de- 
pendent ; liberal to the poor ; conde- 
scending to the huml)le ; frank, manly, 
respectful, and courteous to equals; 
sincere and cordial with his friends ; 
kind, generous, and magnanimous to 
all. His life was a beautiful illustration 
of the aphorism that pleasure consists 
in giving pleasure. 

" In the stern contests and sharp con- 
flicts of life, the instinct of mind and 
the incentive of patriotism called out 
the inherent energies of his being. In 
defence of his beloved state, in defence 
of his native south, in defence of his 
country and the constitution, he struck 
boldly and with all his might. But, vic- 
tory achieved, his sympathies respond- 
ed to the groan of the vanquished ; he 
was eager to bind up the wounds of 
the fallen, and minister relief to the 
distressed. 

" Sir, I have seen him in the rela- 
tions of civil and social life, in prosper- 
ity and adversity, in the fulness of joy 
and the bitterness of gi'ief. I have 
seen him in the Senate Chamber, pour- 
ing out the volume of native eloquence, 
with listening throngs hanging on the 
accents of his manly voice. I have 
seen him in the brilliant social circle, 
' the observed of all observers,' charm- 
ing all with the beauties and gi-aces of 
conversation. I have gone with him to 
his home, to witness there his expan- 
sive benevolence, softening the cares, 
soothing the sorrows, cheering the 
gloom, or lighting up the joys of those 
whom he loved. I have seen him bend- 
in» over the bed of sickness, tenderly 
ministering to its painful wants, and 
whispering consolation to the suff"erer. 
And, sir, I have seen him in the gloomy 
chamber of death, gazing on the cold 
corpse of the friend who was dearest 



to his heart, writhing in his own agony, 
till, clasping to his bosom the lifeless 
form, he sobbed forth the wail of un- 
utterable woe. In every varying cir- 
cumstance of life I saw him a noble 
specimen of his race. 

" Sir, I forbear — I have gone too 
far. You will pardon the enthusiasm 
of friendship. I but feebly express 
what I forcibly feel. Knowing the 
goodness of his heart and the noble- 
ness of his nature, loving the man and 
revering his memory, I stand a sincere 
and sorrowing mourner at the grave of 
Andrew Pickens Butler. 

" The resolutions Mere then unani- 
mously agreed to, and the House ac- 
cordingly adjourned." 

"The Carolinian says, 'Excepting 
the late David Johnson, we have never 
known any citizen so universally popu- 
lar. He was admired by all for his 
social and personal character, and 
equally respected for his al)ihty, learn- 
ing, and patriotism.' Indeed, we may 
say the pride of the Senate, the life and 
soul of the social circle, and the idol of 
his fellow-citizens shall be known no 
more amongst us. Thus has passed 
away another one of Carolina's noble 
sons. His deeds are a portion of the 
history of his country, and his virtues 
are written upon the hearts of his coun- 
trymen." — Charleston Courier. 

Butler, Mrs. Huldah, Northampton, 
Nov. 12, a", about 85, widow of Wm. 
Butler, the founcter of the Hampshire 
Gazette, in 1786, Avliich he conducted 
some thii'ty years, and died in 1831. 
She was daughter of John Brown, of 
Pittsfield, who joined the revolutionary 
army, and was killed in the battle of 
the "Mohawk, 1780. She was a teacher 
in early life, and was once a scholar of 
Master Elisha Ticknor, of Boston. 
She had a sister Sally, wife of Dr. 
Hooker, of Rutland, Vt. Henry C. 
Brown, many years high sheriff of 
Berkshire, was her brother. 

Butler, Joseph, Green, Chenango 

Co., Pa., , se. 87. He was for 

nearly 60 years a resident of New 
Hartford, Oneida Co., and was one of 
thi> pioneer settlers of that section of 
the state. His memory was familiar 
to all the early residents of that por- 
tion of Oneida Co., where he so long 
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made his home with the family of his 
soa-in-law, where he departed this life. 
As long as his faculties of mind con- 
tinued unimpaired, he was loved and 
honored for those kind, amiable, and 
gentlemanly quaUties of character 
wliich betoken the mind of genuine re- 
finement. And even through the 
eclipse which gathered for some years 
past over his intellect, there would oc- 
casionally be an out-gleaming of that 
spirit of elevated courtesy by which his 
character had been stamped. 

Butler, Lucina, Hartwick, Otsego 
Co., X. Y., Sept. 20, 18j6, cc. 20, only 
daughter of the late Ezra and Aurelia 
(Wentworth) Butler ; granddaughter 
of the late Alpheus and Mary (Tubbs) 
Wentworth. 

Butler, Col. Samuel F., Grand Rap- 
ids, Mich., April 3, bb. 64. He was, 
we believe, a native of Columbia Co., 
N. Y. 

Li 1837, Col. B. emigrated with his 
family to this place, from Geneseo, 
where he had resided for many years ; 
he, of course, was one of the first set- 
tlers, and has participated in and expe- 
rienced all the vicissitudes, privations, 
and trials incidental to the settlement of 
a new country and a new town. He 
had been a professor of religion and 
a member of the Presb}1;erian church 
for some 30 years. His daily sacrifices 
on his family altar, his constant zeal 
and labor in the cause of Clii'ist, exhib- 
ited the most beautiful illustration and 
conclusive evidence of his abiding faith 
in the promise and means for eternal 
salvation, as revealed in the word of 
God and of a crucified Lord. Col. B., 
befoi-e liis residence here and after, oc- 
cuj)ied several positions in the military 
and civil departments of government, 
and in all cases proving his competen- 
cy to fill the station assigned to him, 
exhil)iting qualifications rarely com- 
bined — ability, firmness, honesty, and 
integrity. As a member of society, he 
was ever active and kind, ameliorating, 
as far as in his power, tlie distresses of 
those in affliction about him. As a 
father and a friend, his kindness and 
benevolence of heart rendered him the 
idol of the domestic circle, within 
whose consecrated limits all his vutues 
acquired new lustre. 

BUTLKR, William, Phelps, Ontaiio 
Co., N. Y., March 12, a,'. 72. 



REV. DR. ELIZUR BUTLER, 

At Van Buren, Ark., March 4, ae. 63, 
missionary to the Cherokees. 

" Dr. B. was born in Norfolk, Conn., 
June 11, 1794. He studied medicine at 
Sharon, Conn., with the late Dr. M. L. 
North, of Saratoga Springs. In 1849 
he oflered his services as missionary phy- 
sician to the American Board of Com- 
missioners for Foreign ^Missions. For 
some time it was his expectation to go 
to the Sandwich Islands, but the com- 
mittee finally determined to send him 
to the Cherokee mission. October 29, 
1820, he was united in marriage to ^liss 
Esther Post, of Canaan, Conn., and they 
soon after started on their long journey, 
much of the wav through the wiklerness, 
to join their mission, at Brainard, now m 
the State of Tennessee. After laboring 
two or three years at this station, they 
were sent to Creek Path, a station with- 
in the present Hmits of the State of Ala- 
bama. Shortly afterwards Dr. B. was 
appointed to the charere of the Haweis 
mission station, within the present limits 
of the State of Georgia. Here he lived 
and labored with much success for sev- 
eral years; and here, Nov. 21, 1829, he 
Avas called to part with his beloved com- 
panion, Avho died of consumption, leaAing 
three children, two sons and a daughter. 
August 14, 1830, Dr. B. was again mar- 
ried to Miss Lucy Ames, of Groton, 
Mass., a missionary teacher at the Brain- 
ard station. She proved to be a kind 
and affectionate wife, and a faithful moth- 
er to his children, and she still lives to 
mourn his loss. She was a woman of 
naturally strong constitution, and of 
great energy of character, and these 
qualities were destined very soon to be 
called into action. For the Cherokees 
were now engaged in the contest with 
the State of Georgia and the general 
government, in which might prevailed 
over riglit, and they were finally com- 
pelled to leave the lands of their fathers, 
and seek a home in the far Avest. In 
this unequal contest the missionai"ies es- 
poused the cause of the Cherokees, and 
resolved to pursue a course of action 
which was calculated to test the constitu- 
tionality of the course pursued by Geor- 
gia with the complicity of the general 
government. Refusing to abandon their 
stations, or to take the oath of allegiance 
to the State of Georgia, they were sev- 



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eral times arrested and imprisoned by 
the authorities of that state, and finalh-, 
after the form of a trial, in which justice 
was mocked, several of them Avere con- 
demned to four years of hard labor in 
the penitentiary at Millcdgeville ; and 
Dr. li. and Rev. S. A. Worcester were 
incarcerated, and served eighteen months 
of their term, when, after a decision in 
their favor in the Supreme Court of the 
United States, and the issue of a man- 
date for their liberation, they were set 
at liberty. During these trying times, 
Dr. E.'s health was very much injured 
from hardshi]) and exposure, and he car- 
ried the marks and the recollection of 
the cruelties he received to his gi-ave. 

" In 183S-9 Dr. B. accompanied the 
first detachment of the Cherokees to the 
homes assigned them west of the States 
of Arkansas and INIissouri, as surgeon. 
He then returned to Tennessee, and re- 
moved his family. 

" About this time he was ordained as 
an evangelist by a presbytery of Tennes- 
see, and soon after his removal to the 
west, took charge of the mission church 
at Fairfield. He labored here, both as a 
physician and a minister, with much zeal 
and success. He took a special interest 
in promoting the cause of temperance, 
travelling over the entire nation, lectur- 
ing on the subject. In these efforts he 
had the efficient coo])eration of the other 
missionaries, and of many Cherokee 
brethren. 

" About 1849 Dr. B. was appointed 
to take charge of the Cherokee Female 
Seminary at Park Hill. As this was 
a salaried office, — the salary being paid 
by the Cherokee government, — his con- 
nection with the American Board as a 
missionary was virtually severed at this 
time. In this position he was the means 
of doing great good to the souls of those 
who were under his care. 

" During the mnter of 1855-6, circum- 
stances called for his removal to Van 
Buren, a frontier town of Arkansas, just 
on the border of the Cherokee country, 
taking his farewell of the school and na- 
tion m the following communication : " — 

" Female Seminarv, ? 

Cherokee Nation, Oct. 10, 1855. I 
"To the Hon. Chiefs, Councillors, and 
People of the Cherokee Nation. 

"Having resided with your people 
about thirty-five years, I now feel that 



ProAidence calls, by circumstances and 
events uncontrollable by me, to retire 
from the limits of your nation, to take 
up my residence in Van Buren, Arkansas. 

" Permit me, as I retire from your 
bounds, to leave with you a short part- 
ing address. 

" The general reasons for this removal 
are already known to some of you. 

" Since I first came hito the nation, a 
generation has passed away. I can now 
recognize but three M'ho then sat among 
your chiefs and councillors. These are 
Messrs. James Brown, John Ross, and 
Le\ns Ross. I remain the only soli- 
tary individual that was with you as a 
missionary, in the eastern branch of the 
Cherokees, at the time of my arrival, 
about the first of Jan., 1821. 

" At that time there were but few wag- 
ons, ploughs, hoes, spinning wheels, and 
looms hi the country ; and but few 
dressed, as your jjeople now dress, in 
English costume. But a small number 
of Cherokees could read or write, and 
there was but little desire on the part of 
parents or chilcben to obtain an educa- 
tion. Now, a large portion of adults 
read English or their own language, and 
most of the rising generation are making 
rajjid progress in education. There were 
then in the nation about ten professors 
of religion. Now there are from fifteen 
to twenty hundred professors. I was 
the first physician settled among you. I 
rejoice that there are now ten or twelve 
respectable physicians with you, laboring 
in the healing art. I have now about 
eighteen hundred cases on record, for 
which I prescribed in less than three 
months, and but fifteen of them proved 
fatal. I have made with my own fin- 
gers, in one year, twenty-five thousand 
pills, and distributed them gratuitously 
among you. I first introduced among 
you that medicine which has saved so 
many lives — quinine. I have resided 
with you at seven different mission sta- 
tions, and served you as physician, in 
camp, in your removal, and in your pro- 
tracted council immediately following 
your last emigration. Thus I have had 
the opportunity of forming acquaintances 
among your whole people; so that in 
any part of the nation I meet smiling 
faces and cordial hands. During all this 
time, I have publicly and jmvately, by 
precept and example, endeavored to 
keep before your minds the only specijic 



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for the disease of the immortal soul. 
And here, in the Seminary, I have had 
the pleasure of seeing daily, during term 
time, those who were seeking the salva- 
tion of their souls, and anxiously inquir- 
ing, ' What shall I do to be saved ? ' 

" It has been my lot to live in large 
families at most places where I have re- 
sided, and I have lived in no large fam- 
ily where there has been more peace and 
quiet than there has been in these Sem- 
inary walls since the family was fu'st 
collected together. 

" No candid mind can need additional 
proof of my atfection for yourselves and 
people, or my desire for your civil and 
religious improvement ; and this affec- 
tion and desire, I assure you, will con- 
tinue till the day of my death, which I 
expected would take place among you, 
and that I should lay my bones with 
yours, where they would find a quiet 
resting place until the morning of the 
resui'rection. May no political disturb- 
ance among you prevent an onward 
course of improvement, and may no er- 
ror or fanaticism lead you away from 
Christ and his kingdom. May all injus- 
tice and unrighteousness cease among 
you, and may injustice and unrighteous- 
ness towards you be speedily brought to 
a close. 

" ]May the heavenly wings of peace, 
prosperity, and true happiness encircle 
you. 

" Respectfully, your true friend until 
death, 

" Elizur Butler." 

" At Van Buren he became the pos- 
sessor of a small property, in the im- 
provement of which he became much 
mterested. He was chosen pastor of the 
Presbyterian church in the ])lace, and 
became deeply interested in the Sabbath 
school connected with it. Prior to this 
he had acted for some time as a colportor 
of the Tract Society. 

" Dr. B.'s he dth had for so many 
years been frail, that it was not until 
within a day or two before his death 
that he or his f miily had any serious a])- 
prehensions of a f'atil termination. For 
some time liefore his last illness, his 
favorite em])loym(>nt for his evening 
hours was in roadinsj; Alleine's ' Heaven 
Opened,' a work that was sent to him 
from Boston about a year ago. About 
two weeks before his death, Mrs. B. no- 



ticed and spoke of the fact, that he 
seemed to grow more heavenly minded. 
About this time, in his family devotions, 
he otibred a petition to the effect that 
' the family might be prepared for any 
afffiction which should be sent upon 
them, and sustained under it.' Jan. 28 
he attended an examination of a school 
in the town, at which time he took cold. 
On going to bed he took a warm drink, 
as was his habit under such circum- 
stances. The next day, Friday, Jan. 30, 
he felt so unwell he did not come to the 
breakfiist table, and was in the house 
most of the day. On Saturday evening, 
at his suggestion. Dr. Colburn was sent 
for. Di'. C. was a ^lethodist clergyman 
as well as physician, and the two had 
frequently taken sweet counsel together. 
From this time. Dr. C. and Dr. Dunlap 
were in constant and faithful attendance 
upon liim till his death. On Sabbath, 
Feb. 1, he took to his bed, and did not 
leave it again for any length of time. 
His disease was pronounced to be pneu- 
monia, a disease to which he would be 
very liable, as he had been for more than 
tliirty years a great sufferer from asthma. 
" On Sabbath night he was restless, 
but seemed cheerful, and, the family 
hoped, better through the next day. But 
he slept none on Monday night. On 
Tuesday morning, however, he felt pret- 
ty strong, and was earnestly desirous of 
sitting up. "With the aid of his wife and 
daughter, he Avalkcd from his lied to a 
lounge. During the day, however, he 
grew much woi-se, and his mind seemed 
to wander. The ])ain. which had been 
confined to the right side, now changed 
to the left, and fiistened itself to a s])ot 
where he had sustained an injury fi-om 
the cruel treatment he had received at 
the hands of the (Jeorgia Guard. With 
this pain he suffered acutely to the last. 
It was not till the afternoon of this day 
that he felt any serious apprehensions as 
to his ultimate recovery. During the 
afternoon his wife reminded him of the 
serious aspect of the case, and of the fact, 
that in former attacks of severe illness, 
he had told what his feelings were in 
view of death, and left messages for the 
absent members of his family. She then 
asked, ' Would you now be willing to 
go to your Saviour ? ' to which he re- 
]jlied. ' Most assuredly ! ' At this time 
the senses of sight and heayng ap]3cared 
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physicians came in again, Dr. C. read a 
jjoi-tion of the 14th chapter of St. John's 
Gospel, and otl'ered a touching and ap- 
propriate prayer. He then sent solemn 
and affectionate messages to his absent 
children, and told his wile that God 
would be her sup])ort and comfort. He 
then gave some directions in regard to 
his worldly ati'airs. He was now rest- 
less, and his mind wandered. On being 
asked if he would like to have a hymn 
sung, he replied, ' Yes ; I was -always 
fond of good singing.' He uttered 
the remarks, * Celestial prospects,' and 
' There is a delightful clearness now.' 
The latter remark reminded the tamily 
of the h}'mn beginning, ' There is a land 
of pure delight,' which was sung. Dur- 
ing the singing, a sweet smile rested on 
his countenance. At the close of the 
singing, he broke forth into prayer in a 
clear, strong voice. Instead of begin- 
ning Avith adoration, as was his custom, 
he began Mith thanksgiving — 'We thank 
thee, O Lord ! ' He prayed for all the 
near and dear ones, that they might be 
prepared for the events of God's proA'i- 
dence, and closed with a prayer for the 
' peace and prosperity of Zion.' In 
view of his great pain and exhaustion, it 
seemed wonderful that he could pray in 
such a clear tone of voice without diffi- 
culty. During all this time his mind 
seemed at times to wander. Hearing 
some sound, he asked if it was the Sab- 
bath bells. When asked if he had any 
message for the Sabbath scholars, he 
said, ' Tell them to be fluthful, and learn 
their lessons well ; this Mill be then- life 
through this world and through eternity.' 
To a member of his church, who stood 
at his bedside, he said, ' I shall soon be 
there.' During his mental wanderings 
through the evening, he waved his hand, 
and exclaimed, ' Open the gate ; open 
the gate ; let me go through.' At one 
time, during the night, a watcher aroused 
him, saying, ' Doctor, will you take a lit- 
tle toddy ? ' to which he very promptly 
rei^lied, ' No, sir ; ' when, seeming to rec- 
ollect himself, he said, ' If you give this 
as a stimulant, I will take it,' evidently 
drawing the distinction between Uiking 
it as a medicine and as a beverage. He 
often asked for ' sweet cold water ' dur- 
ing the night, and seemed to be pos- 
sessed of unnatural strength, for he 
would rise without assistance to take 
what was given him. One of his attend- 



ants asked him, ' Are you in much pain, 
doctor ? ' to which he replied, ' O, yes ; 
but I shall soon be at rest ; I shall soon 
be in heaven, where there is jieace.' He 
often exclaimed, ' I am almost there.' 
At half past six o'clock on A^'ednesday 
morning, Feb. 4, the 2od Psalm was read 
to him, but he did not seem to under- 
stand it. At 8 o'clock. Dr. C. said to 
him, ' Brother, do you feel that your 
work on earth is nearly done ? ' ' Yes,' 
he replied, ' it is almost over.' ' Is 
Christ precious ? ' ' Yes.' ' You then 
find that the same cross you have 
preached to others is sufficient for your- 
self ? ' ' Yes.' At about nine o'clock 
he breathed his last. The e\ening pre- 
ceding his death, he said deliberately, 
• There is nothing terrible in death ; I 
have not been afraid to die for a great 
many years.' 

" Rev. Mr. Ranney and wife, of the 
Cherokee mission, arrived soon after he 
breathed his last, and remained with the 
family until after the fimeral. The fu- 
neral was well attended by the citizens 
of Van Buren, and such other friends as 
could reach the place in season. The 
services Avere conducted by Rev. INIessrs. 
R. and C. The children of the Sabbath 
school,Avho seemed to feel their loss most 
deeply, each placed a sprig of cedar on the 
coffin after it was deposited in the grave, 
which was filled in with earth by the 
ministers present. 

" We have thus endeavored, in as few 
words as possible, to give an outline of 
Dr. B.'s life, and the circumstances of 
his death. Having been so long a time 
» a servant of the church,' this much 
seemed called for at the hands of the 
writer. It is not his province to say 
more. ' Blessed are the dead which die 
in the Lord : yea, saith the Spirit, that 
they may rest from their labors ; and 
their works do follow them.' 

" Dr. B. left a wife and five children, 
two sons and three daughters. His 
three oldest children are married. His 
oldest son is a farmer, in Franklin, 111. ; 
the other, a practitioner of medicine in 
Burlington, N. J. His oldest daughter 
is married, and resides in Bloomfield, 
N. J. The youngest is com])leting her 
studies in the State of New York. His 
second daughter — the only one of his 
children who had the privilege of attend- 
ing him in his dying hours — is princi- 
pal of a Female Seminary m Van Bm-en. 



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To all of them ^- although the causes 
which so often break up the families of 
missionaries prevented most of them for 
many years from enjoying his society — 
his loss will be irreparable. They will 
no longer receive his letters of exhorta- 
tion and counsel, which during his life- 
time were always so welcome. May ' his 
angel ' be to them a ' ministering spirit ' 
to watch over their steps during life ; 
and at death may they all join liim — 
'an unbroken family' in the realms of 
bliss." — N. T. Obsener. 

Butler, Susan ]M., Warrenton, Va., 
Oct. 25, ae. — , wife of the Rev. N. B. 
Butler, of Weaversville, Fauquier Co., Va. 

Butler, Dr. John R., Hallowell, Me., 
Aug. 24, ee. 45. 

BuTTERFiELD, Mrs. Mary, Palmp-a, 

N.Y., , fE. 89. Mrs. B. died simply 

from exhaustion of nature, having appa- 
rently no disease, and retained her mental 
faculties almost to the last moment of 
her existence. She was a native of Mas- 
sachusetts, but in early life removed with 
her parents to Westmoreland, N. H., 
■where she remained until May, 1837, 
when she accompanied her daughter, 
Mrs. W. H. Bowman, to this place, and 



j has since that time resided in Palmyra. 

' She was an estimal)le and pious woman, 
and has been transferred to a higher 
sphere to meet the reward of her good 
works on earth. 

Butts, Hon. William E., Helena, Ark., 
April last, a?. 48. The deceased gradu- 
ated at Hamilton College in 18o4, and 
in a few months after left home and 
friends for the south ; spent most of his 
time in Helena, Ark., practising law, 
and for years was judge of the court in 
that state, gaining a large circle of 
friends, who administered to his wants in 
his last sickness of sixteen days. His 
friends were at Lawrenceville, Pa., where 
he had resided the last two years of his 
life, and was at the time of his death in 
Helena for a short time on business. He 
was hopefully converted in 1825, under 
the labors of C. G. Finney, and has ever 
manifested an ardent desire for the pro- 
motion of the cause which he professed. 
His wife and friends mourn his loss ; but 
their loss is his great gain. 

Byn'um, Gen. John G., Wilmington, 

N. C, , se. — . He was once a 

leading democrat in Congress. He was 
said to carry ten or a dozen balls in him, 
the result of duels and rencontres. 



C. 



Cabel, Mrs. Margaret R., Nelson, Va., 
May 31, (G. 75, widow of Nicholas C, Jr., 
and daughter of Samuel W. Venable, of 
Prince Edward. 

Cadwallader, Joseph, Esq., Clear- 
field Co., Pa., May 4, fe. 84, long a resi- 
dent of Huntington and Blair Cos. 

Cady, Mrs. Esther, Rockville, Conn., 
Jan. 27, se. 100, granddaughter of Rev. 
Timothy Edwards, of East Windsor, 
Conn., and niece of the elder Jonathan 
Edwards, the great American metaphy- 
sician and divine. 

Cady, Mr. James, Putnam, Conn., Nov. 
8, fe. 82. 

Cahoone, WiUiam, Esq., New York, 

, a>. 83, a native of Newi)ort, R.I., 

and brother of the Late state treasurer. 

Cahooxe, Mrs. Joanna, New York, 
April 3, a;. 76, widow of Capt. Henry 
Cahoone. 

Caldwell, Mrs. Eliza J., New Lon- 
don, Conn., , iv. 56, widow of 

Lieut, Charles Henry C, U. S. navy. 



Caldwell, Capt. Hugh, at his resi- 
dence in Kentucky, Oct. 11, ae. — . He 
was formerly of Steubenville, and exten- 
sively and fiivorably known on the Ohio 
River as a steamboat captain. Capt. C. 
was highly esteemed in the community, 
as an honest and honorable man ; and 
his many friends will regret his death. 

Caldwell, Mr. Phineas, Bloomfield, 
Walworth Co., Wis., Feb. 11, cT. 99, a 
revolutionary soldier, and grandfather of 
Mrs. W. W. Jerome. 

Caldw^ell, Major Samuel, Hickory 
Grove, Ga., May 6, ae. 63. The deceased 
was a native of Huntingdon Co., and 
widely known and universally esteemed, 
both as a jjrivate citizen and public 
officer. In 1826 he was elected major 
of the 2d battalion, 29th regiment of 
Pennsylvania militia, and commissioned 
by Gov. Shultz, and in 1828 was reelected 
to the same office in the same battalion. 
In 1835 he was elected brigade inspector 
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posed of the militia of Mifflin, Centre, 
Huntingdon, and Clearfield Cos., and was 
commissioned by Gov. Wolf. He served 
as brigade ins])ector from 1830 to 1842, 
and Avas jjrobahly one of the most effi- 
cient officers in the state. In 1835 he 
was also commissioned "justice of the 
peace for the county of Huntingdon " by 
Gov. \\'"oli, and in 1845 was appointed 
by Surveyor-General John Laporle dep- 
uty surveyor for Huntingdon Co., and 
reappointed in 1848, in which office he 
continued, we believe, until 1851. He 
made a failhi'ul and efficient officer, and 
discharged every trust reposed in him 
with marked honesty and ability. He 
was kind and social, but unostentatious 
in his manners, and an active participant 
hi every reform that had for its olject 
the amelioration of his fellow-men. He 
was truly a useful citizen ; and the com- 
munity in which he lived, as well as the 
pubHc generally, will mourn his loss. As 
a husba-.id and itither, he \vas indulgently 
kind, and was bclo\ed by tiis famil}, who 
have sustained a loss that will be u'rep- 
arable. — Iliiniiiu/don Amtrican. 

Caleff, Cajit. Jewett, IS'inninga, Min., 
Oct. 11, iP. 76. The demise of one so 
esteemed for every excellence that adorns 
the citizen, the neighl)or, the friend, and 
parent, as was the venerable gentleman 
whose loss Ave are called upon to mourn, 
should not ])ass without especial note. 
Capt. Caleff, as he was familiarly called, 
was born in Ipswich, Mass., June 24, 
1778. In early life he devoted himself 
to farming, which he pursued successfully 
for a time in Lhiebrort ; but being of an 
active and enterprising temperament, he 
resigned this calling for the lumbering 
business. This he also extensively and 
successfully prosecuted in the then wil- 
derness of Maine, in 1811 ; but the war 
between England and the United States 
having soon after broken out, his valuable 
ser\aces were brought into requisition in 
that arduous struggle, and he was placed 
in command of a comjiany of militia sta- 
tioned at Portland. Here he remained 
till after peace Avas declared, Avhen he 
removed with his family to New Bruns- 
wick in 1816. His resolute spirit was 
shown in many perilous adventures in 
his island home, Avhich he chose near the 
Bay of Fundy. In one of these instances, 
he was blown across the bay, Avhile in a 
boat eighteen feet long, by a terrific gale, 
which lasted three daj-s and nights ; part 
7 



of the crew Avith him at the time perished 
from the severe exposure the}' had to 
endure. From this place, after a fife of 
usefulness, and Avhere he had been en- 
deared to a large circle of friends, he fol- 
lowed his children to Minnesota, Avhere 
two sons had located themselves in 1852. 
Here he has shed a halo of jleasure in 
the circle of his acquaintance, Avliich has 
embraced almost every man, Avoman, and 
child in the community, so Avinning and 
afi'able Avere all his ways. A sweet and 
pleasant smile always greeted Avhoever 
approached him, and was indicative of 
the pureness of the heart Avithin. 

CiLHOUX, Mrs. Betsey S., North Coa'- 
entry, Conn., May 14, ce. — , Avife of 
Rev. George A. Calhoun. 

Calhoun, Mr. Joseph, Dooley Co., 

Ga., , 86. 100 years 10 months, a 

native of Edgecomb, N. C. He saw both 
the beginning and the close of the revo- 
lutionary Avar, in Avhich he partici])ated. 
He Avas under the command of Gen. 
Gaster at the battle of Camden, and 
lought under Gen. Greene at Guilford 
Court House. He saAv CornAvallis de- 
liver up his SAvord at YorktoAvn. He 
'[ was severely Avounded in the battle of 
Brandywine. He had lived in Georgia 
since 1792. 
j Calhoun, Miss ISIartha Cornelia, at 
I the residence of her brother. Col. Wm. 
L. ('., in Abbeville district, S. C, May 2, 
j a?. 30. She Avas youngest daughter of 
I the late Hon. J. Caldwell Calhovm, of 
South Carolina ; a lady of the most 
marked and estimable character, of much 
intelligence, Avith singular amiability and 
kindness of disposition. She Avas a com- 
municant of the Episcopal Church. Her 
death Avas sudden and unexpected by her 
fi'iends. Her father died at Washington, 
Avhere he had spent more than thuty 
years of his life, as senator, vice president, 
and secretary of state, March 31, 1850, 
ae. 68. He was born in Abbeville dis- 
trict, S. C, March 18, 1782. His father 
Avas Patrick Calhoun, born in Ireland, 
and his mother a Miss Cakhvell, a natiA-e 
of Charlotte Co., Va. 

Callender, Dea. Amos, Buffalo, N.Y., 
Jan. 16, ae. — , ha\ing resided in B. since 
1809. 

Calougne, Hon. Francois, New Or- 
leans, La., April 3, ^. 38, fourth justice 
of the ]}eace. 

Calvert, Mrs. Elizabeth, Mount Airy, 
Prince George's Co., Md., ai. 77. She 



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was the relict of the late Major Edward 
Henry Calvert, who was the eldest son 
of Benjamin Calvert of " Mount Airy," 
and grandson of Charles, the sixth Lord 
Baltimore. She was a lady of the old 
school, retaining to the last the habits 
and manners of days long past, and en- 
joying the esteem and respect of a large 
acquaintance. 

Camuen, William P., Portsmouth, O., 
May 30, a;. — . He became a citizen 
of Portsmouth about the year 1833-4. 
He was by occupation a printer, and for 
many years was engaged in that business, 
much of the time, as editor of the Scioto 
Valley Post, a paper commenced and 
continued, principally, through his exer- 
tions. In politics he was a firm, unwa- 
vering, and consistent democrat. His 
devotion to democratic principles was 
ard3nt and sincere ; and he was ever 
ready to promite their success, at any 
cost and lal)or, even to the sacrifice of 
his private interests. Many of liis old j 
democratic associates will recall numerous 
instances of this trait in his character, ! 
during times .when democracy, in this | 
section of the state, was in a large mi- 
nority. But although a decided partisan 
politically, his amiable and kindly traits 
won for him the personal friendship of 
almost or quite all of his political o])po- 
nents. For the past ten or twelve years 
he has held the office of postmaster in 
this ])lace ; and during all changes of 
adailnislration, so great was his industry, 
faithfulness, and impartiality in the dis- 
charge of his duties, that the influential 
of all ])arties have cordiality united to 
retain him in that station. The deceased 
was a worthy member of the Masonic 
fraternity, of the order of Odd Fellows, 
and of the Brotherhood of the Union. 
His heart was in the right place ; and 
whenever the exercise of benevolence 
was required, he was never found want- 
ing. He was also, at the time of his 
death, a member of the City Council, to 
which he liad been elected nearly two 
years since. 

C.vMi', Mrs. Elizabeth, Cleveland, O., 
June 17, a\ 89. This venerable and 
excellent woman, and faithful member 
of the Episcopal Church, was confirmed 
by Bishop Seabury, of Connecticut, the 
first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal 
church in this country. 

Ca:\ip, Mr. ]{ichard, Norwalk, Conn., 
Mui-ch 28, a). 82. 



Campbell, Dr. Alexander, Ripley, O., 
Nov. 0, ss. 77. Dr. C. was born in Vir- 
ginia in 1779. His parents took an 
active part against England during the 
revolution. In l78o his parents emi- 
grated to Kentucky. In 1800 Alexan- 
der was elected to the legislature of 
Kentucky, being, at the time of his elec- 
tion, but 21. He served his term out, 
and decHned a reelection, and in 1803 
emigrated to Ohio on account of slavery. 
In 1806 he was elected to the Ohio 
legislature, and was the author of some 
of its best laws. In 1809 he was 
elected to the United States Senate for 
six years, which seat he filled with honor 
both for himself and country. Upon his 
return, he was elected to the state Senate 
five terms (of two years each) in succes- 
sion. He then gave up jjolitics, and de- 
voted himself to the duties of his pro- 
fession. As an orator, he had but few 
equals ; as a physician, he was not to be 
excelled ; as a statesman, we need but 
look to the early laws of Ohio. He 
hated oppression in any form, and from 
his youth up he was always on the side 
of freedom. He voted for John P. Hale 
in 18J2, and for Fremont in 18j6. He 
was a warm and personal friend of Henry 
Clay, also of Gov. Salmon P. Chase. He 
had been a subscriber to the New York 
Ti'ibune for ten years. 

Campbell, Mr. Andrew, Derry town- 
ship, Pa., Aug. 21, ;e. 68. Mr."C. was 
born in the Path Valley, Franklin Co., 
emigrated to this county, Derry town- 
ship, with his father and family, in the 
year 1802, when Derry township was as 
a wilderness. He lived to see it blossom 
as the rose. Mr. C. naturally possessed 
a noble disposition. He was mild and 
unassvmiing, loved his friends and neigh- 
bors, and it may be truly said of him 
that he had not an enemy in the world. 
He was a devoted parent, and loved his 
family as he did his own life. He has left 
an aged widow and three sons to mourn 
his loss. Their loss, we trust, will be his 
gain. His remains were followed to their 
last resting place by a very numerous 
connection of relatives, friends, and neigh- 
bors, all mourning the loss of a worthy 
man. Peace to his ashes. 

Campbell, Mr. Archibald, Greenbrier, 

, July 20, IV. 101, an active partici- 

])ant in the revolutionary war. We be- 
lieve that we have now in Greenbrier no 
witness of those eventful times that tried 



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men's souls, to relate the many hardships 
of that memorable period. With Arclii- 
bald Camjjbell, the last of the noble 
Romans of '76, residents of Greenbrier 
Co., have passed away. None now are 
left to tell the tale of om* early strujjgle 
for libert)-. Let us kindly cherish their 
memory. — Lemshurg Chronicle. 

Campbell, Mr. Archibald, Bethany, 
Va., March 21, a-. 65. He was a native 
of Ireland, migrated to tliis country in 
1836, and has since lived mostly in 
Bethany or its vicinity, and, for a great 
part of the time, been a member of the 
Bethany congregation. He was one of the 
few men of whom it may be truly said, 
" He was an Israelite indeed, in whom 
there was no guile." His nature was all 
gentle, generous, and kind. We never 
knew one freer from the selfish motives 
which mingle, more or less, with the 
actions of the best. His sympathies and 
his means went out to meet every sigh 
of sufiering or want, and, in imitation of 
his Master, he went about doing good. 

Campbkll, Mr. Archibald David, Esq., 
New Brighton, Staten Island, Jan. 29, 
8B. — , formerly of Edinburgh, Scotland, 



Campbell, ]\lrs. 



wife of Hon, 



James, (late postmaster general,) Chest- 
nut Hills, near Philadelj^hia, July 3 1 , a?. — . 

Campbell, Mrs. Jane, Cincinnati, O., 
June 9, se. 57, wife of Mr. William C. 
The deceased was an estimable lady, and 
by her exalted Christian ^■irtues, through 
a long life, won the high regard of all 
who made her acquaintance. Her exam- 
ple was at all times worthy of imitation. 

Campbell, Mr. Richard, Bowling 
Green, Ind., Feb. — , a>. 81. Mr. C. 
was formerly a resident of this and Wash- 
ington counties, where he settled as one 
among the first settlers of Duck Creek, 
and from which he removed to Indiana, 
where he died, leaving a large circle of 
acquaintances and relatives to mourn his 
departure. 

Campbell, Dr. Robert C, Henry 
Court House, Va., at the residence of 
his mother in Bedford Co., Jan. 4. je. — . 

Capron, John, Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan. 
14, ae. 83. He was born in Providence, 
R. I., but many years since became a 
citizen of this county, where he has lived 
a good citizen, a humble Christian, ap- 
preciated by all, and much lamented in 
his death. 

Caraher, Rev. Bernard, St. John's 
Catholic Chiurch, Canton, O., April 10, 



86. about 52. The deceased was a native 
of the county Armagh, Ireland. He 
studied for the j^riesthood in Paris, 
France, and was ordained for the minis- 
try hi the city of Kilkenny in 1831. In 
1837 he came to America, and was on 
the mission in the State of Maine among 
the pine forests and Indian tribes of that 
region, experiencing many trials and pri- 
vations in the discharge of his calling. 
His mission, to the time of his death, 
extended for a period of twenty years. 
Father C. went to Canton in November, 
1855, and assumed pastoral charge of the 
Httle flock it was his constant care to 
watch over and instruct in the precepts 
of their iaith, and in the midst of whom 
he died, lamented by all. His zeal, his 
labors, his patience in sickness and resig- 
nation in death, lively disposition, and 
pleasing conversation, have endeared him 
to all who knew him. 

Carey, Sally J., East Machias, Me., 
May 29, a?. 65, widow of the late Caleb 
Carey. 

Caret, Mrs. Sophia, Maiden, Mass., 
se. 62, widow of the late Gen. William 
Carey, of Amesbury. 

Carhartt, Mrs. Sefa J., Detroit, Jan. 
30, 8e. 27 years, 11 months, wife of Dr. 
G. W. Carhartt. 

Carlton, George H., Esq., Lowell, 
Mass., March 3, ae. 52. He Avas born in 
Haverhill, Mass., upon the homestead of 
the Carltons for four generations, fi-om 
their first arrival in the country, and was 
the youngest of ten children of Israel and 
Abigail Carlton. He came to Lowell 
in 1827, and diligently and successfully 
pursued the business of apothecary to 
his death, almost twenty of the years in 
company with Mr. Charles HoAcy. ISlr. 
C. was a conservative politician, an hon- 
orable and useful citizen, and an exem- 
plary Christian, He contributed the 
strength and influence of Puritan princi- 
ples in all his intercourse with the early 
men of Lowell who formed the institu- 
tions of the great pioneer manufacturing 
city ; married the daughter of Paul Moody, 
Esq,, whose name will ever be associated 
with the city as one of its founders ; 
was several times one of the aldermen, 
for nearly tAventy years treasurer, and 
twelve years junior warden of St. Anne's j 
Church. He was, in fact, one of the 
strong New England men, whose duty 
and pleasure unite in " acting well " every 
day and hour of life. The Vestry of St. 



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Anne's Church say of him, " Besolved, 
1'hat this vestry hold in grateful remem- 
hrance his ready counsel, his willing 
chanty, his failliful devotion to all the 
interests of this church for nearly thirty 
years, the beautiful consistency of his 
Christian character, and the wide-spread 
influence of his holy life." 

Carltox, Hon. Moses, Wiscasset, 
Jan. 5, fP. 90. He survived his wife, 
who was 93 at her death, only a month. 
He was betrothed at 17, and married to 
her at 21 years of age; and they Hved 
together, through many changes and 
alHictioiis of life, for sixty-nine years. 
jSIr. C. was once one of the largest ship 
owners in New England ; but his pros- 
perity was crushed by the embargo and 
the last war with Great Britain. Mr. 
Carlton was one of the councillors of 
Gov. Gerry. 

Carltox, Mrs. Rebecca, Bartlett, N.H., 

. a?. 104. She completed her 

104th year last March, and is believed 
to have been the oldest person in the 
state. Mrs. C. w^as born in Bow, in 
17.33, and was 22 years old when the 
revolutionary war began. Sixty years 
ago, she moved with her family to the 
gorge of the White Hills through which 
the Saco passes, and which now consti- 
tutes the township of Bartlett. Her 
husband, who served in the war of '76, 
has l)een dead for some years. Her 
eight children are all living, the youngest 
being over 60. Bartlett is noted for the 
healtli and longe\ity of its inhabitants. 

Carman, WiUiam, Fall River, Mass., 
March 15, a?. 26. 

Carxigar, James, Alexandria, N. Y., 
Nov. 2.5, to. 76. He was born in Ben- 
nington, Vt. He removed with other 
early pioneers into the county some fifty 
years ago. He resided, the first ten 
years, in tlie town of Champion ; thence 
lie came to Ale.Kandria, where he has 
lived for the last forty years, devoting his 
life exclusively to agricultural pursuits. 
As a citizen and townsman, he has had 
the good will and confidence of his neigh- 
bors, luiving filled several town ofilces in 
its eai'ly settlement. 

Carxley, Thomas, Carmamille, Wash- 
ington Heights, N. Y., Mav 12, jc. 56. 
He died worth .$100,000, all of which 
he leaves to his Mife. " free from the 
control of any future husband she may 
have." 

Carpenter, Jesse, Attleboro', Mass., 



June 6, fB. 75. From his active service, 
as an esteemed and valued member of 
the Second Congregational Church in that 
town for forty years, and one ot its most 
enterprising citizens for half a century, 
is his death most dee]jly deplored and 
lamented. Possessed of an unusual de- 
gree of natural energy and ibrce of char- 
acter, with a warm, generous, and svm- 
pathizing heart, he tndeared himself to 
a large circle, who mourn his death as an 
aftliction and loss. 

In this roving, migratory age, it is a 
pleasing feature in his history, that he 
Hved and died upon the farm where his 
father was born and he was first per- 
mitted to see the light, and has left us 
with the evidence that it will be contin- 
ued in the line of his descendants for 
years to come. To the widely-scattered 
and increai^ing numlier of those who 
regard Dea. Obadiah Carpenter as their 
paternal ancestor, and who love to cher- 
ish the 1 lace where originated the chiuxh 
founded hi 1748, under the ministry of 
Rev. Peter Thachcr, the service of Mr. 
C, in the cultivation and adornment of 
the home of his ancestors, is greatly 
cherished and valued. 

CaepenT]:E, Hon. Samuel, Bardstown, 
Ky., June 24, a'. — . He was one of the 
oldest citizens — old in years and old in 
residence. He had been a jnominent 
citizen, and had held several offices of 
honor in the commonwealth. 

Carpexter, Mrs. Lucena B., Provi- 
dence, R. I., Feb. 9, fe. 38. 

Carri:n-gtox, Col. Geo. M., , 

a?. — . Another of the links is sundered 
which bound the ])resent generation to 
the olden times of Virginia. Col. Car- 
rington was a gentleman of the old 
school, a pubHc-spiritcd citizen, a man 
of strong sense and energetic business 
habits. He filled, at one time, the office 
of magistrate with much usefulness and 
efficiency. 

Cakeoll, Benjamin, Lagrange, "Me., 
Pec. 13, fp. 95. He was a native of 
Walpole, Mass., and a soldier of the rev- 
olution. 

Carroll, Thomas B., Esq., Mayor of 
Memphis, , tv. — . 

Carrutiiees, Rev. James, Portland, 
]\Ic., Nov. 28, iv. 85. He was born in 
Ecclefechan, , Dumfriesshire, Scotland, 
Nov. 21, 1772, and in early manhood 
was united in marriage to Robina, tlie 
second daughter of the Rev. John John- 



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stone, the minister of his native place. 
Mr. C. emigrated to Nova Scotia in 1817, 
with his wife and family, one son only 
excepted, who had devoted himself to 
the work of God in Russia, and was then 
prosec'iting his preliminary studies in 
the University of Edinlnu-gh. Not find- 
ing a congenial settlement in the British 
province, he removed, in the course of 
another year, to the vicinity of Boston, 
and subsequently to the city itself, en- 
joying successively the pastoral instruc- 
tion and oversight of Dr. Codnian, of 
Dorchester, and Dr. Wisner, of the Old 
South Church. The long-cherished de- 
sire of his heart as to his chosen occupa- 
tion was gratified in 1826, by a license 
as a preacher of the everlasting, holy 
gospel. He had long been in the habit 
of exhorting, expounding, and vigorously 
enforcing the truth as it is in Jesus ; but 
he could now preach without offence, and 
he did preach with an energy and suc- 
cess which proved that his commission 
was divine. For seventeen yeans he la- 
bored assiduously, either in the service 
of the Maine Missionary Society, or un- 
der the super\ision of a local committee, 
in making known among the spiritually 
destitute " the unsearchable riches of 
Christ." He traversed the state in all 
directions ; and there are few, if any, lo- 
calities visited by him on his errand of 
mercy, where some seals of his faithful 
ministry may not be found. As a man, 
the deceased possessed a naturally ener- 
getic mind, warm affections, great firm- 
ness of purpose, and ever-unfailing ui'ban- 
ity of manners. 

Carter, Charles C, Linn Co., Iowa, 
Dec. 27, ae. 37. He was a man of un- 
common ambition and energy, and al- 
though disease had been prepng upon 
him for the past six months, yet till vnih- 
in a few days of his death he was at his 
store engaged in business. Mi\ C. was 
punctiliously honest and upright in all 
his dealings, public-spirited and enter- 
prising almost to a fault, and a generous, 
kind-hearted gentleman. 

Cartkr, Mrs. Elizabeth Epes, Kenne- 
bunk. Me., May 24, i?. 92, widow of the 
late Nathaniel Carter, formerly of New- 
buryport. 

Carter, Col. Jacob, Covington, Miss., 
March 24, ce. 98. He was born in Mor- 
ris Co., X. J., April 3, 1758. For many 
years previous to his death he was 
an exemplaiy member of the Baptist 
7* 



church. " Young Carter was amongst 
the first in the ranks of the country's de- 
fenders ; he was in that battle where 
Gates, the equivocating general, was de- 
feated by the British ; was once shot in 
the head by a tory bullet ; and at an- 
other time experienced the inhuman 
treatment which English officers gave to 
rebel prisoners of M'ar." 

Carter, Mrs. Mehitable, Amesbury, 
Mass., March 31, ce. 85. In contem- 
plating the life of Mrs. C, we have be- 
fore us a rare combination of those traits 
of character, those qualities of mind and 
heart, which so endeared their possessor 
to her numerous and warm friends, and 
constituted the truly Christian woman. 
Her life was an exemplification of her 
religious belief; her piety was ardent 
and eminently jn-actical ; her warm and 
symjjathizing heart prompted her willing 
hands to deeds of love and charity, in 
visiting the sick and needy, in encour- 
aging the desponding, imparting her own 
hopeful and cheerful spmt to the saddest 
heart. Uneomi)romising in her regard 
for truth and right, sincere and trans- 
parent in her motives, she was the tried 
and trusted friend of all whose privilege 
it was to receive her counsels or be made 
happy by her friendship. In passing 
through the vicissitudes of a long life, 
sometimes enveloped in the dark clouds 
of trial and sorrow, then emerging into 
the pleasant light of pros]jerity and 
peace, her firm faith, her unshaken con- 
fidence in the promises of her God, sus- 
tained and ciieered her heart in its dark- 
est hours, in its severest sorrows. 

Carter, 'Sh-s. Sally, Manchester, 
Mass., March 12, se. 84, widow of the 
late Capt. Benj. Carter. 

Carter, Wm. A., Frederick Co., Va., 
Sept. 29, ee. about 55. 

Carthra, Mrs. Sophia, Saline Co., 
Mo., Nov. — , Ee. 84. She was the 
daughter of Thomas Lewis, of Augusta 
Co., Va., who was chairman of the first 
])opular meeting in Virginia which de- 
clared in flivor of the independence of 
the colonies ; a member of the conven- 
tion in 1775, which led to the declara- 
tion of independence in 1776 ; and also 
a member of the convention which rati- 
fied the constitution of the U. S. She 
was the niece of Gen. Andrew and Col. 
Charles Lewis, distinguished officers in 
the Indian war and of the revolution ; 
the near relative of Bishop Madison and 



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Gov. Madison ; and connected, by the 
marriage of her daughter, with Mr. Jef- 
lerson. Mrs. C. was the sister of Mrs. 
Elizabeth Gilmer, who lately died in 
Montgomery, Ala., pp. 91, and the last 
of the numerous I'amily of Thomas Lew- ' 
is. Mrs. C. was, however, more distin- 
guished for her own many virtues than 
by the fame conferred upon her by her 
kindred. Her piety, her affectionate 
temjjer, wit, and constant good humor, 
made her the pride of her fiimily, and 
beloved by all who knew her. 

Carver, Joseph, Bolton, Conn., March 
18, IE. G8. 

Cary, Rev. Lorenzo, professor of an- 
cient languages in the Farmers' Col- 
lege at Cincinnati, , se. — . 

Case, Mrs. L. J. B., Kingston, N. H., 
Oct. 30, se. 50, wife of Eliplialet Case, 
and daughter of the late Judge Bartlett. 

Ca.si'ARU, Gilbert, Baltimore, Md., 
Nov. 16, le. — . 

Cassin, Commodore Stephen, George- 
town, D. C, , 86. 75. He en- 
tered the navy 57 years ago, when a boy, 
and served under Perry at the naval bat- 
tle on Lake Erie, where he distinguished 
himseU" and was jjromoted. He was a 
terror to the pirates who infested the 
Atlantic Ocean, and on Sept. 28 and 29, 
1822, he captured five piratical vessels. 
He also commanded the Ticonderoga, 
under Com. ^NIcDonough, • on Lake 
Chami)lain, in 1814. In consequence of 
ill health, he had seen but eleven years' \ 
sea service, and was on the reserved Ust 
at the time of his death. 

Cassix, Mrs. Sophia, (widow of Com. 
S.,) Georgetown, 1). C, , ae. 53. 

Castle. Peter, Burlington, Vt., : — , , 

se. 77.' Mr. C. was the oldest resident ' 
of the town, having resided in Burling- 
ton nearly 68 years. He distinctly re- 
membered tlie time when there were but 
three houses in the whole town, and 
when the only road through the present 
site of the village was a foot path through 
tlie woods. 

Castoef, Capt. John, Newport, R. L, 

, iv. 55. Ca])t. C. had been long 

connected with the Havre line of pack- 
ets at New York, and was master of one 
of those ships for more than a quarter of 
a centurv. He was held in liigh ap])recia- 
tion by all who knew him, and had the 
full confidence of all who were associated 
with Iiim. 

Cate, Solomon, Dover, N. H., March 



24, ae. 70 ; a kind neighbor, good citi- 
zen, and exemplary Christian. 

Cate, Nathan, Stratham, R, L, 
, se. 74. 

Cawson, Mrs. Esther Sarah, Evans- 
ville. Lid., Dec. 15, se. 70. Mrs. C, with 
her husband, emigrated to this country 
in 1818. They descended the Ohio in "a 
flat-boat. While at Pittsburg the frail 
bark was sunk in the ice, by ^hich dis- 
aster they lost nearly all their effects. 
After reaching Evansville, then almost a 
wilderness, they located in this county, 
and by ])ersevenng industry made tliem- 
selves a pleasant home, the comforts of 
which were enjoyed by travellers for 
many years. They were successful in 
securing to themselves a handsome for- 
tune, which she was liberal in sharing 
with her relatives and other friends. She 
was a lady of more than ordinary intel- 
lect — just, kind-hearted, and most high- 
ly esteemed by those who knew her best. 

Center, Asa H., New York, April 
30, w. 78. 

Chace, Mr. Gideon, Somerset, Mass., 
Dec. 4, cT. 89. 

Chace, Mrs. Phnrbe, Somerset, Mass., 
Dec. 5, a;. 89, widow of Mr. Stephen 
Chase. 

CiiADWiCK, Elizabeth, Westfield, Sta- 
ten Island, Oct. 11, ce. 61, wife of James 
Chadwick. 

Chaffee, Joanna, Gilbert !MIlls, N. Y., 
Oct. 2, a^. 88, rehct of Joshua Chaf- 
fee, who served in the war of the revo- 
lution. 

Chalmers, Dr. Charles, Carbonton, 
Moore Co., S. C, Oct. — , se. — . He 
was one of the most intelligent and es- 
timable citizens of the state. Mho might 
at any time have filled any station in the 
gift of his fellow-citizens ; but the only 
instance in which he ever consented to 
emerge from the jirivate life which was 
congenial to his feelings, was as a mem- 
ber of the state convention to rense the 
constitution in 1835. His death is a 
public loss, 

CiLVMBERLIN, Daniel, Boston, June 
— , le. — . He connnencid business 
early in life in the northern jjart of Ver- 
mont. He soon removed to PortLmd, 
and lastly to this city, where he was an 
active jiartncr in the well-known house 
of Hill, Chamberlin, & Co. He was one 
of the generation which followed imme- 
diately after the revolution. This Avas a 
class of men of a peculiar character, and 



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which, though distinctly in our mind, it 
is difficult to describe. They had a deep 
and serious sense of the moral as well as 
the legal obligation of contracts ; they 
were brave yet cautious, industrious, 
punctual to the minute. They did a full 
afternoon as well as a morning's work. 
They did not consider their duty to a 
purchaser ended when the bargain was 
closed, but they gave faithful and usually 
personal attention to the last delivery of 
the goods. Of such were the late Thos. 
Wigglesworth, Israel Munson, George 
Hallct, T. B. Wales, and many others 
whom we miglit name. Boston owes a 
great debt to them, for they gave a char- 
acter to her business which has an ap- 
preciable value, and which has enabled 
her to compete so successfully with other 
cities enjoying superior physical advan- 
tages. Mr. C. Avas eminently distin- 
guished by all these traits, as well as by 
others peculiar to himself. Such men 
give strength to the state. It is not we, 
nis friends, alone, who have met a loss ; 
the whole city is so much poorer. One 
of the most striking features of his char- 
acter was his genuine sympathy for his 
fellow-merchants. We believe that this 
is more common among commercial 
than any other class of men. How few 
literary, scientific, or professional men 
associate freely and pleasantly with their 
contemporaries ! The very words com- 
merce, merchant, are suggestive of gen- 
erosity, comprehensiveness, of a circle 
rather than a point, of the whole globe 
rather than of a square inch. Mr. C. 
felt this fully. He ix^oiced in his neigh- 
bor's success. He was always ready to 
share or to point out good bargains. 
His most intimate friends were his rivals, 
and we could not but notice the fact that 
a large projiortion of those present at 
his funeral were engaged in his special 
line of business. AH these excellences 
were in him based, as they alone can 
ever safely be, on a truly humble but 
firm Christian faith. 

Chamberlain, David, Belfast, N. Y., 
Aug. 2, se. 82. Mr. C. was one of the 
pioneer settlers, having resided in the 
county, on the river, for 50 years. 

CUAMBEKLAix, Mrs. Fanny, Cromwell, 
Mich., March 25, re. 80, widow of the 
late Thomas Chamberlain, a revolution- 
ary pensioner. 

Chamberl.^ix, Col. Joshua, Brewer, 
Me., Jan. 23, as. 87. 



Chamberlix, Elizur, Bernardston, Ms., 
March 23, a.'. 70. 

Chamberlix, Mrs. Minerva, AYater- 
town, N. Y., April 16, te. 44. "In the 
allotments of this mortal state, it seldom 
happens that we meet with one contain- 
ing more true excellence of character, 
feminine graces, sweetness of disposition, 
attractiveness of person, and mental ac- 
complishments, than belonged- to the 
deceased." 

CnAMPllEY, Dr. Samuel, of New York 

city, , ae. 30. He cut his fore 

finger Avith a scalpel, while performing 
an operation. The poison extended 
through the arm to the body ; and, not- 
withstanding the efforts of the medical 
fraternity, he died. 

Chaxdler, DaA-id, Keene, N. H., Sept. 
10, a?. 41, formerly postmaster in South 
Hadley, Mass. 

CiiAXDLER, Mrs. Sarah, Concord, N.H., 
Jan. 17, ae. 88, widow of Timothy C, 
Esq., and daughter of Joseph Abbott, 
who was son of George Abbott, one of 
the first deacons of the First Congrega- 
tional Church in Concord. 

CiiAPLX, Lucinda, wife of Dr. F. L. R. 
Chapin, N. Y., , ce. — . 

Chaplx, Phineas, Clarksburg, Va., 
May 18, as. 65. Mr. C. was a native of 
Springfield, Mass., and was clerk of the 
County Court of Harrison Co., Va., at 
the time of his death. 

Chaplix, Charles F., M. D., Cam- 
bridge, Aug. 17, se. 57. He received 
his medical degree at the Harvard Med- 
ical School in 1829, and has since jjrac- 
tised in Cambridge, where his practical 
skill and devotion to the welfare of those 
uitrusted to his care gained him the 
public confidence. " Dr. C. was a great 
lover of the fine arts. In fact, his natu- 
ral tastes inclined him in this direction 
rather than to those studies strictly apper- 
taining to his profession. He would have 
attained high rank as an artist had he 
followed the natural bent of his genius. 
Many of his leisure hours were devoted 
to painting and sculpture ; and he has 
left fine specimens of his skill in these 
departments. He was very fond of mu- 
sic, and was a good musical performer. 
He loved gardening, and was never more 
hajjjjy than when engaged in cultivating 
and ornamenting the pleasant grounds 
attached to his residence. Such was his 
love of the beautiful that he seemed to 
reahze in himself the old mythological 



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CHAPMAN 



affinity of medicine, music, and the fine 
arts." 



REV. JAMES CHAPMAN, 

The senior presbyter of the Episcopal 
chm-ch in the diocese of New Jersey, 
and for thirty-five years rector of St. 
Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, N. J., 
died at his residence in that town on the 
6th day of April, 1857, in the 72d year 
of his age, and the oOth year of his 
ministry. 

He was the eldest son of James Chap- 
man, a native of Peterboro', England, 
who early in life came to this countiy, 
and settled at Elizabethtown, N. J., where 
the subject of this sketch was born on 
May 15, 1785. His father was an active 
patriot during the revolution, and one 
of those who suff'ered incarceration in 
the famous Sugar House, in Liberty 
Street, New York. 

His mother was ^Nlary Ogden, a de- 
scendant of one of the early settlers of 
New Jersey. His parents were of noted 
integrity and piety, and therein was laid 
the foundation of that strict integrity of 
character which marked the wliole life 
of their son. 

His father, though originally an Epis- 
copalian, had, during the aw"akcning that 
attended the preaching of Whitefield, 
joined the Presbyterian church ; and &o 
the son, when about to enter the Chris- 
tian ministry, was naturally inclined to 
the order of that church. With this 
view, after an academic course under the 
late Picv. Dr. Barry, to whom so many 
of the bishops and elder clergy of the 
church have been indebted for their early 
classical training, he was sent to Prince- 
ton College and Theological Seminary. 
After graduating at the college, and 
while pursuing his theological studies, 
his mind becoming impressed with the 
superior claims of the order and ministry 
of the EpiscojKil church, after careful 
consideration, he applied and was ad- 
mitted as a candidate for holy orders by 
the standing committee of the diocese of 
New Jersey in 1806. 

Forming an intimate acquaintance 
with tlio late Bishoj) llobart, he enjoyed 
the privilege of ])ursuing his theoloi,ncal 
studies under tlie guidance of that learned 
and able divine, and laid the foundation 
not only of sound church j)rinci])les, but 
also of a warm friendsliip with that dis- 



tinguished prelate, which lasted through 
life. He also had the friendship and 
counsel of the venerable Biirhop Eerjamin 
Moore, by whom he was ordained deacon 
in St. Paul's Chapel, New York, on May 
31, 1807, and was immediately after- 
wards employed as an ass-istant minister 
in Trinity Church, New York. This was 
an interesting period of his ministry, as 
appears by the journal he icgulaily kept 
during the whole of his mhusterial lite. 
His duties were constant and various. 
He here foimcd many valuable friend- 
ships, one of the latest fruits of which 
was a beautiful epistle received by him, 
shortly before his death, from one who 
was baptized by him, and the first child 
baptized in the then new St. John's 
Chapel, New York. 

"VVhile in New York, he received calls 
at about the same time from Trinity 
Church, New Haven, from Alexandria, 
Va., and fiom Perth Amboy, N. J., all 
earnest and ur^ient. By the ad%-ice of 
his firicnd Bishop Hobart, concumng 
with his own love for his native state and 
for rural life, and more espeeially regard- 
ing the depressed condition of the church 
there, and her great need of the aid of 
all her sons, he chose the last, though 
least, being, in the language of Bishop 
Doane to his convention, " a Jersey man 
all through." He entered upon his du- 
ties in this' parish on Sept. 9, 1809, was 
ordained priest by Bishoj) Moore in Trin- 
hy Church, New York, on Sept. 7, 1810, 
and insthuted rector on Aug. 8, 1811. 

At this time, the diocese of New Jer- 
sey had no bishop, and scarcely an ex- 
istence. He entered at once with zeal 
upon his chosen work. His own imme- 
diate parish he found in a very low state, 
small in numbers, and involved in debt. 
This debt was paid off, the number 
of pew-holders and communicants soon 
increased twofold, the church tdifice re- 
paired and beautified, a new ])arsonage 
house built, and the churchyard and par- 
sonage grounds imj)roved and orna- 
mented, and the aflairs of the parish 
brought into a jjrosperous condition. 

In diocesan affairs he held a ])rominent 
place, and was for a long series of years 
one of the leaders in the diocese ; was 
for twenty years a member of the stand- 
ing committee, frequently a delegate to 
the General Council of the chui-ch, and 
held other imjjortaiit offices and trusts 
for many years ; promoted the election 



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[1857.] CIIATFIELD 



81 



of Bishop Croes, and was his warm friend 
and cooperator through the whole of his 
episcopate. 

In 1819, he married Mary INIarsh, 
eldest daughter of the late Joseph Marsh, 
and had four children, " namely : James 
M., lawyer, residing in Jersey City ; 
Mary R., died Sept. 8, 1845, aged 20 
years ; Joseph E., merchant, residing in 
jersey City; Thomas S., died July 13, 
1841,' aged 10 years." 

He continued in the rectorship of St. 
Peter's Church for the third of a century, 
devoted to his parish, his books, his 
garden, his friends, and family circle — 
the dear objects of his affections. In the 
retirement of a country parish, he es- 
caped, to a great extent, the vicissitudes 
and trials of more exposed positions in 
life ; indeed, the great trial of his life 
was the relinquishment of the parish to 
which he had given his labors, his prayers, 
and the best years of his Hfe — a result 
produced through the unfounded ani- 
mosity of some, who, for private ends, 
counteracted his usefulness, making his 
position painful and embarrassing, and 
finally comjjelhng him, for the sake of 
peace, to resign his charge, which he did 
in September, 1842, afterwards residing 
on an adjoining property belonging to 
him, where he spent in comparative re- 
tirement, though in active usefulness, his 
remaining years. 

From this time till shortly before his 
death, he served gratuitously the ancient 
parish of Trinity Church, Woodbridge, 
about four miles from his residence, and 
performed many ministerial offices among 
liis neighbors, by whom he was much 
esteemed. 

In the early part of 1856, his usual 
robust health began to dechne, and dis- 
ease at length broke down his vigorous 
frame. He bore up under his protracted 
sufferings with fortitude to the last, and 
fell emphatically with his armor on, a 
faithful soldier of the cross, in youth, in 
manhood, and in age. 

The deceased was noted through life 
for a beautiful simplicity of character, 
the strictest integrity, a steady, manly 
maintenance of the truth, a straight- 
forward, earnest, untiring devotion to 
duty. No fear, no danger, could deter 
him from the jxath of duty, or keep him 
from the bedside of the sick and dying. 

He was a man of varied and extensive 
acquirements J was acquainted with the 



Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and French lan- 
guages. It was his daily jjractice to read 
in a regular course ; and he thereby ac- 
quired a great fund of information. 

Like his brother, the late Thomas 
Chapman, of Camden, N. J., (one of 
whose collections forms part of the li- 
brary of the Middletown University,) he 
was fi-om his youth a groat lover of 
books, and had collected one of the best 
theological hbraries in the state, also 
containing a large collection of ])amphlets 
and historical records running through a 
period of more than half a century. 
This collection will not be dispersed, but 
is kept together by his sons. 

He was also a great lover and observer 
of nature. For many years he kept a 
regular meteorological record and memo- 
randa of natural phenomena with great 
care and accuracy. He exemplified in 
his Hfe the best ideas of the ancient 
philosophers, adorned and perfected by 
the graces of Christianity ; and his place 
in the circle in which he moved will not 
soon be filled. 

CHAPM.4N, Jeremiah, of IsHp, L. I., 
-, a?. 64. He was one of the oldest 



of the New Jersey Pilots, being one of 
the few who first formed that association 
in 1837. He was actively engaged in 
his vocation up to the time of his death. 

Charles, Mrs. Ann, Clear Spring 

District, Md., , ae. — , widow of 

the late Joseph Charles. She was well 
known by a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances, whose loss by her death is 
irreparable. Mrs. Charles had attained 
her threescore years, and had the satis- 
faction of seeing her children grown up 
around her, and useful members of soci- 
ety. Her eldest daughter, but a short 
time since, was called from this life ; 
now the mother follows ; and it is hoped 
that both are among the blessed in life 
eternal. 

Chase, James S., Springfield, 111., Jan. 
15, te. 28, of Portsmouth, R. L 

Chatfield, Hon. C. C, Jackson, Mich., 
March 28, a^. 35. His body was taken 
by the Masonic fraternity to his home at 
Eaton Rapids, for burial. Mr. Chatfield 
enjoyed the reputation of being an excel- 
lent lawyer, a good citizen, and an honest 
man. He had been a member of the 
state legislature, and, Avhile there, was a 
ready debater, and left his impress on 
the acts of the session. He was an 



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CIIEVES 



active politician, a sound and reliable 
democrat, and was closely connected 
with the ]n-os])erity of the rising village 
of Eaton liapids. 

Chatterton, George R., Providence, 
R. I., May 10, «. 35. 

Cheever, Mrs. Anna, South Worces- 
ter, N. Y., ]March 6, ae. 71, widow of the 
Hon. Seth Cheever. 

Cheever, Capt. James, Salem, Mass., 
, a^. — , for many years wharfin- 
ger at Phillips' Wharf, Salem. He was 
extensively known and hi;::hly respected. 

Cheney, Mrs. Agnes, Shelby ville, Ky., 
Nov. 22, sc. — , wife of Rev. S.W. Cheney. 

Cheney, Dea. Cjtus, Phillipston, Aug. 
27, a?, nearly 72. He united with the 
church in Phillipston in 1809, and in 
1827 was chosen deacon, which office he 
filled till his death. Dea. C. was well 
known as a man of clear discrimination, 
sound judgment, and sincere conscien- 
tiousness, united with uncommon de- 
cision and energy. These qualities made 
him a leader in his town in whatever 
concerned the cause of Christ. He was 
an independent, upright, useful man. 

Chesbrough, Aaron C, New Orleans, 
March 27, se. 35. 

Chesley, Mrs. Mary M., South Ber- 
wick, Me., Feb. 28, a?. 79. 

Chester, Mrs. Rebecca, Dedham, 

Mass., , ip. — , widow of the late 

John Chester, D. D. 

Chetwood, Maj., Elizabeth, N. J., 
Dec. — , a-. — . The funeral of Maj. C, 
Dec. 19, was attended by a large con- 
course of citizens in St. John's Church. 
The Rev. Mr. Clark, rector of the church, 
officiated on the occasion. Ha^ing read 
1 Cor. XV., he made the sublime topics 
there discussed the theme of his address. 
In the course of his remarks, he stated 
that the deceased was baptized in that 
church, before the declaration of inde- 
pendence, by the missionary from the 
mother country sent by the " Society 
for Pro])a<jating the Gos])el in Foreign 
Parts." The members of the bar in at- 
tendance at the County Court were pres- 
ent, as also several distinguished citizens 
of Newark and other neighboring cities. 
Among the ])all l)oarers M'cre noticed the 
Hon. Theodore Frelinghuyson, ex-Chicf 
Justice Hornblower, Chancellor William- 
son, and others. The remains were 
dej)osited in Evergreen Cemetery. A 
member of the bar, in pronouncing his 
eulogy a day or two since before the 



court, stated that several years ago, when 
party strife ran high, two prominent men 
were candidates for the presidency of the 
Legislative Council of this state. So 
equally divided Mere the council that 
neither could be elected. Both parties 
united, however, on Maj. C, who pre- 
sided, notwithstanding the bitterness of 
party feeling, with great ability and en- 
tire acceptance to all parties. His ur- 
banity of manner and unblemished char- 
acter have ever secured for him universal 
confidence and respect. It is said, when 
General Lafayette visited Elizabeth, his 
twelve children, whose grandfather on 
the mother's side. Colonel Barber, had 
served under Gen. L., were taken and 
introduced to the distinguished guest. — 
Newark Advertiser. 

Cheats, Hon. Langdon, Columbia, 
S. C, June 25, is. 80. Among the men 
who in the jiresent century have been 
eminent as American statesmen, none 
has risen more by the force of merit, in- 
dependent of all adventitious circum- 
stances, or shone with a brighter or 
purer light, or descended to the tomb 
more honored and revered than Lang- 
don Cheves. Born in the year of Amer- 
ican independence, in the District of 
AbbcAille, so fertile in the great men of 
South Carolina, his early boyhood was 
spent in the labors of the farm with his 
widowed mother, whose husband and 
herself were among the Scotch settlers 
with the ancestors of Calhoun and ^Ic- 
Duffie. With the determination of a 
resolute bo}-, he went to the city of 
Charleston, and entered as a clerk in a 
large mercantile house, whose financial 
dejiartment was committed to his care 
at the early age of seventeen. Conscious 
of his own ability, he devoted his leisure 
hours to the cultivation of his mind, and 
prosecuted the study of the law, spend- 
ing the last year of liis probation in the 
office of Joseph Peace, an eminent attor- 
ney of Charleston. On the admission of 
Mr. Cheves to the bar, he was taken 
into partnership by ]\Ir. Peace, who soon 
after removed to this city, Mhcre for 
many years he resided, a retired gentle- 
man of fortune. The active mind, com- 
manding talent, and unwavering fidelity 
of the young lawyer soon placed him in 
the ]iosition so well known as the com- 
mercial lawyer of the city. He was sent 
to Congress diu'ing the troul.led jjcriod 
of Madison's administration and the war 



CHEVES 



[1857.] 



CHRISTIE 



83 



•with Great Britain, and at once took 
rank v.'ith Lowndes, Calhoun, and Clay. 
His popularity then made him the 
special object of Albert Gallatin's regard, 
who pronounced him worth a regiment 
of common politicians. In vain was the 
treasury dejjartment pressed uj)on him, 
■with an" intimation that the secretaryship 
of the navy or of state was at his option. 
But a pecuHar sensitiveness on the sub- 
ject of cabinet responsibility, and a spirit 
of independence, led him to decline 
the otfer. As chairman of the naval 
committee, he became the champion of 
that department of our defence, and was, 
by the united vote of both parties, elect- 
ed speaker of the House of Representa- 
tives. Among the most prominent of 
the acts of Mr. Cheves's political life was 
the passage of a bill for releasing the 
bonds of the merchants given on impor- 
tations through neutral ports during the 
war. This act was carried by his per- 
sonal eif H'ts, ill the fice and against the 
votes of his own party, and was regarded 
by the whole mercantile community as 
in the highest degree just. By it many 
of our most enterprising merchants were 
rescued from inevitable ruin, and expres- 
sions of gratitude poured on him from 
all our cities. He retired from public j 
life, and resumed the practice of law in 
Charleston ; and in demonstration of his 
popularity, in the first six months after 1 
his return, he received mare than ten ' 
thousand dollars retaining fees. He ; 
was by the legislature appointed to the 
bench, and with his accustomed dili- 
gence and business habits, cleared the 
docket of the Supreme Court of some 
two or three years' accumulated business, 
establishing in the upper districts of the 
state a reverence for the law, by the 
rigid execution of justice, as strange as 
would now be experienced in our wildest 
country by a like administration. In 
1819, when our financial affiirs had 
reached a crisis ready to involve the 
country in universal ruin, he was called to 
the presidency of the Bank of the United 
States. The day after his arrival in 
Philadelphia he was consulted by the 
president of the leading bank in the city, 
with a view to the suspension of specie 
payments By firm, intelligent, and 
most laborious efforts, the iiank of the 
United States, and with it the finances of 
the government and of the country, were 
ere long rescued from the impending 



danger, and he left the institution in a 
state of entire safety and ability. In 
this labor he enjoyed the confidence and 
cooperation of many of our most distin- 
guished citizens, and retired from the 
office with the universal regret of the 
commercial community. Mr. Cheves, 
after a residence of a few years in Lan- 
caster county, returned to his native 
state, and entered on agricultural pur- 
suits. Here, as in every other avocation, 
by labors most untiring, united to prac- 
tical views, he attained the fullest suc- 
cess ; and his plantiitions were managed 
with such care for the health, comfort, 
and happiness of his laborers, as to be- 
come a model to those about him. Ad- 
vancing years and infirmities induced 
him to surrender the care of his several 
plantations to his children, and he re- 
tired to Columbia, where he has lived 
some years. His health gradually de- 
clined, and he sank into the last sleep on 
the night of June 25. His mind was of 
the most enlarged capacity, quick, direct, 
and comprehensive. To this was added 
a refined and elevated sense of right, 
that kept him far above all selfish con- 
siderations, whenever the interests of his 
country or of his friends were concerned. 
His manners were those of the most ac- 
complished gentleman, and his whole 
lite free even from the suspicion of wrong. 
He was a model statesman, loved and 
revered by his fellow-citizens in a degree 
almost romantic. As a sjjectator, he en- 
tered the hall of the House of Repre- 
sentatives of South Carolina, two years 
since, and at the instant the business was 
suspended, the s])eaker and every mem- 
ber rose to his feet, and remained in 
perfect silence till he took his seat. 
Such men pass from us, and who will 
take their places ? 

Child, Prentiss, Waltham, Mass., 
May 15, se. 82. 

Childs, Ebenezer, Greenfield, Mass., 
March 30, se. 63. 

Childs, INIrs. Hearty, Cranston, R. L, 
Sept. 4, fe. 87, widow of the late Martin 
Childs, of Warren. 

Chinn, Dr. J. W., Russelville, Ky., 
Oct. 20, se. 35. 

Christian, Peter, South River, N. J., 
April 4, 33. 79. 

Christian, Mrs. Susan B., Charles 
City, Va., April 5, x. 61, wife of Rev. 
James H. Christian. 

Christie, David A., St. Louis, Mo., 



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[ 1857. ] CHURCHILL 



April 13, re. — , superintendent of the 
Ohio and Mls-iissipin Raih'oad. 

Chukcii, Kev. Aaron 13., Princeton, 
m., April '23, jr. 59, formerly minister of 
Calais, Me., and first pastor of the Pres- 
byterian church in Princeton. 

Church, Maj. David W., IMorristown, 
St. LaM'rence Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, vo. So. 
Maj. C. was born in Brattleboro', Vt., 
three years before the revolution, and 
his early instruction, amidst the hard- 
ships, poverty, and dangers incident to 
that event I'ul period of our national hi.s- 
tory, nurtured and confirmed that strong 
self-reliance for which he was always es- 
teemed so remarkable. lie emigrated 
from Middlebury, Vt., into St. Lawrence 
Co., in the spring of 1801. He com- 
menced work as a millwright, and erect- 
ed the first sawmill in Canton the same 
year. The tendency of his mind to anal- 
ysis, and the study of mathematical sci- 
ence, laid the foundation for the emi- 
nence he aftei-wards attained as a civil 
engineer, millwright, and surveyor. He 
was one of the jjioneers in the settlement 
of St. Lawrence Co., and acted a con- 
spicuous part in its early history. He 
assisted in the organization of the first 
County Court in 1802, and was on the 
bench as one of the assistant justices. 
Judge Raymond presiding, when a twen- 
ty-four jiound shot, thrown from the 
British fort at Prescott, passed through 
the court house. On the declaration of 
war in 1S12, between Great Britain and 
the United Suites, he volunteered, and 
took an active part, and was appointed 
adjutant in Benedict's regiment, and in 
command of a piece of artillery with 
eighteen ])icked men attached to it. In 
this responsible situation, he distinguished 
himself as much for scientific accuracy 
and daring courage as for the regularity 
and ])roni|)tness with which he carried 
out the details of his oiHcial duty. Lur- 
ing the ])eriod of service, he twice re- 
ceived the public thanks of the com- 
mander-in-chief, Cenend Brown, for his 
distinguished gallantry in repelling the 
attacks of the enemy. He was wounded | 
in the sortie of the British troops at 
Ogdciisburg, Feb. 22, 1813, and was 
awarded a jjcnsion l)y s])ecial act of Con- 
gress, passed in June, 1844, for the dis- 
aliilities incurred. His form was cast in 
the finest mould, and symbolized the 
possession of a mind of high ca])abilities 
and rare qualities, lie combined great 



concentration and decision of character 
with the most gentle amiability. His 
courage was eminent and unquestionable, 
whether exercised in the deience of his 
country or in the ordinary aflairs of life. 
His self-possession and masculine judg- 
ment enabled him to acquit himself in 
polished society with singular grace and 
ease. His taste for a'sthetic study, and 
the cultivation of a knowledge of history 
and science, made his conversation pe- 
culiarly attractive. He seldom said a 
trifling thing, and, with a quiet dignity, 
he was ever read}' to draw Irom his am- 
])le store of knowledge for the instruc- 
tion and pleasure of others. His in- 
tercourse with society was peculiarly 
fascinating, and all who came within his 
influence were charmed with the origi- 
nality, extent, and exactness of his infor- 
mation. The preeminent quality of his 
mind, hoMever, was disinterestedness — 
a subordination of his own interests and 
claims to those of others. In the esti- 
mation of his own acquirements and 
commanding talents, he was modest and 
unassuming. His love of quietness and 
contemplation induced him to retire from 
active pursuits, and he sj^ent the last fif- 
teen years of his hie devoted to reading 
and study, and the three last to the al- 
most exclusive examination of the Holy 
Scriptures, and in the simple retirement 
of his home, to prepare ' and fortil'y his 
mind for the closing scenes of his event- 
ful early life. He died in the full exer- 
cise of faith and of the divine charity of 
the Christian religion, without an enemy, 
at peace with the world, and in the en- 
tire confidence of a well-founded hope in 
a glorious immortality. 

CnuRCHiLL, Rev. Cyrus, Almont, La- 
peer Co., Mich., Nov. 4, vc. 53. He 
was born in 1804, in Fairfax, Franklin 
Co., Vt. In early life, in comjjany with i 
his parents, he moved to Genesee Co., 
N. Y., and from that place to Charlotte- 
ville, C. W., at the age of 13 years. He' 
was converted to the Christian fiiih and 
hope in 1822, and after a severe cnniiicti 
of mind, commenced to ])reach Christ! 
and him crucified at the age of 28. The j 
first j)art of his mmisterial fife was spent 
in Canada. In the spring of 1837 he 
moved to Almont, Lapeer Co., Mich.,j 
organized the Baptist church in that] 
place in the Septemlier following, was i 
its only pastor for seven years, and re- 
mained a member of it till the day of 



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his death, with the exception of two 
years spent in Washington, Macomb Co. 
Many can bear testimony to his fidelity, 
humility, and kindness as a minister of 
Christ, who one day, we trust, will shine 
as stars in his crown of rejoicing. For 
some months previous to his death, our 
brother felt his time to be short on the 
earth, and often ex])i-essed his readiness 
to depart and be with Christ. 

CiIURCniLL, Joab, Auburn, Me., April 
12, oe. 73. He was a native of Carver, 
Mass., and removed to Hartford, Me., 
with his parents, when 17 years of age. 
Here he resided till 15 years ago, when 
he came to this place to live with the 
writer, whose wife is his only sur\iving 
child. In all the relations of life, the 
departed was a true man ; in his busi- 
ness, industrious and faithful ; in his 
deahngs, scrupulously honest and honor- 
able ; in religion, sincere and devout ; in 
all things relating to the moral well-being 
of man, ardently and deeply interested. 
He was a Univei'salist, not so much on 
account of tlie theory of Universalisra as 
its sjjirit. He had early imbibed Chris- 
tianity, and it filled his soul with the 
spirit of benevolence and philanthropy ; 
and in Universalism he found an answer 
to this spirit ; hence he adopted it as his 
fliith. He first became interested in the 
subject of religion when a young man, 
and several years subsequently he felt it 
his duty to own the Saviour in the ordi- 
nance of baptism ; but he was not suf- 
ficiently dogmatical to unite with any 
church in this vicinity. When he. came 
to this town, he sought amongst the sev- 
eral meetings for the one most congenial 
to his faith and feelings. He finally set- 
tled down, that the Universalists were 
his people, and that his home was with 
them. He first united with the Univer- 
salist church at New Gloucester, during 
a temporary residence there, while the 
wi-iter was the pastor of that church. 
He was there chosen deacon, which office 
he filled till he returned to his home in 
Auburn, when he transferred his mem- 
bership to the church at Lewiston Falls. 
Here he was again called to officiate as 
deacon, until a few months before his 
death, when he resigned on account of 
the infirmities of age, to give place to a 
brother in a more active stage of life. 
The last time he wrote his name, less 
than three weeks before his death, was 
to sign his name to a new church organ- 
8 



ization, just prepared by a committee at 
this place, on the birthright j)rinciple. 
A true i)atriot, he loved his country and 
American Uberty, and consequently was 
deej)ly and ardently devoted to all en- 
lightened measures for the mitigation 
and abolishment of slavery. As a lover 
of moral purity, he early engaged, with 
singleness of purpose, in the cause of tem- 
jjerance. Unassuming, he never sought 
to make a hobby of any good cause to 
ride himself into notice, or to gain ofhce. 
His opportunities for early education 
were very limited, yet, through a pro- 
tracted and laborious Ufe, such was his 
love of knowledge, that he had acquired, 
by study and reading, njuch better gen- 
eral information than many students of 
our higher schools. He early became a 
teacher, and had the care of a school for 
several successive winters in Hartford. 
He was also engaged as a teacher, for 
several winters, in the town of Montville, 
in this state. The purity and goodness 
of his life was illustrated by a resigned 
and triumphant death. 

Churchill, Dr. William, Peekskill, 
N. Y., Aug. 28, a;. 40. 

CiLLEY, Dorcas, Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 
22, te. 89, widow of Gen. Jona. Cilley, 
formerly of Nottingham, N. H. 

Claggett, Dr. Horatio, Baltimore, 
Md., March 8, se. — , an aged jjhysician, 
and for many years a well-known citizen 
of Pleasant Valley. 

Clapp, Philip, Esq., Peekskill, Win- 
chester Co., N. J., Nov. 13, aj. 68. one 
of the oldest and most respected citizens 
of the town. 

Clapp, Thomas, Esq., Huntsburg, O., 
March 14, se. 59. He was father of 
Sheriff Clapp, and one of the early set- 
tlers of Huntsburg, havuig removed fi-om 
Hampshire Co., Mass., in 1819, when 
this portion of the country was compara- 
tively a wilderness. In common with 
the early settlers, he commenced in the 
woods, with but small means, and for 
years endured cheerfully the privations 
to which they were subjected. By pa- 
tient and honest toil, he acquired a com- 
petence for himself and family, and he 
lived a number of years to enjoy the 
fruit of his labor. — Jefferson Dem. 

Clapp, Mr. Samuel, Petersham, Mass., 
Dec. 23, Si. 88. 

Clark, Mr. Charles, North Franklin, 
N. Y., Jan. 10, s. 66. Mr. C. had re- 
sided in the town over 63 years, and was 



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one of that class of citizens whose indus- 
try, temperance, and unobtnisive piety 
and worth have brought the town to its 
present prosperous and influential po- 
sition. After a life of usefulness, he has 
gone, with full hope of immortal life, to 
see face to face the Sadour M-hose jn-es- 
ence in the soul has been so long his 
comfort and su])port in the earthly pil- 
grimage. 

Clauk, Ca]]t. Alfred, Eastford, Conn., 
Marcli 4, a-. 76. 

Clark, 'Sh. Caleb E., Centre Rutland, 
Vt., April 21, a-. 70. 

Cl.\rk, Rev. E. L., Becket, Mass., 
Feb, 22, SB. 70. 

Clark, Mrs. Elizabeth, Canton, Mass., 
May 29, sc. 43, wife of Rev. Solomon C. 

Clark, Ethan, Esq., Oxford, Che- 
nango Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, se. 67. Mr. 
C. was father-in-law to the Rev. Dr. 
Van Ingen, and senior warden of St. 
Paul's Church, Oxford. He was a man 
widely known and highly esteemed. 

Clark, Hon. Hulet, Westtown, N. Y., 
March 31, a^. 6o. The deceased has 
been long and well known throughout 
the county as one of its most honored 
and respected citizens. For years he 
has occu])ied offices of trust and impor- 
tance, fulfilling the respective duties with 
great credit to himself and strict fidelity 
to his constituents. Previous to 1830, 
he had served nine years as justice in his 
native town, Avhich then comj^riscd the 
three, Minisink, Wawayanda, and Green- 
ville. He was also distinguished in a 
military cajiacity. In 1820 he received 
the commission of major of the 148th 
regiment of infantry; in 1820, that of 
colonel of the same. He held the office 
of su])ervisor three terms. In 1834 he 
was a])pointed one of the judges of Or- 
ange Co., which office he filled for seven 
successive years. He was a man of fine 
native ability, superior judgment, and 
unswerving firmness, even in the most 
trying situations. Truly in his death 
has society lost one of its most promi- 
nent and worthy members ; the ]M. E. 
church, to whicli he was intelligently and 
heartily attached, a main ])illar ; and his 
bereaved family, a friend, wliosc love and 
affection for them never knew " variable- 
ness or shadow of turning." — Com. 

Clark, Mr. James, Shirleysburg, Pa., 
Ajjril 8, a>. 70. The deceased was one 
of the oldest settlers in the county, hav- 
ing located here when the county was 



comparatively thinly populated. He was 
a man of great energy and perseverance, 
and in his death the community has lost 
a sterling citizen, an upright, beloved, 
and honest man. 

Clark, ;Mrs. Jane Dale, North Beaver, 
Pa., May 1, sa. 80, widow of John Clark, 
Esq. Mrs. C. was the possessor of more 
than an orchnary share of intellectual 
faculties and of good common sense. 
She exerted a most ha])py influence over 
her numerous family and more numerous 
relations ; and in the sjihere in which she 
moved in society, during her entire his- 
tory, there were exhilnted most eminent- 
ly the fruits of an intelligent faith, of an 
established Christian character, and of 
all those graces peculiar to the true fol- 
lowers of Jesus Christ. 

Clark, jNIrs. Jerusha T., South Had- 
ley, !Mass., May 1, a>. 77, wife of Dea. 

: Joseph Clark. 

j Clark, Capt. J., Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 

i — , a. — . He took an active part in 
the war of 1812, and served on Lidie 
Erie, under Com. Perry. 

I Clark, Mr. John, Blount Desert, Me., 
May 2, a. 76. Mr. C. has through fife 

' supported an unblemished rejnitation, 

j was honest and just in all his dealings, 
a Christian by profession and practice. 
He was a kind and obliging neighbor, 
and by his death his friends and neigh- 
bors have sustained a great loss. 

Clark, John H., Watcrtown, Mass., 
March 15, a. 69. 

Clark, Mr. John. Clark Citv, ^lonroe 
Co., Mich., Dec. 27, a. 83. " Over 60 

! Acars he had been a consistent member 
of the Presbyterian churcli, and died in 

i the full hope of a blessed immortality 
beyond the grave, — 

" Like one who wraps tlie dr.ipery of Ids couch 
About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams." 

Clark, Mrs. Lucy, Northampton, 
Mass., Oct. 9, a. 81, widow of Dea. Lu- 
ther Clark. She was the daughter of 
Rev. Solomon Allen, who died in New 
York 36 years ago, and a sister of ]Mr, 
Phincas Allen, who has been for about 
60 years the editor of the Pittsfield Sun. 
Her son. Rev, Solomon Clark, is the 
minister of Canton, in this state. 

Clark, Mrs. ;^hlry, Milford, Mass., 
April 24, a\ 82, widow of Lovell C, Esq. 

Clark, ]Mrs. Lucy, Kinderhook, N. Y., 
Aug. 19, a. 92, at the residence of her 
son-in-laM-, Dr. J. P. Beckmau, widow 
of Dr. Abraham C. 



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Clark, Mrs. Prudence, Chester, Conn., 
Sept. 27, a\ 99, widow of Mr. Reuben C. 
Uncommon longevity may he noticed in 
her life, and also that of her numerous 
descendants. She was the mother of 
nine children ; six of the number sur- 
vived the mother, and the age of the 
oldest was 73, and the youngest 55 years. 
She left 55 grandchildren, and numerous 
great-grandchildren, to mourn the loss 
of her warm greeting hand and wise 
counsels. 

CiiARK, Mr. Samuel, Bingham pton, 
N. Y., May 2, x. 82, a native of Granby, 
Mass., and well remembered in Shutes- 
bury and Ware Village, where he resided 
for many years previous to his removal 
to New York. He was " a just man, and 
feared God." 

Clark, Mr. Samuel Bartlett, Exeter, 
N. H., July 14, ae. 41, well known in 
Rockingham Co., N. H., as one of the 
proprietors of the Exeter News Letter. 
For 16 years jjrevious to the illness of 
which he died, he directed his papers on 
the Monday of each week without a sin- 
gle failure. 

Clark, Thomas G., Hanover Co.,Va., 
March 10, a?. 70. He was a much re- 
spected citizen, and father of Thomas A. 
Clark., Esq., of the firm of Simmons & 
Clark. 

Clark, Capt. William Lewis, New 
Haven, Conn., x\ug. 15, ic. 76, keeper of 
the State House and messenger of the 
courts. 

Clarke, Dr. Wm. P., Belvidere, N. J., 
Sept. 4, an eminent ])hysician, and 
brother of Col. Peter I. Clark, of Flem- 
ington. 

Clarke, William, Wilmington, Del., 
Dec. — , iv. — , the oldest inhabitant of 
this city, and one of the oldest in the 
state. He had lived in Wilmington 
from his boyhood, and well remembered 
when the city consisted of a few strag- 
gling houses, promiscuously scattered 
about, and built in the simplest and most 
unostentatious manner. He had lived 
to see the village of his boyhood attain 
to the size and thrift of a populous and 
prosperous city. He had been for more 
than 60 years a member of the order of 
Freemasons, and at the time of his 
death he was believed by many to be 
the oldest Mason in the United States. 
At the dedication of the new Masonic 
Hall in Philadelphia, a few years since, 
where were representatives of the order 



from every state in the Union, he was 
the oldest member present, and was then 
pronounced the oldest Mason in the 
United States. He was followed to his 
last resting place by the several lodges 
of this city, the Washington Lodge, of 
which he was for many years a member, 
being first in the procession. — WilDiing- 
ton Democrat. 

Clarkson, Gerardus, Esq., Lancaster, 
Pa., Jan. 21, a*. 64, for many years and 
until recently cashier of the Farmers 
Bank, of Lancaster. 

Clawson, Mr. John, Carmichael, 
Greene Co., Pa., July 2, a-. 66, son of 
Garret Clawson, formerly of Fayette Co., 
Pa., of a lingering and painful disease. 
Mr. Clawson had been an old and high- 
ly respectable citizen of the county of 
his adoption, and has left many friends 
there and in this county to deplore his 
loss. He was 66 years of age, and died 
respected by all who knew him. 

Clay, Edward W., Esq., New York 
citv, at the Washington Hotel, Dec. 31, 
a^. 6-5. Mr. C. was a relative of the late 
Henry Clay. He was born in Philadel- 
phia, and, after a Uberal education, was 
placed in the navy, where he served sev- 
eral years as midshijraian with Commo- 
dore Perry, until his father's demise ; 
and falling heir to an estate, he left the 
navy and turned his attention to the law, 
in which he was admitted with distin- 
guished honors, and, though very young, 
was at once a])pointed prothonotary of 
Philadelphia ; but finding the law to dis- 
agree with his artistic tastes, ho went to 
Evu'ope, and studied the old masters for 
three years. On his return to Philadel- 
phia, he sketched " The Rats Leaving 
the Falling House," on the dissolution 
of Jackson's cabinet. This brought hira 
into notice, and for more than 20 years 
he was the only American cai-icaturist. 
But his eyesight failing, he was offered 
and accepted the offices of the clerk of 
the Court of Chancery and clerk of the 
Orphans' Court for the State of Dela- 
ware. He held these for several years ; 
but his health failing, he came to this 
city to consult Dr. Carnochan, but his 
disease got too deep a hold ; and his re- 
lations will be glad to learn that he was 
well cared for till his last. — New York 
Tribune. 

Clay, Mrs. Lucinda, New York city, 
April 8, a^. 81, widow of Daniel C, for- 
merly of Greenfield. 



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Cleaveland, Mrs., wife of Rev. S. C, 
W. Clarlisville, Alleghany Co., N. Y., 
May 14, a.\ 46. The subject of this no- 
tice was born in Massachusetts ; and in 
the land of her natinty made a profes- 
sion of faith in Christ, in a protracted 
effort that was held in the toMn of 
Ware, by brother S. Cleaveland, in the 
autumn of 1835. She was baptized by 
Rev. Charles Remington, of Hartford, 
Conn., and became a member of the 
Freewill Baptist church in Ware, ]\Iass., 
at the time of its organization, of which 
she continued a member until she came 
to New York. Feb. 23, 1836, she was 
married to brother Cleaveland, who was 
pastor of the church. They lived in 
Massachusetts until Nov., 1844, when 
they removed to Steuben Co., N. Y. ; 
since then to Alleghany. She at the 
time of her death was a member of the 
church of New Hudson, of which her 
companion was pastor. Although her 
sickness M'as long, still she bore it with 
patience, and would talk of her depart- 
ure with as much composure as if speak- 
ing of going to a neighbor's. 

Clemsox, Mrs. Elizabeth, Philadel- 
phia, April 17, is. 84, widow of the late 
Thomas C, and mother of Rev. John 
B. Clemson, D. D., of Calymont, Del. 

Clendeijn, John Steele, Esq., San 
Francisco, Cal., ^lay 2, ff. — , of the law 
firm of Howell & Clendelin, Napa City, 
and native of Lancaster Co., Penn. 

CuFFORn, Mr. Stephen S., Keene, 
Essex Co., N. Y.. May 11, a>. 78. 

Clopton, Mrs. Eliza R., Winchester, 
Tenn., May 21, ic. 32, wife of Dr. A. 
G. Clopton. 

Clutter, Capt. Geo. W., Ringwood, 
Preston Co.,Va., July 16, !p. — , auditor 
of public accounts in Virginia. He dis- 
charged the onerous duplies of his po- 
sition, to Avhich he Avas elected a few 
years ago, with fidelity and ability, and 
secured the esteem of numerous fiiends 
and acquaintances, by the geniality of his 
disposition and unvarying affiibility. We 
learn that his familv hold a ])olicy for 
$5000 from the New York Life Insur- 
ance Company. Capt. C. was one of the 
local board of directors of this com])any. 
He was a captain in the war with Mex- 
ico. 

CocnRAKK, Mrs. Catharine, Van Rens- 
selaer, Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 26, a>. 77, 
widow of the late ]Maj. James Cochrane, 
and daughter of the late Gen. Philip 



Schuyler*. The death of this venerable 
lady is announced in our pa];er to-day. 
Although, from her advanced age and 
impaired strength, it was known her 
years could not be much longer protract- 
ed, her decease is the occasion of general 
and sympathizing interest. She was 
among the oldest of our inhabitants in 
years, and among the oldest of the resi- 
dents of our citw She was born at Al- 
bany, Feb. 20,' 1781, the daughter of 
Maj. Gen. Schuyler, the great revolu- 
tionary patriot, whose name is so illus- 
trious in our revolutionary annals, and, 
for one half of the last century, in all the 
great events which have left their records 
in the history of Ncm' York. The infant 
years of INlrs. C.'s life were passed at Al- 
bany, and in the period of the revolution 
she was exposed to the thrilling inci- 
dents of the Mohawk frontier. In 1794 
— we believe, at the instance of Presi- 
dent Washington — Gen. Schuyler jjassed 
through the Oneida wilderness to Os- 
wego, then still in occupation of a British 
garrison. His daughter accomjanied 
him, and shared in the adventures of 
what was then a difficult and romantic 
expedition. Her first husband was Sam- 
uel Malcolm, Esq., son of Gen. Malcolm, 
an eminent citizen of New York, and a 
distinguished soldier of the revolution. 
He died in early life, some 40 years ago, 
at Utica, where he with his family then 
resided. Several years subsequently, she 
married our late venerable townsman, 
Maj. James Cochrane, son of Dr. Coch- 
rane, the surgeon general of the revolu- 
tionary army, and Mith him and her 
family settled in this jilace in 1825. 
They cleared the forest for the habita- 
tion, which, with her family, she has 
continued to occupy to the hour of her 
death. There she has lived for 33 years, 
honored, beloved, and respected by all 
around her — honored for her noble fom- 
ily connection, made illustrious by great 
deeds in our colonial and revolutionary 
history. She was closely allied by l)lood 
to the families of Van Rensselaer, Van 
Cortland, and Livingston, and sister-in- 
law of the late Gen. Alexander Hamil- 
ton ; Ijcloved for her estimable virtues 
and her kind and courteous manners, 
and rosi)ected for her mental culture 
and high intellectual accomplishments. 
Mrs. Cochrane was baptized March 4, 
1781, by the Rev. Eilaedus Westerlo of 
the Dutch Reformed Church ; Gen. and 



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89 



Mrs. AYashington, James Van Rensse- 
laer, and ^largarita Schuyler, being licr 
sponsors in baptism. For the last forty 
years she has belonged to the com- 
munion of the Episcopal church, and has 
meekly adorned licr Christian profession 
by a life of faith, obeilicnce, and resig- 
nation. 

Cochrane, Walter, Esq., New York, 
Aug. 16, EC. 8o, father of Hon. John C. 
His father was Dr. John Cochrane, sur- 
geon general in the American army dur- 
ing the revolution, and his mother was 
sister of Gen. Philip Schuyler, of Albany. 
Mr. Cochrane graduated at Columl)ia 
College in 1790, and afterwards studied 
law in the office of Thomas Cooper, in this 
city. Being well educated, prepossess- 
ing in appearance, polished in manners, 
and remarkably pleasant in disposition, 
he became a great favorite of his friends, 
and was much caressed in general soci- 
ety. Subsequently to leaving the office 
of Mr. Coojjer, having a partiality for 
military life, he accepted a captaincy in 
the United States army, and remained 
in it a number of years. After resigning 
his military commission, he resided with 
his brotlier, the late James Cochrane, 
Esq., at Palatine, in Montgomery Co., 
and assisted him in the practice of law. 
In 1812 he was married to Cornelia 
Smith, an accomplished and intelligent 
young lady, sister of Gerritt Smith, Esq., 
and onh daughter of Judge Peter Smith, 
of Peterboro'. In after years he was 
severely afflicted with rheumatism, which 
incapacitated him for active business, and 
confined him to his house. Few have 
enjoyed such serenity of mind, such 
pleasantness of dis])osition, and such uni- 
formity of cheerful spirits. He was be- 
loved by his friends, endeared to a large 
circle of acquaintances, and respected by 
ail who knew him. He was unequalled 
as a husband, father, companion, and 
friend ; and to crown all, was a sincere, 
unostentatious, and consistent Christian. 

MRS. MARY CODMAN, 

Newbury port, Mass., April 4, ae. 65, at the 
residence of her brother, Eben Wheel- 
wright, Esq. 

Mrs. C. was an extraordinary woman. ! 
She was the widow of the late Rev. Dr. i 
Codman, of Dorchester, a clergyman of 
great wealth and great diligence in his 
Master's service. Slie had not only all 
8* 



the minute and humble, yet responsil)le, 
duties of a jiastor's wife to jjeribrm, but 
she must also answer the j)unclilious and 
exactiuir demands of refined circles of 
society in and about Boston. It is enough 
now to say that, while she was exact in 
the last, she by no means left the other 
undone. Her heai;t was full of Christian 
affection and kinilness ; her piety was 
mellow and diffusive ; her i)arochial la- 
bors were diligently and cheerfully ])er- 
formed. The mild radiance of an affec- 
tionate and sympathizing eye, a generous 
hand, and growing devotion, carried like 
a river every sorrow, and trial, and fear, 
and hope, the parishioner lay upon her. 
She had peculiar fitness for her duties 
and station. Her parentage, her educa- 
tion, and all her affcc lions and a.ssocia- 
tions, were all of the stamp and character 
to produce just such a personage. It is 
well sometimes to see how the good tree 
does produce good fruit ; and, altiiough 
we would not invade the private circle, 
and hold up to public gaze those who 
have not sought publicity or the disjjlay 
of pious zeal and Christian graces, yet, 
for tlie encouragen;ient of Christians, and 
for the honor of gospel promises and 
faith, it is well to see now and then the 
verification of covenanted promises on 
earth to the faithful. 

The maternal ancestor of ^Irs. C. is 
found in a Mr. Phihp Cooml)s, who emi- 
grated from Guernsey, and settled in 
Newburyport. He was one of the found- 
ers and elders of Federal Street Church 
in that town, then Newbury, and a con- 
vert of Whitefield. He was a man of 
much prayer, a lover of the holy rest 
of the Sabbath, and of the ordinances of 
the church. William Coombs, his son, 
and grandfather of INIrs. Codman, pos- 
sessed in greater measure his llither's 
Christian graces and affections. Although 
said to have been one of " nature's no- 
blemen," liis religious affections and graces 
were so marked and controlling, so in- 
spiring and captivating, that the whole 
atmosphere about him seemed to allow 
only a Ijreathing after holiness and heaven. 
His Christian manners, if we may so 
speak of him, were characterized with 
deep humility, Christian fervor, and apos- 
tolic faith. When his heart poured forth 
his confessions and his gratitude, his 
eyes became rivers of water, subduing 
the asperities of the imj)enitent, and 
quickening the love of the Christian. It 



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is said the end of the eofa, where he knelt 
in jiraycr, was literally saturated with his 
tears. lie lived to labor and ]jray for 
his laniily and Zion till May 23, 1814, 
when he died, lull of years, at about 80. 

Under his jjatriarchal and Christian 
influence, there had grown up a family 
group of jjraying souls such as are sel- 
dom found among us. We must be 
excused for naming such of them as we 
have known, and of whom we can there- 
fore eoniidently speak. Capt. Coombs 
married daughters to Rev. l3r. Dana, of 
Xewburyport, Eben Wheelwright, and 
Ebenezer Greenleaf. These daughters 
were devotedly pious, gentle, and win- 
ning. His daughter Jane's religious life 
and experiences were so marked and 
important _ that an interesting and useful 
memoir was several years since given to 
the churches for the encouragement of 
faith and holy living. Of Dr. Dana we 
need say nothing; he still lives to bless 
his friends and the church. Mr. Wheel- 
wright, lather of Mrs. Codman, was a 
diligent and honorable merchant, a hum- 
ble, jious man. His heart was full of 
kindness, and liis hands of labors of love. 

Around these families of prayer there 
clustered Cajit. Abraham Wheelwright, 
brother of Eben, an elder in Federal 
Street Church, with his son John, a mer- 
chant in New York, and son-in-law the 
late Thomas M. Clark, Esq., one of the 
excellent merchants of Newburyport, and 
also an elder in tlie same church. Th^se 
men have all gone to their reward, leav- 
ing behind them many evidences of their 
pious labors and hoi}- influences. Under 
such an ancestry, and among such rela- 
tives, Mrs. Codman came into woman- 
hood well fitted for the varied and re- 
sponsible duties of her office and station. 
Of her we shall let the reviewer of a 
sermon occasioned by her death now 
speak, with a brief mention only of some 
of the ])cople sent forth from this group 
to 'dadden the cliurch of God on earth. 
From Dr. ])ana's family, one clergyman 
and two ministers' wives ; from Mr. 
Wheelwright's, besides Mrs. Codman, one 
clergyman and two Christian merchants 
of large libcndity and extensive influence; 
Mrs. Jane Greenleaf sent forth one cler- 
gyman and one missionary daughter of 
most exem|)lary zeal and loveliness — 
Miss Mary C. Greenleaf, whose death is 
noticed in this volume; Ca])t. Clark has 
four sons in the ministry — liishop Clark, 



of Rhode Island, Rev. Rufus W. Clark, 
of New York, Rev. Samuel Clark, and 
Rev. George H. Clark, rector of an Epis- 
copal church in Savannah, Ga. 

" The clergymen of an age now rapidly 
becoming remote will not soon forget 
the home from which the last light has 
now faded. Nearly fifty years ago, Dr. 
Codman was settled over the Second 
Church in Dorchester. Upon entering 
the ministry, he became at once involved 
in the controversy just rising in Massa- 
chusetts, and was consjiicuous among 
the leaders in the exodus of the chm'ches 
which then occurred. His jjosition in 
the church, his extensive acquaintance, 
and his social qualities, for the indul- 
gence of Avhich he possessed ample 
means, rendered his home the resort of 
clergymen from every ];art of the coun- 
try and from the old world. In those 
times, when the modes of travellmg were 
different I'rom the jiresent, and hospi- 
tality had not become a ibssil remain, 
might the tired jnlgrim almost nightly 
be seen chmbing that beautiful eminence, 
to ex])erience in the warm welcome that 
awaited him more than a comjicnsation 
for his toil, and, like Cln-istian in the 
palace Beautiful, to he ' laid in a large 
upper chamber named Peace, whose Avin- 
dow opened towards the sunrising,' and 
from whence, in the morning, he looked 
down u])on forest, and field, and meadow, 
bounded by the ocean with its swift shi])S 

— a pros])ect such, for its beauty, as is 
rareh' beheld on earth. In this home, 
ever prominent among its many attrac- 
tions, shone the wife and mother. A 
mind severely disci})lined and filled with 
various knowledge, through the rarest 
conversational powers, poured forth its 
fulness to please and profit those about 
her. Her hands, too, were ready as her 
speech. She had a word and a Mork in 
season for all Mho might need the one 
or the other. AVith divines she loved to 
converse on the more abstruse doctrines 
of theology. To the inquirer, in simple 
phrase, she unfolded the great truths of 
the gos])el. She could discuss the last 
new book — read no one could tell w hen 

— in the casually formed circle, and most 
hajjpily bring out the truth suggested by 
it. With an exhaustless fund of the 
' finest ' and ' newest ' and 1 prettiest ' 
stones, she could have filled the story- 
craving ear of childhood, only tiiat it is 
bottomless. We have seen a group of 



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children spell-bound by her conversation, 
looking up in their mute intelligence like 
a bed of violets to the light and life that 
was breathing upon theai. 13ut, while 
the charm of her manners and conversa- 
tion made her attractive in every circle, 
it was among the destitute and afflicted 
that she felt especially at home. Often 
have we heard the most toucliing ex- 
pressions of gratitude from the poor she 
had fed, from the afflicted she had com- 
forted, from the sick by whose lonely 
couch she h id watched through the night, 
ciieering the sulfjrer by woi-ds and acts of 
kindness. ' 1 was sick and in prison, and 
ye came uato me,' formed part, we doubt 
not, of the welomi that greeted her, 
as she stepped upon the farther shore. 

" It was our hippiness to meet the 
subject of these remarks a few weeks 
before her death. The queenly form in 
which she had once been arrayed was 
Avasted to a shadow. Disease had well 
nigh killed the body, but after that it had 
no more that it could do. The intellect 
and heart yielded nothing to its power. 
With an impeded utterance, and through 
faltering lips, she repeated her asseiit to 
the truths she hid long professed, and ex- 
pressed an unwavering faith in the merits 
of a iledeemer. She did not express 
that perfect assurance of her good estate 
which those who knew her life had an- 
ticipated. We thought with rapture of 
the recompense that awaited her. We 
fancied we almost saw the crown laid up 
for her, and the angels who were waiting 
the moment of her release to place it 
upon her head ; but all this she saw not, 
and so .she went lowly on, strengthening 
her heart in the Saviour, and having a 
prevailing hope that he would keep that 
which she had committed to him. There 
was no exultation, no overweening con- 
fidence, but a calm, abiding hope that 
her peace had been made with God. 
One rem irk especially we love to remem- 
ber. ' h\ the review of life,' said she, ' I 
am led to regret the language I have 
sometimes used towards those whom, 
after all, I must believe to be Christians. 
I do not regret that I have held my 
opinions so firmly, but that I have not 
always held them kindly towards those 
who diifered from me, but who gave evi- 
dence that they were the children of 
God.' This is worthy of mention, since 
it corresponds so perfectly with the ex- 
perience of multitudes most eminent for 



their piety. Standing quite on the verge 
of heaven, the truths tliemselves, i-ather 
than any particular form of statement, 
filled the spul. We question if an in- 
tense Calvinlst or Arminian ever entertd 
heaven. Their near approach to the per- 
fect day dissipates this intensity, even as 
the earth loses its twilight as the full- 
orbed sun is about to rise upon it. 

" Mrs. Codman survived her husband 
ten years. They were years of suifering, 
and were mostly spent in Newburyport, 
her native place. Her remains were 
brought back to Dorchester, and repose 
by those of her husband, in the parcel 
of ground which, we believe, he gave to 
the parish for a cemetery. No spot could 
have been more happily chosen for their 
last resting place. It is hard by the 
sanctuiry. The elms that stand around 
the fine old church almost cast their 
shadows over it. The sweet Sabbath 
bell wafts its music above the bed of the 
sleepers. At the toUing of that bell, 
there gathers about them, one by one, 
the congregation among which they once 
moved. Very soon the last of all the 
worshippers to whom they ministered 
will join them, and that which for a sea- 
son divided shall forever unite them. 

" All this, and much more than this, 
is contained in the pamphlet before us, 
the substance of which wc have vainly 
tried to present within the limits assigned 
us. Guided by its pages, we have walked 
along a path made familiar by years of 
])leasant intercourse. The Sermon and 
Address are eminently worthy of the 
subject and occasion which called them 
forth. If to a stranger the language 
sometimes rises to eulogy, to those who 
know, it is a simple, unadorned statement 
of facts, sometimes falHng below, but 
never exceeding the truth. It is a 
graceful and fitting memorial of a gifted 
woman, whose varied and remarkable 
powers were, with rare fidelity and suc- 
cess, em])loyed to promote the improve- 
ment and happiness of the world. We 
thank them for it in our own behalf, and 
in behalf of a great multitude, who, in 
this death, have experienced a personal 
bereavement." 

CoE, Major Joseph, Fayette Co., Tenn,, 
April 2o, iP. 74 Major C. was born 
near Baltimore, Md., in 178.'3. He moved 
thence to Guilford Co., N. C, in which 
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1808, when he came to Tennessee, and 
settled in Maury Co. Upon the break- 
ing out of the war of 1812, he entered 
the army, and was present at the buttles 
of Taledega and Horseshoe. "Alter peace 
was restored, he continued to live many 
years in Maury, but moved thence to 
Moulton, Ala., where he first be<;an to 
tiike an active part in politics. He was 
twice sent to the legislature by the 
democracy of that district. Returning 
to Tennessee, he moved from place to 
])lace until he finally settled in Somerville. 
Here, also, he was honored with the con- 
fidence and sufii'ages of his party, and 
■was elected to the legislature. Nomi- 
nated a second time, he declined, and 
declared his intention of retiring from 
public life, which he did, and spent the 
remainder of his days in the quiet seclu- 
sion of his home, near Somerville. ]Major 
C. was a man of strongly-marked charac- 
teristics ; firm and energetic in his public 
and Ijusiness capacity, he was gentle and 
kind in the social and domestic circle. 
He was a veritable im];ersonation of 
truth, honor, and integrity, which breathed 
forth in every act and word of his long 
life. When listening to the pure and 
noble sentiments that fiowed from his 
aged lips, we could not but feel as if we 
were in the presence of one of those lofty 
and generous spirits that graced the ear- 
lier days of our re])ubHc. Inheriting 
nothing from his jiarents but an honest 
name, he was the architect of his own 
fortunes. He was successful in what- 
ever he undertook ; and, through near 
three quarters of a century, he not only 
preserved the name of his fomily pure 
and unstained, but added to it lustre 
and distinction. The old man died child- 
less, though he had had two noble sons, 
grown to man's estate, and worthy of 
their sire. Still, he stood in his declin- 
ing years solitary and alone — a riven 
and blasted oak, sole occupant of the soil 
from which were ruthlessly cut the scions 
of its race. Both sons met MJth un- 
timely deaths. The younger perished 
with Fanning's regiment in Te.xas. The 
elder, Levin II. Coe, fell a victim in a 
conspiracy brought al)out l)y his active 
zeal and bold endeavors in ])romoting the 
interests of Memphis and her citizens. 
A testimonial jjrcsented by the citizens 
of Memphis remains as an heirloom in 
the finiily to perpetuate the memory of 
his services. 



Coe, Mr. Moses, Winters^ille, Jeffer- 
son Co., O., June 7, te. 66. The deceased 
settled in that region some iorty-one 
years ago, was a member of the Presby- 
terian church of Two llidges, in the 
prosperity of A\hich he took a lively in- 
terest. Naturally social, he secured a 
large circle of acquaintances, whose con- 
fidence and esteem he engaged till the 
time of his departure. As an obliging 
neighbor, a tender husl)and, an atfec- 
tionate father, there were tew to equal 
him. 

Coffin, Mrs. Abigail, at the residence 
of her son-in-law, Nathaniel Clark, Esq., 
Plymouth, Mass., Aug. 20, a^. 91. She 
was the widow of Ca];t. Laban Ccffin, of 
Nantucket, and daughter of Dr. Elisha 
Tobey, of New Bedford. For a quarter 
of a century, she has been the constant 
and joyous associate of the widow Polly 
I Clark, an account of the celebration of 
j whose 9oth birthday was published in 
the Boston Recorder of May 7. Her 
I life was characterized by taste, refine- 
[ ment, dignity, piety, and Christian sim- 
; ])licity, and her death by resignation to 
the divine will, amid great sufferings. Her 
daughters and their lamilies were at- 
tached and attentive to her beyond what 
is usual, and will deeply feci her loss. 
One of her grandchildren was recently 
ordained over the Congregational church 
at Newington, Conn. ; and others are 
teaching, and attending to literary ];ur- 
suits. The fr-ee jniblic library of New 
Bedford will be all the better for their 
connection Mith it. The deceased, some- 
what early in life, united with the society 
of Friends, and remained a member of 
that church till her death ; yet she en- 
joyed largely the religious symjiathy and 
affection of the Congregationalists by 
whom she was surrounded, the daugl.ter 
with whom she lived, and her agetl asso- 
ciate, being active members of that de- 
nomination. 

Coffin, Capt. Eliakim, at the U. S. 
navy yard, Portsmouth, N. II., at the 
residence of his son-in-law, Mr. B. Al- 
len, U. S. navy, Jan. 15, a\ 72, a native 
of Nantucket, Mass. 

Coffin, Mrs. Elizabeth, Nantucket, 
Mass., March 13, iv. 57, wife of Charles 
G. Cofiin, I-'-sq. The Nantucket papers 
S])eak of ^Irs. C. as being a woman of 
most extraordinary benevolence of char- 
actvr. She Avas the mother of Mrs. Dr. 
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CoGGiNS, Col. William, Surry, Me., 
April 8, ip. 59. 

CoGGSWKLL, Mrs. Abigail S., Hud- 
son, O., May ."JO, a;. 30. Her birthplace 
was Venice, Cayuga Co., X. Y., and in 
this vicinity the most of her life was 
passed. AVere no more than this said 
of the subject of this notice, some of the 
rarest qualities that ever bless the earth 
would pass from it unnoted. A whole- 
souled devotion to duty, and an enthu- 
siasm equal to all obstacles, were her 
strongest traits. In early youth, being 
left an orphan, she commenced a teach- 
er's Hfe, and brought to it all the benev- 
olence and interest of her earnest nature. 
In the rough and hardened she discov- 
ered the good, and appealed to it ; this 
course, so rarely tried, never failed to 
win respect and obedience. She pur- 
sued this vocation several years, but 
her course was ever onward. Having 
a frail constitution, she was naturally 
led to a study of the laws of life and 
healtlr. Here her true mission was 
found. Henceforth her work was to 
relieve the suffering and teach them na- 
ture's outraged laws. She entered this 
new field with a really religious enthu- 
siasm, and the earnestness with which 
she worked could not have failed to be 
effective. 

Cogswell, Mrs. Joanna Strong, Gil- 
mantoa, N. H., March 31, ae. 60, ^ndow 
of Rev. Wm. Cogswell, D. D. Mrs. C. 
was a daughter of the late Rev. Jona- 
than Strong, D. D., of Randolph, Mass., 
and was man-ied Oct. 11, 1818. Her 
husband Avas then pastor of the South 
Church in Dedham. Afterwards, on his 
entering on the duties of secretary of 
the American Education Society, the 
family removed to Boston, and subse- 
quently, on his election to a professor- 
ship in Dartmouth College, to Hanover, 
and finally, on his being appointed pres- 
ident of Gilmanton Theological Semina- 
ry, thef' fixed their residence at that 
place. Here Mrs. C. was called to pass 
through peculiar trials in the loss of her 
only son, in 1848, and of her husband 
in iBoO ; but she was sustained by the 
power of divine grace. Since that time 
she has given her attention, with all a 
mother's love, to the care of her daugh- 
ters, who are left to deeply mourn their 
loss. In character, Mrs. C. was amia- 
ble, retiring, calm, refined, and afl'ec- 
tionate. She early trusted in Christ, and 



publicly professed her faith when 15 
years of age. Her Christian character 
was peculiarly lovely, and she ripened 
as a full shock of corn for heaven. 
She possessed an ardent attachment to 
the cause of Christ, practised self-denial, 
and manifested patience and faith in all 
the circumstances of her life. By her 
death the church on earth has lost a 
trulj' praying member ; but jDaradise has 
gaiiied, we fully trust, a rejoicing saint. 

CoiT, Mrs. Eunice, Bristol, Feb. 21, 
JE. 67, wife of Joseph M. Coit, Esq., and 
daughter of the late Samuel Gladding, 
Esq. 

COLBURN, Mr. Amasa, Utica, X. Y., 
May 8, ve. 59. Mr. C. had resided many 
years in that city, and was one of our 
most worthy and respected citizens. He 
leaves a large circle of relatives to mourn 
the loss of an esteemed friend. 

COLBURN, Mrs. Mary B., Amherst, 
Mass., June 16, os. 66, wile of Rev. Jo- 
nas Colburn. The funeral was attended 
Saturday afternoon, in the village 
church, by Rev. Drs. Hitchcock and 
Tyler. The utmost sympathy was man- 
ifested on the mournful occasion. 

Colburn, Mrs. Sarah Waverley, Hud- 
son city, X. J., Aug. 2, a?. 92, widow of 
Abiel Colburn, formerly of Tyngsbor- 
ough, Mass. 

Colby, Joseph, Esq., Xew London, 

X. H., ■, a?. 72, brother of Ex- 

Gov. Colby. 

Cole, ■Sirs. Caroline J., Haverhill, 
Mass., June 29, oe. 39, wife of Rev. 
Charles H. Cole. Although her illness 
was protracted, and her sufferings se- 
vere, she was enabled through grace to 
triumph in God, rejoicing in the hope 
of a glorious resurrection. 

Cole, Dr. George, Madison, X. J., 
Jan. 24, ge. 63, formerly of X. Y. 

Cole, Rev. Theodore G., M. D., Cen- 
ter, Rock Co., Wis., Jan. 20, se. 34, late 
missionary to Africa, brother of Hon. 
Seth Cole, Albany, X. Y. He Avas born 
in Prattsburg, X. Y. Having been, at 
the early age of 11, made the subject of 
renewing grace, he first formed the pur- 
pose of devoting himself to the work of 
the ministry ; but Providence led him 
into other jmths for a season. Filled 
with the desire to do good to liis fellow- 
men, he learned the healing art, that, 
[ while relieving their sufferings, he might 
! gain an audience with their souls. Af- 
j ter practising his profession for a few 



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years in his native land, he determined 
to devote himself as a missionary to the 
long-neglected sons of Africa. On the 
27th of Dec, 18o2, he sailed, in com- 
pany M'ith other consecrated missiona- 
ries, under the auspices of the American 
Missionary Association, for Africa, 
■where he had the usual labors and ex- 
periences of those Avho seek the salva- 
tion of a benighted people, in a land 
and climate Avhere none can live but 
■with peril. After an absence of about 
three years, he found it necessary, in 
order to preserve his life, to return to 
his native land. But, though wearied 
by his toils, and debilitated by Hving in 
a sickly climate, his return to the bosom 
of his friends was not regarded as the 
occasion for rest. He must needs work 
■while the day lasts ; consequently, but 
a few months had elapsed before he was 
allowed to preach the gospel, and on 
the 1st of ISIay, 1856, he began his la- 
bors as a " home missionary " in Center, 
Wis. Here he rapidly •won the affec- 
tions of his people ; and as a reward for 
his untiring industry and eminently 
spiritual mind, he Avas cheered with 
many tokens of an approaching harvest. 

Colp:, William Iv., Esq., Jacksonville, 

Fla., , a". — , formerly editor of 

the Jacksonville News. 

Coleman, L)r. John F., New Orleans, 
Jan. 21, w. — , son of John G. Coleman, 
Esq., of Marengo Co., Ala. 

CoLEMAX, Dr. J. D., at his residence, 
Pipe Creek, O., Nov. 6, a^. 40. 

CoLEMAX, Mrs. Phebe, at Fairhaven, 
the residence of her son-in-law, Mr. 
John M. Howland, Feb. 5, w. 85 jts. 2 
mths. and 26 days, recently of Hudson, 
N. Y., widow of Capt. Samuel Coleman, 
and daughter of Walter Folger, Sen., of 
Nantucket. I>ike her brother, the late 
Hon. Walter Folger, she had a strong 
attachment to mathematical pursuits, 
and early in life became quite a profi- 
cient in them. She also in her youth 
acquired the French language so that 
she read it with ease, and could com])ose 
in that language with facility. Ik'fore 
her marriage she taught school in her 
native town, with good success, and was 
the fhst person to teach parsing, or de- 
fining grammatically the different ])arts 
of speech. She had much jjoetical tal- 
ent, and her friends possess several 
poems of her writing. Jkit she has 
been distinguished through life for her 



high moral sentiments, sound, discrim- 
inating judgment, great amiability of 
disposition, and modest deportment. 
She retained her mental fucullies in a 
remarkable degree till her death. She 
was aunt to the present AA'm. C. Folger. 

Coles, Joseph, Esq., Westbury, L. L, 
Jan. 20, (P. 78, formerly a resident of 
New York city. 

Colgate, l)ea. "\Vm., New York city, 

, vc. 74. Mr. C. Mas born in 

England, Jan. 25,- 1783, in the parish of 
HoUingbouen, County of Kent, about 
five miles distant from the old and 
flourishing toAvn of INIaidstone. His 
father was an intimate friend and plaj'- 
fellow of the celebrated W'm. Pitt, by 
whom he Avas warmly befrieiided and 
allowed to leave the country when in 
danger from his American sympathies 
at the time of our revolution. At the 
early age of 15, he entered upon the 
■work of an earnest life ; in 1804, at the 
age of 21, he left Baltimore, a\ here he 
had been living, and came to New York. 
In the search for employment he en- 
tered the counting room of John Slidell 
and Co., then the largest tallow-chan- 
dlers in the city, and gaining employ- 
ment tliere, at the end of three }cars, 
when the firm dissolved, was its jn'inci- 
pal business manager. At the age of 
23 Mr. C. commenced the same busi- 
ness for himself, and his sul)sequent 
career has been one of uninterrupted 
prosperity, About the period of the 
last war with England, the manufacture 
of starch was introduced, and for many 
years his was the leading starch estab- 
lishment in America. Mr. C, as we 
have said, acquired a very large fortune, 
but through life it has been his custom 
to set aside one tenth of all his net 
earnings for religious purposes. This 
rule he religiously followed, sometimes 
increasing his benefactions to 20 and 
even 30 per cent., but never going be- 
low the 10. In the examination of the 
sacred Scriptures he was led to sever 
his early religious associations, and to 
a union with the Baptists, of which per- 
suasion he has been a consistent and 
honored member for 50 years. He took 
part in the formation of the first Bil)le 
Society ever organized in the city of 
New York. In 1816, he assisted in the 
formation of the American Bible Soci- 
ety, was a member of its board of man- 
agers, and one of its most hberal patrons 



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for 20 years. When, in 1836, that 
body made the English version of the 
Bible the standard of translation in 
foreign languages, he united with the 
late Dr. Cone, Ur. Maclay, and others 
in a protest against the rule ; and when 
the society's appropriations were with- 
held from the versions made by the 
missionaries in India, in which Avords 
relating to btptism were translated by 
words equivalent to immerse, he aided 
* in the formation of the American and 
Foreign Bible Society. He was chosen 
its treasurer, and was annually reelected 
to this office, which he continued to 
fill for more than thirteen years. He 
has been also an ardent friend of the 
revision movement, and in all just re- 
forms, religious or social, has been a 
leader, a stanch friend, and liberal sup- 
porter. His hospitality was unbounded, 
and, among the denomination with 
which he was connected, was pro- 
verbial. He has always been an ex- 
ceedingly popular man with the work- 
ing classes, and was more than once 
compelled to decline peremptorily polit- 
ical honors. The disease which termi- 
nated his life manifested itself two years 
since, and its attendant pain has often 
been indescribable. But it has passed, 
and a good man has gone to the rest 
which awaits the just, the upright, and 
the pure in heart. 

Collins, Dr. B. F., Pittsfield, Mich., 
March i;3, a;. 33, of the village of St. 
Clair. Dr. C. was a young physician of 
unusual promise. Endowed by nature 
with a high order of intellect, and en- 
joying the advantages of a thorough 
mental culture, with a zeal to justly 
earn and merit public favor sometimes 
bordering on presumption, and sustain- 
ing a moral character beyond reproach, 
his loss will be felt over a large space 
of the surrounding country. Dr. C. 
graduated from the State University at 
Ann Arbor, in the fifth year of that no- 
ble institution's existence, was one of 
the first class in the Medical College, in 
both of which departments he acquitted 
himself honorably. His success in his 
practice, which will long endear his 
cherished memory in the minds of many 
who are living testimonials of his skill 
in the healing art, reflects much credit 
upon his Alma Mater and the noble 
minds by whom he was taught. It sel- 
dom falls to the lot of any to gather. 



in so short a time, more honorable 
praise to their maternal institution, than 
has been by Dr. C. to this State Uni- 
versity. 

Collins, Dr. Daniel, Williamsburg, 
Mass., Nov. 6, ;v. 76. Dr. C. was a 
gi'aduate of Williams College in the 
class of 1803, studied medicine, and for 
the past 50 years has been in successful 
practice in Williamsburg. His death 
will be mourned by a wide circle of 
friends and acquaintances. 

Collins, Mrs. Jane, Norfolk, Va., 

, a;. 87. The Norfolk Herald, in 

announcing the death of Mrs. C, says, 
" She was a native of Ireland, and came 
to Norfolk, in the year 1797, with her 
husband, Pliilip Collins, who was a 
butcher. Mrs. C. assisted her husband 
— shared his toils, late and early and in 
all Aveather — was never absent from 
the stall in the market house. He died 
in 1807, and she continued the business, 
occupying the same stall for nine years. 
She made and lost several fortunes. 
During the war of 1812, she had the 
contract for supplying the troops at tliis 
station with beef, and made many sac- 
rifices to fulfil it, often going beyond 
her obligations to forward the views of 
the commanding general. Our aged 
friend was a perfect model of a true 
whig of the Henry Clay school. He 
was her beau-ideal of a patriot, and it 
is pleasurable to remember their meet- 
ing together in the public ball room in 
Norfolk in 1844. When introduced to 
the sage of Ashland, she wiped her 
mouth with her snow-white handker- 
chief and kissed him with a zest that 
fully electrified the old statesman, who 
thereupon gallantly offered the worthy 
dame his arm, and the promenade of 
the couple was interesting to behold." 

Collins, Rev. John A., Baltimore, 
, a^. — . The death of this emi- 
nent minister of Chiist has created 
much sensation among liis numerous 
friends in this community. But a few 
Aveeks ago he was, apparently, in vigor- 
ous health. His discourse, delivered on 
the last Sabbath he was here, from the 
text, " I Avould not live alway," was full 
of pathos ; yet none of his interested 
listeners then supposed its touching 
eloquence would be so strikingly con- 
firmed. He died of pneumonia after 
an ilkiess of five days. He had left his 
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— antl while in the city awaiting the 
departure of the train to convey him to 
an appointment in Pa., was attacked 
and (lied there. Of the pubhc Hfe of 
Mr. C we need not say much. He had 
long been known as one of the most 
able and popular of the Methodist cler- 
gy. There had hardly been one impor- 
tant movement of that church in which 
he hud not had an efl'ective agency ; his 
talent in public discourse, especially as 
a debater, has been seldom rivalled, and 
his large heart always beat witli manly 
generosity, however strongly he may 
have been att'ected by the agitations of 
the hour. In private life he was the 
charm of the social circle. His conver- 
sational powers were unsurpassed : his 
language — a feast of reason and a flow 
of soul. He seemed to exercise a 
charmed influence wherever he was 
known. No man could be much in 
contact with him and not become his 
warm friend and admirer. He had one 
of the biggest of human hearts. His 
feelings v.'ere as Marm, spontaneous, and 
out-gushing as a child's. He knew not 
the value of money, but despised it. If 
he had inherited a princely fortune he 
would have died poor, for he gave to 
aU without asking. Nature, and an 
extended acquaintance with the world, 
had made him a perfect gentleman. 
His manners Avere a model of grace, 
and his whole bearing, as a man, indi- 
cated the highest sense of propriety and 
degree of refinement, of which the hu- 
man mind is capable. He was born in 
Delaware, in 1801 ; in early life he evi- 
denced a strong ruling prepossession in 
favor of religion ; joined the church in 
the 2(lUi year of his age ; licensed a lo- 
cal preacher in 1826; entered the trav- 
elling connection in 1830 ; in 1836, 
elected an assistant editor of the Chris- 
tian Advocate and Journal, but resigned 
on account of the unsuitableness of the 
climate to his family ; and for the assur- 
ance that he could better serve the 
church in the regular and more active 
duties of the ministry. In early life the 
deceased commenced the study of the 
law in the oflice of Wm. Wirt, and had 
ho continued that pursuit, must have 
occu])ied a high place in the forum. 
His death Avas a most triumphant one. 
On the morning of that event, as the 
sun rose, the curtain of tlie dying man's 
chamber was drawn aside, at liis re- 



quest, and he commenced in the happi- 
est frame of mind to recite the sublime 
passages of the 103d Psalm. Thus has 
passed away from the busy scenes of men 
and in the usefulness of his ministerial 
career, Kev. Mr. Collins. Long will the 
Methodist church cultivate endearing 
reminiscences Avhich entwine around 
his memory as a favorite and faithful 
messenger of the cross. c. 

Collins, Capt. John, Ncav York, 

, a'. — . A large circle of friends' 

and acquaintances will read with regret 
the announcement of the death of Capt. 
John CoUins, of this city. Capt. C. was 
a man of fine presence, noble heart, and 
unbending integrity. He formerly com- 
manded in the Liverpool trade, and 
some of the finest packet ships sailing 
from this port were, either in whole or 
part, constructed under his supervision. 
He was interested also, to no inconsid- 
erable extent, in the establishment of 
the Collins hiie of steamships, and Avas 
immediately instrumental in securing 
for them the contract Avith government. 
In all the relations of life in Avhich he 
Avas placed, he sustained himself so as to 
Avin the esteem and regard of those Avho 
Avere acquainted Avith him. — J. of Com. 

Collins, ISIrs. Sarah, North Fairha- 
ven, Mass., March 28, a?. 83, AvidoAv of 
Benjamin C. 

Collins, ]\Ir. Theophilus, Sussex Co., 
Del., Sept. 15, a\ 50. Mr. C. Avas a 
prominent and useful citizen, and his loss 
Avill be deeply felt by all Avho kncAv him. 

Collins, Mr. Timothy, Salisbury 
Mills, Mass., March 27, te. 80. Mr. C. 
had not seen a sick day from the age of 
17 years old until a fcAV Aveeks prcAious 
to his death — a period of 63 years. 

CoLLOM, llev. J. G., Philadelphia, 
Dec. 27, w. 35. 

Colston, Mr. EdAvard R., Ncav York, 
Oct. 11, a?. 30, the reporter of Ncav Jer- 
sey affairs for the Ncav York Tribune, 
and other papers. Mr. C. Avas a native 
of Jefferson Co., N. Y., and a printer 
by profession. He had been connected 
Avith the press in an editorial capacity 
in LoAvville, Utica, Biughampton, Brook- 
lyn, Jersey City, and Ncav York. 

CoLTON, Kev. Dr. Calvin, Savannah, 
Ga., March 13, sr. 68. "Dr. C. was 
born in LongmeadoAV, Mass., and grad- 
uated at Yale College, in 1812. He 
then studied divinity at Andover, and 
was ordained a Presbyterian clergyman 



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in 1815, when he settled in Batavia, 
N. Y., -where he preached until 1826, at 
which time he lost his voice, and thence- 
forth devoted his time to writing for 
periodicals. He visited England and 
the continent, where he travelled for 
several years, returning to New York 
in 183-5, when he took orders in the 
Episcopal church. After this he turned 
his attention to political matters, and 
from 1838 to 1842, wrote many political 
pamphlets. His 'Junius' letters, writ- 
ten during the Harrison campaign, are 
thought to have had much influence in 
promoting the election of Gen. H. In 
1842 he commenced editing a paper in 
Washington, called the True Whig, 
which he continued until 1844, when he 
went to Ashland, to obtain materials for 
a Life of Henry Clay, on which work, 
together with the volumes of Mr. Clay's 
correspondence, he has since been en- 
gaged. The volumes have been pub- 
lished at intervals, and the author was 
still engaged on his work when sum- 
moned away. 

" It is to be lamented that the learned 
and pious author of the above-named 
work departed tliis life wliile the sixth 
and last volume is passing through the 
press. In a few days the entire work 
will be before the American people ; but 
its author will not be here to receive 
the praise, the admiration, of his coun- 
trjTnen — no ! he has gone above, to 
receive not the praises of poor dying 
men, but, we trust, a crown of glory for 
a life of Chi'istian usefulness on earth. 

" A few weeks before his death. Dr. 
C. said to a friend, ' I may say my work 
is done ; but I have injured myself by 
over-exertion of mind and body.' No 
doubt tliis was true, and that he hastened 
his death by close application and study 
during the greater part of the winter. 

" Those who are conversant with the 
writings of Rev. Dr. C. must have dis- 
covered that his mind was of the high- 
est order, his learning immense, and 
his sentiments on the great national 
questions of the day, which so agitate 
our country, the purest, the most patri- 
otic. He was a man of a remarkably 
confiding spirit, genial temperament, 
and of manners bland to an extraordi- 
nary degree. 

" The pubHshed works of Dr. C. are 
numerous* iSIany of them are on poHt- 
ical topics, but he has 'svi-itten much on 
9 



theological matters. His last pubUshed 
work Avas entitled ' The Genius and 
Mission of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church in the United States,' designed 
to show the regular descent of this 
church from the apostolic age, its inde- 
pendence of the church of Kome, its 
purification from error at the reforma- 
tion, and its emancipation from state 
control at the American revolution, to- 
gether with its subsequent rapid ad- 
vancement and the consequent duties of 
its members. 

" Dr. C. was a few years since ap- 
pointed Professor of Political Economy 
in Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 
Avhich office he held up to this winter, 
when his feeble health led him to seek 
a relaxation from his labors in a visit to 
this city, hoping that a milder chmate 
would restore his shattered health. His 
short stay here had made for him many 
friends, who will receive the announce- 
ment of liis death with regret." — Sa- 
vannah Neics of March 16th. 

Co:mbs, Mrs. Gen. Leslie, Lexington, 

Ky., , se. — . Mrs. C. was the 

general's third Avife, and much younger 
than her husband. Her first husband 
was a Mr. Mann, of Mannsville, R. I., 
who left her a very large property in 
that state. She was the eldest daugh- 
ter of ]Mr. Jonathan Brownell, of Little 
Compton, R. I., and a cousin of the la- 
mented Gilbert Brownell. Mrs. C. Avas 
a beautiful Avoman, tall, graceful, and of 
queenly appearance. She has been 
much admired, and often been the recip- 
ient of marked attentions from the most 
gifted and intellectual men in the states. 
But all her loveliness of face and form 
sank into insignificance Avhen compared 
with those qualities of head and heart 
which endeared her to all Avho made her 
acquaintance. She had excellent judg- 
ment, Avith a mind matured by judicious 
cultivation, and possessed a disposition 
which for amiability and goodness is 
rarely met Avith. A member of the 
Protestant Episcopal church, she was a 
Christian in the broadest sense of the 
Avord ; her generous nature constantly 
sought out objects needing her charity, 
or Avords of love and kindness. In her 
the poor and afflicted ever found a Avarm, 
sympathizing friend and benefactor, and 
none ever turned from her presence un- 
aided. The loss of such a Avoman is 
indeed a public calamity. At Lexing- 



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ton, in a community where she Avas re- 
spected, beloved, and now mourned, the 
loss will be heavy ; but here, in her New 
England home, the tiding§ will carry to 
the paternal homestead a sadness that 
no language can fully portray. 

Combs, Mr. llodney N., Hyde-Park, 
Pa., Aug. 13, a?. 35. Mr. C. was a na- 
tive of N. H., and came to this village 
some years since, where he was em- 

Eloyed as track master on the C. & E. 
Lailroad. He soon acquired for him- 
self the esteem and confidence of the 
community, by his integrity and frank 
manliness of character, and his correct, 
industrious habits of business ; and 
tliese qualities, and other personal traits 
•which secure regard, won for him many 
friends. Those who knew him best 
esteemed him most. In the various re- 
lations of hfe, and in his whole deport- 
ment, he was worthy of these manifes- 
tations of kindly feeling. About three 
years since he removed to Pennsylvania, 
where he had since resided, and where 
the same uniform good character and 
propriety of conduct endeared liim to 
those who knew him. 

CoMiNS, Mrs. Mary, Auburn, INIe., 
Nov. 11, a>. 81, widow of Barnabas C, 
and mother of Hon. Linus B. Comins, 
of Koxbury, Mass. 

CoMSTOCK, Mr. Lancaster, Great Bar- 
rington, Mass., March 15, se. 82. 

CoNANT, Mrs. Chloe, Paxton, Mass., 
Dec. 4, ie. 78, wife of Rev. Gains C. 

Cone, Amelia M., Pliiladelphia, Jan. 
20, a?. — , last surviving sister of Spen- 
cer H. Cone, D. D., a distinguished 
Baptist clergyman of New York, who 
died Aug. 25, 1855, a>. 70. 

CoNGDON, Joseph, Esq., New Bedford, 

Mass., 27, a?. 58, one of the best 

known and most widely esteemed citi- 
zens of New Bedford, after a long course 
of usefuhiess and industry in that com- 
munity. Mr. C. held the office of cash- 
ier of the ^Mechanics Bank, Avhich place 
he had held since the estalilishment of 
the bank, a period of no less than 26 
years. He was a gentleman of exact 
probity, plain and unassuming address, 
of a higlily-cultivatcd mind, and well 
acquainted with literature and science. 
He was also devoted to benevolent and 
charitable enterprises, and a most con- 
scientious man. Such men are rare, 
and their loss creates a void not readily 
filled. His health has been for some 
time declining, — New Bedford Mercury. 



CoNGDON, Mrs. Sarah, Newport, 
R. I., Jan. 11, a?. 76, widow of Carey 
Congdon. 

Conrad, John, Esq., Philadelphia, 
May 9, se. 83, an eminent citizen of 
Philadelphia, formerly U. S. Marshal 
for Eastern Pennsylvania. He was a 
member of the society of Friends, and 
was one of those truly good men of the 
olden time who had the welfare of the 
country at heart. He was a native of 
Pa., resided at Germantown, from 
whence he was elected a member of 
Congress for the County of Philadelphia, 
in 1812, and held that position during 
the war until 1815. He was so noted 
for his symjiathy with the patriots of 
that day, and the eagerness with which 
he desired to repel the incursions of the 
British, that he gained the appellation 
of "The Fighting Quaker." After his 
return from Congress, he was made as- 
sociate judge of the District Court, and 
was subsequently appointed U. S. Mar- 
shal, by President Monroe, reappointed 
by President John Quincy Adams, and 
served in the same office two years 
under President Jackson. He retired 
from public life in 1832, and afterwards 
resided in the State of Maryland until 
within a short period of his death, Avhen 
he had taken his residence with his son- 
in-law, O. W. Lund, in Philadeljjhia. 

Conway, Rev. James, Salem, Mass., 
May 24, a>. 60, senior pastor of St. Ma- 
ry's (Roman Catholic) Church. 

CoNAVAY, Hon. Eustace, Fredericks- 
burg, Va., May 20, a>. 36. He served 
several sessions in the House of Dele- 
gates as member from Spottsylvania 
Co., and was an active member of the 
committee which revised the code of 
Virginia of 1850. He was next a mem- 
ber of the convention Avhich framed the 
existing constitution. On the 26th of 
Feb. he was elected, over many com- 
petitors, judge of the eighth circuit, va- 
cated l)y the resignation of Judge Lenox. 
On the 2d of March he held his first 
court in Carolina, and successively in 
other counties of his circuit. 

Cook, Dr. Friend, Atwater, Portage 
Co., O., Feb. — , a'. — , a distinguished 
physician, and one of the framers of the 
new constitution of Ohio. 

Cook, Rev. E. P., Hannibal, Oswego 
Co., N. Y., April 6, a-. 54. He was born 
in Somers, Conn., and removed, while a 
child, to Rodman, Jefl'erson Co., and at 
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ened to a sense of his perishing need of 
renewino; grace. These impressions, 
however, gracUially wore away, and were 
succeeded by the most daring scepticism, 
in which state of mind he continued 
until the spring of lcS31, when it pleased 
God to unfold to him the truth of the 
divine Scriptures, and show him the 
enormity of his guilt. He now expe- 
rienced the most pungent convictions of 
sin, and at length was brought trium])h- 
antly into the liberty of the gospel. He 
united with the Congregational church 
of Rodman, and maintained a member- 
ship exemplary for Christian activity 
and decision. A sense of duty inclined 
him to the Christian ministry. Sur- 
mounting the embarrassments of a want 
of early literary advantages, and the 
charge of a rising family, with patient 
ardor he completed, successively, a 
course of academical and theological 
studies. He was ordained as an evan- 
gelist in June, 1842. His labors have 
been owned of God in the conversion of 
souls and the edification and comfort of 
the people of God. Brother C. possess- 
ed a mind above mediocrity, which, com- 
bined with his social qualities, rendered 
his society agreeable and useful. In his 
domestic relations he was faithful and 
kind, and was a consistent and zealous 
promoter of the benevolent reforms of 
the age. — Com. 

Cook, Mr. Timothy, Roxbury, Mass., 
Sept. 11, a^. 75. Mr, C. was born dur- 
ing the stirring times of the revolution, 
in the year 1782, near the close of the 
war. His whole life had been an event- 
ful one. He was born in Boston. He 
learned the trade of a ropemaker, at 
■which he labored until the brealdng out 
of the war of 1812. Mr. C. shipped on 
board the American privateer. Curlew, 
Capt. Wier, of Boston, in the early part 
of 1812, and sailed in her on a cruise. 
The Curlew was taken by an English 74 
gun-ship, and afterwards carried into 
Halifax. Soon after, an exchange of 
prisoners took place, and he returned 
to Boston. The next year, 1813, Mr. 
C. enlisted in the 9th regiment, Capt. 
Harrison's company, as a corporal, and 
served with distinction until the close 
of the war. He was at the battle of 
Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, and in the 
sortie on the 17th of Sept., 1815, in de- 
fence of Fort Erie. Corporal C. received 
a severe wound, and he was afterwards 



honorably discharged from the service. 
During the last 40 years Mr. C. has 
mostly resided in Roxbury, where he 
was highly respected and esteemed. 
He was a member of the order of Free 
and Acce])ted Masons, and of the asso- 
ciation of the Veterans of 1812. 

Cook, Mr. Thomas, AYarfieldsburg, 
Md., Dec. 27, se. 84. He was highly 
respected and esteemed for his many 
virtues by all who came within the cir- 
cle of his acquaintance, being an esti- 
mable neighbor and good citizen ; and 
although his days were lengthened to a 
ripe old age, yet by his decease we 
have again been reminded that in the 
midst of life we are in death. 

Cook, Mr. Nathan, Temple, Me., 
Oct. 2, a?. 66. 

Cook, Mr. Daniel, Wrentham, Mass., 
June 27, se. 82. 

Cook, Miss Charlotte R., San Fran- 
cisco, Cal., Jan. 26, a?. 22, wife of 
Charles W. Cook, Esq., and daughter of 
Samuel B. Walger, Esq., Nantucket, 
Mass. 



ZEBEDEE COOK, ESQ., 

Boston, Mass., Oct. 2, oe. 66. At a 
meeting of the Massachusetts Horti- 
cultural Society, held March 6, Mr. C. 
M. Hovey, in behalf of a committee 
appointed Feb. 6, offered the following 
resolutions : — 

*' Whereas, This Society, having 
learned, with the deepest regret, the 
death of Zebedee Cook, one of its 
founders, and its second president, and 
being desirous of placing upon its rec- 
ords, not only a recognition of his 
I early and assiduous labors in urging 
and promoting its organization, but a 
full appreciation of his disinterested ser- 
vices in its behalf, therefore, — 

" Resolved, That we recall with the 
most grateful remembrance his devot- 
ed and unceasing efforts in the cause of 
horticulture and rural art, and his un- 
tiring industry in promoting and ad- 
vancing all the objects of tliis associa- 
tion. 

" Resolved, That although the society 
has for several years been deprived of 
his presence and counsel, by his remov- 
al to a sister state, from wlicnce he had 
so recently returned, to pass his last 
days among us, we entertain the high- 
est regard for his many vulues, and 



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acknowledge with gratitude our indebt- i 
edness for his past services. 

" Eesoleeil, That in tliis bereavement 
we tender our warmest sympatliies to 
the fomily of the deceased. 

" Re-iolced, That these resolutions be 
entered upon the records, published in 
the journals of the day, and a copy be 
transmitted by the jJi'esident to the af- 
flicted family."" 

In presenting these resolutions, Mr. 
Hovey sjvoke nearly as follows : — 

" Mr. President, : It is just and fit- 
ting, upon the death of any prominent 
member of our society, that we should 
place upon record some tribute to his 
memory ; but when any of its founders 
pass away, especially those foremost in 
the Avork, the occasion demands more 
than this ordinary custom ; and al- 
though I do not feel equal to the task of 
performing the duty, in presenting the 
resolutions of your committee, appoint- 
ed for that purpose, I cannot allow the 
opportunity to pass without giving ex- 
pression to ray feelings, and offer my 
own humble tribute of respect and af- 
fection upon the decease of one I have 
so long known. 

" Allow me, then, to recount, in as 
brief a manner as possible, some of the 
services rendered by Zebedee Cook 
towards the organization and progress 
of this society — fresh still in the mem- 
ory of many of us, but perhaps un- 
known to our younger members. 

" It was in the old New England 
Farmer, of the issue of Jan. 9, 1829, 
that a communication appeared in its 
columns, ilirecting the attention of cul- 
tivators to the advantages to be attained 
by the organization of a Horticultural 
Society in our state. The editor, Mr. 
Fessenden, in some excellent prefatory 
remarks, briefly commended the views 
of the writer, and shadowed forth the 
benefits and importance of such an as- 
sociation. Tliis communication was 
signed " Z. C, Jr.," the well-known 
initials of Mr. Cook, Avho frequently 
contributed valuable information on 
horticultural subjects to the Farmer. 
The article, ably written, effected its 
object. It aroused our amateur horti- 
culturists to the gi'eat importance of a 
society where the miited action of in- 
dividuals could accom])lish so much 
more than their se])arate laliors. x\ll 
agreed it was what was wanting, that the 



time had just arrived for its formation, 
and immediate and energetic measures 
were taken to carry out the same. 

" On the 24th of February, agreea- 
bly to a notice in the Farmer, a few 
gentlemen assembled in the office of 
Mr. Cook in Congress Street. The 
Hon. John LoAvell was called to the 
chair, and Mr. Cook chosen secretary, 
A committee was appointed to draught a 
constitution and obtain subscribers. On 
the 1 7th of March, a little more than two 
months after the appearance of Mr. 
Cook's communication, another meeting 
Avas held at his office, the society or- 
ganized, the constitution accepted, offi- 
cers chosen, and 160 members ob- 
tained. The account of the proceed- 
ings of this meeting, as Avell as the 
other, appeared in the Farmer, under 
the signature of Mr. Cook. But more 
than this, a petition was presented to the 
legislature, praying for an act of incor- 
poration. As in other efforts, ]Mr. C. 
was first. The act was ap])roved by the 
governor, June 12, 1829, incorporating 
Zebedee Cook, Jr., and his associates, 
as the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 
ciety. 

" These, Mr. President, are historical 
facts ; they are upon record. I see 
before me a gentleman (]Mr. French) 
who was named among his associates 
in that act, and if I am not right he can 
correct me. 

" Thus was the society placed upon 
a substantial footing in so short a peri- 
od, Avith the lamented Gen. Dearborn 
as its first president, and Mr. Cook, 
senior vice-president. Mi\ C. had seen 
his objects accomplished, undoubtedly, 
much sooner than he had anticipated, 
and to him belongs the credit of mov- 
ing first and most zealously in the great 
work. In 1834, upon the resignation 
of Gen. Dearborn, Mr. Cook Avas 
elected president, an office which he 
filled Avith credit to himself and Avith 
honor to the society. In addition to 
these labors, Mr. C. delivered the annu- 
al address at its second anniversary ; and 
no one can rise from a perusal of it, 
even at the present day, Avithout being 
struck at the fund of information it 
contains, and the prophetic manner in 
Avhich he spoke of the progress of hor- 
ticulture throughout these United 
States." 

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which Mr. C. refen-ed to the period, at 
some future day, when the insi<?uia of 
liberty should extend its protecting 
arm from the Atlantic to the Pacific, 
and the land teem with the products of 
the husbandman. 

" But, sir, Mr. Cook lived to see — 
what to him appeared the vision of 
some remote generation — all this ful- 
filled. He lived to hear of the fertile 
valleys and auriferous soil of California, 
of a city on the very border of the Pa- 
cific, numbering its hundreds of thou- 
sands of inhabitants, — and more than 
all, to learn that the blessings of horti- 
culture had extended even there, and 
that its results astonished the most ex- 
travagant imagination, the magnificent 
fruits already produced giving to her 
the claim of being the fruit garden of 
the world. 

" We think, sir, that the high stand- 
ing and importance of our society is 
owing to our eff'orts ; that it is to us 
who labor that we are indebted for its 
gi'eat usefulness. Not in the least 
wishing to undervalue the efforts of 
any of our members, or to detract 
from their zeal in the cause, let 
me say that it is to the founders of the 
society that we owe much more, I fear, 
than is generally admitted. "While the 
horticultural societies of many of our 
sister states are in a languishing condi- 
tion ; while many attempts have been 
made to organize them in others with 
but faint success ; and while, in the 



great fruit-growing 



of New 



York, they are now discussing the pro- 
priety of dissolving an old society, — we 
still go on prospering, and, I hope, to 
prosper. To the foresight of its 
founders, to Gen. Dearborn, Zebedee 
Cook, Jr., and others, who secured to 
us Mount Auburn, and the income from 
it, must we, in a very great degree, 
owe our success, or, at most, our means 
for accomplishing so much. 

"Those who knew Mr. Cook best, 
and associated with him longest, pre- 
siding as he did for years at the meet- 
ings of the society, in the frequent 
absence of Gen. Dearborn, before he was 
elected president, need no further word 
from me to recall the dignified manner in 
which he performed the duties of his 
office, his kind and courteous greeting 
of the members, or the zeal with which 
he entered into all the acts and doings 
9* 



of the society, advancing its great in- 
terests at ail times, and disinterest- 
edly performing every duty upon the 
various committees of which he was a 
membcy. 

" Mr. President, one word more, and 
I shall not detain you longer. Mr. 
Cook has passed away from among 
us ; though alienated from his old asso- 
ciates by his long absence in another 
state, yet they cherish his memory with 
the most grateful recollections. In his 
death horticulture has lost one of its 
most ardent friends, and societv a 
most highly honored and respected 
citizen." 

CooLEY, Rev. Orrin, Chesterfield, 

111., , se. — , formerly of South 

Deerfield, Mass. 

CooLEY, Mr. Zadoc, Palmer, ]\Iass., 
June 25, re. 91. 

CooLiDGE, Geo., Cambridge, Mass., 
Nov. 10, a". 67. He was a native of 
Watertown, Mass., where he was reared, 
married, and himself reared a numer- 
ous family. Several years since he re- 
moved to Cambridge, where he was hon- 
ored with places of public trust, and at 
the time of his death he held the place 
of chairman of the board of asses- 
sors. 

Cooper, Mr. Giles, Taunton, Mass., 
May 29, a?. 53. 

Cooper, Mr. James, Pittsburg, Pa., 
April 22, ffi. 42. 

Cooper, Mr. Lewis B., Ogdensburg, 
N. Y., Feb. 23, a^. — . He was clerk 
on board the steamer Bay State, and 
has been engaged in that occupation 
for the past fifteen years. He was for- 
merly clerk on the old St. LawTence. 
He was married last fall, and leaves a 
Mofe to mourn his loss, besides a devot- 
ed mother and sister. He was popular, 
but quiet and reserved in his manners, 
and his death will be lamented by a 
large circle of friends. 

Cooper, T. Priestly, Esq., Columbia, 

S. C, , a-. — . "We regret to 

learn from the Darlington Flag the 
death of T. Priestly Cooper, son of the 
late Dr. Thomas Cooper, late president 
of South Carolina College, who died 
May 11, 1839, a;. 79. Mr. C. was a 
man of rare inteUigence and extensive 
influence, and leaves many friends to 
mourn his untimely death." 

Cooper, Mrs. Tilenda D., WTieeling, 



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CORWIN 



Va., March 29, a?. 61, vd{e of Isaiah 
Cooper, Esq. 

CoPELAND, Mr. Jared W., Franklin 
Mills, Portage Co., O., Feb. 7, a?. Go. 
" He was a printer, and in the prosecu- 
tion of his calling, he encountered 
many vicissitudes, of fortune, but ever 
sustained his character for integrity 
and honor. Twice, while extensively 
engaged in business, his prospects Avere 
blasted in an hour by conflagration. 
But his industry and perseverance 
were his capital, and he again and 
again rallied to the rescue. He was a 
printer of the old school, a class now 
nearlv superseded by improvements of 
modern invention. Those who knew 
him best will most deeply and sincere- 
ly mourn his loss." 

CoPELAND, Mrs. Mary, Boston, 
Mass., Oct. 23, se. 82, widow of John 
Copeland, Esq. 

CoRBETT, Mrs. Henrietta D., Brook- 
field, X. Y., July 5, SB. — , wife of Sid- 
ney Corbett, Esq., and daughter of 
Shepard Devan, Esq., of Brookfield. 

Corbett, Dr. Thomas, Shaker Village, 
Canterbury, N. H., June 13, iv. 76, for 
many years the physician in the society 
of Shakers. 

CoRBiN, Rev. Ira H., Theresa, Jef- 
ferson Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, a^. 44, of 
the Methodist Episcopal church. 

CORBIN, Miss Mary, Charleston, Va., 
May 21, a^. 78, one of the early settlers 
of the Kanawha Valley, having gone 
there from Culpepper Co. more than half 



a century ago. 



CoRLETT, Amanda C, Barabo, Wis., 
June 12, x. 30, wife of Rev. Thomas 
Corlett, formerly of Fredericktown, 
Knox Co., O. 

Cornell, George J., Esq., , 

N. Y., , ic. 37. With deep re- 
gret we announce the death of George 
J. Cornell, I'^sq., a most estimable citi- 
zen, and meml)er of the bar. He was 
comi)aratively a young man, being only 
37 years of age. Few men, at such an 
age, h ive lieen so actively engaged in 
public duties, and fewer still have dis- 
charged such functions with equal 
vigor and prudence. He had been a 
member of the legislature, and was the 
whig candidate for lieutenant governor, 
on tlie ticket with Washington Hunt in 
1 «.',(). 

CoRNlxo, Capt. Asa, of the ship 
Confederation, , se. — . " By 



the last mail from Liverpool we have 
details of the total loss, in the Kiver 
iSIersey, of the ship Confederation, of 
New York, together with her command- 
er, Capt. Asa Corning, the first mate, 
and one of the crew. The shij) had 
grounded in the severe gale of the 
morning of the 23d ult., when the wife 
of Capt. C. and the crew, with the 
foregoing exceptions, were rescued. 
Capt. C. decided that he would stay by 
the ship ; his mate, who had long been 
Avith him, would not leave him. After 
the departure of the crew and others, 
the gale, which had somewhat abated, 
increased in violence through the night. 
In the morning not a vestige of the 
ship and her heroic officers could be 
found ; all had been swallowed up by the 
waves of the sea, a total loss of one of 
the largest and finest ships out of New 
York ; but far more than this, the loss 
of two of the most heroic of our sea- 
men. Capt C. was the son of Capt. 
Ephraim Corning, of Brooklyn, N. .Y., 
for many years a merchant in New 
York, now retired, and the brother of 
Mr. H. K. Coi-ning, of Brooldyn, a well- 
known shipping merchant. The ship 
was owned by the captain, his fi^ther 
and brother. In Capt. Asa Corning 
the mercantile maiine, and the country 
have lost one of the noblest specimens 
of the true American sailor — a man 
who knew no path but that of 
duty, who died a sacrifice to that 
principle, and one who has left behind 
liim a large number of mourning rela- 
tives and friends, who have the conso- 
lation, at least, of knowing that in his 
death he has left a bright example to 
the young American sailor." 

Cornwell, Rev.William E., Prince- 
ton, N. J., March 29, a?. — , pastor of 
the Baptist church. 

CoRNYN, Paul, Esq., Sudbury, Pa., 
Nov. 15, a\ 4.3, attorney at law. 

CoRWiN, Mr. Phineas", Syracuse, N.Y., 
May 26, se. 76, at the residence of 
his daughter, Mrs. H. C. Lee, late of 
Cazenovia, N. Y., and f;\ther of Mrs. 
E. M. Allen. "For more than fifty 
years he resided in this town, and from 
his virtuous and honorable deportment, 
was justly regarded as among our most 
sul)stantial and Avorthy citizens. In the 
domestic relations he ])erformed his 
duties Avith exemplary faithfulness, at 
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cooperation to those measures Avhich he 
beHeved to bo subservient to the puliHc 
welfare. He was a phihnithropist and a 
Christian. ^Nlany years since he united 
with the Baptist church in this- villag:e, 
and his membersliip was here at the 
time of his death." 

Coster, Mrs. Amelia, Gagetown, 
Mo., May 24, pp. 55, wife of liev. N. 
A. Coster, rector of Gagetown. 

COTTING, Amos, Esq., Brookline, 
Mass., May 14, se. 59, son of Dr. 
Amos Cotting of Marlboro', Mass., 
and for more than thirty years agent 
and treasurer of the real estate compa- 
ny known as the " Fifty Associates." 

CoTTiiELL, Mr. John, Jamestown, 
R. I., April 14, w. 56, ex-member of the 
House of Representatives. He was a 
farmer of the first class, esteemed by 
all who knew him as a thorough-going 
tiller of the soil ; not only so, but a 
kind husband and father, beloved most 
tenderly by his relatives and friends. 
We had a personal acquaintance Avith 
the deceased, and have ever regarded 
him as a man of superior talents, sound 
judgment, and whose advice was in 
every way worthy of the liighest respect. 
Verily, what shadows we are, and what 
shadows we pursue ! This demise, so 
wholly unlocked for, has thrown around 
us such a saddening gloom that Ave 
dare not trust ourselves with language 
adequate to pronounce a fitting tribute 
of regard to his many noble qualities. 
Mr. C. leaves a widow, three sons, and 
one daughter, a large circle of relations, 
and legions of friends, Mherever he 
was known. Of him it can be truly 
said he never had an enemy. 

Couch, Mr. Ira, Chicago, 111., 

— , ee. — , died worth $1,500,000, and 
left his property in the hands of trus- 
tees, to accumulate for 20 years, at the 
end of which time it is to be divided 
equally between liis four children, now 
mmors. 

Coulter, Mr. John, Feb. 13, fp. 79, 
was born in Ireland in 1778, While a 
young man, he enlisted as a soldier 
m the British army, to quell the rebel- 
lion in that country, and during an in- 
terval of release from military duty, he 
came to America in 1805. He was 
among the pioneer settlers of the west. 
He came to Ohio, and located in Clin- 
ton Co., of which he was a citizen 40 
years. He became religious under the 



ministry of Dr. Coke, in Ireland, and 
was a member of the Wesleyan society 
in that country, and of the" Methodist 
Episcopal church in the United States, 
60 years in all. He Avas a praciical 
man, possessed of unwavering integri- 
ty. He enjoyed the confidence of a 
large circle of friends, as a fair and uni- 
form Christian. He was suddenly at- 
tacked with paralysis, but was found 
willing and ready to die. 

Coventry, Mrs. Margaret, Rock- 
ford, 111., at the residence of her son, 
J. Mclntire, Nov. 9, ce. — , widow of 
Dr. Alexander Coventry, of Utica, 
N. Y. 

CoviLL, J. O., Green River, Oregon, 
Aug. 9, ae. 27, son of jNIr. J. A. Covill, 
of Victor, Onondaga Co., N. Y. He 
was one of a number of young men 
who had engaged in the enterprise of 
driving sheep across the plains to Cali- 
fornia. They had just passed the sum- 
mit of the Rocky Mountains, and 
crossed the Green River, when he died, 
after a brief illness, and his remainilie 
buried on the banks of the Green River, 
with a Avooden slab raised to mark his 
last resting place — the only monument 
the plains can give. 

Cox, Dr. Cyrus S., Fentonville, N.Y., 
July 7, SB. — , formerly from the State 
of Ohio. 

Cox, George, Frederick Co., Md., 
June 2, a^. 67, was born in Hartford 
Co., Md., June 17, 1789. He Avas one 
of nature's noblemen. Without seeming 
to be conscious of it, he combined more 
points of true excellence than any 
other man of our acquaintance. As a 
husband, a father, a citizen, and friend, 
he has left behind him no superior. As a 
business man, he adorned his business ; 
as a man, he shed a lustre upon his 
race. For nearly 50 years previous to 
the evening of his death, his farm, his 
store, all the practical duties of life, 
Avere attended to by him, unfalteringly, 
Avith entire punctuality, good taste, and 
sound judgment. Just and upright in 
all his Avays, he attended sedulously, 
Avisely, to all the minutia^ of earthly 
business, the amenities of life, Avithout 
seeming for a moment to forget the 
high duties he OAved to God. He Avas a 
friend indeed. Quietly, peacefully, 
unobtrusively, he passed through life. 
No bigot idea seemed to enter into his 
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all ; he was the friend of man. Inno- 
cence sat upon his brow, and the milk 
of human kindness ttowed round his 
heart. Throui^hout a long life, his truth 
stood unquestionable; his kindness and 
hospitaUty will be testified to by thou- 
sands. 

Cox, Mr. Robert, Staunton, Va., 
March 22, ve. — , at his residence in 
Spring Hill. " One of our most esti- 
mable citizens. Death visited the so- 
cial family circle, and removed one of 
its choicest guests." 

Cox, Major Hemy, Augusta, Ga., 
Nov. 28, iv. 42. " He was a citizen of 
Racine, well known and kindly re- 
membered by many worthy friends. 
He was one of the earliest inhabitants 
of our city, having removed here with 
his father", H. F. Cox, Esq., in 1836. 
He was for some time engaged in me- 
chanical pursuits, and was for many 
years clerk of the County Court, having 
received his militarj- title as one of the 
governor's aids. In all his business 
relations, he sustained an upright, 
honorable, and generous character, and 
was very highly respected by all who 
knew him. Had strength been spared, 
he would doubtless have been at this 
time, as forinerly, one of the fii-st men 
in our community. But his health 
faiHng, he sought for its restoration by 
passing the winters in New Orleans, 
St. Augustine, and other southern lo- 
calities, and in May, 1856, crossing the 
ocean, he spent a year in traveUing 
through Europe, Egypt, and the Holy 
Land, of which he brought back many 
pleasant reminiscences, but found not 
the boon he sought of renovated 
strength. He was married Jan. 10, 
1856, to Miss Seraphina Prince, of 
Flushing, L. I., in whose sad bereave- 
ment, and that of all his near relatives, 
the community will deeply sympa- 
thize." 

Cox, ])r. Joseph E., Petersburg, Va., 

, , je. — , a prominent physician 

and estimable citizen. He started in a 
buggv to visit his father in company 



with "his nephew, Robert C. Taylor,^ of 
the same place, on Sunday evening 
of the great snow storm. The buggy 
was broken down in a snow drift, 
within a hundred yards of the doctor's 
son-in-law's house, in attempting to 
reach which he sank into the deej) snow, 
and was frozen to death. Mr. Taylor, 



who remained in the buggy, was found 
the next morning so badly frozen that 
there is no ho])e of his recovery. 

Cox, Mrs. Mary, Norfolk, Va., April 
4, x. 77, was the widow of ISIr. Abner 
Cox, a respectable citizen of the old 
borough, who deceased about fifty 
years ago. 

Cragg, Wm., Philadelphia, Pa., Mar. 
16, a?. 68. 

Craig, Elijah W., Lexington, Ky., 
July 5, ff. 77. "Mr. C. was born in 
Carohne Co., Va., Sept. 25, 1779. His 
father, Joseph Craig, the celebrated 
Baptist preacher, came to Kentucky in 
1781, and settled at Craig's Station, in 
what is noAV Garrard Co., and two years 
after removed to tliis, Fayette Co. ; and 
the subject of this notice has ever since 
been a resident of the county and city 
of Lexington. Mr. C. belonged to a 
family of great strength of mind and 
chara"cter, of courage and endurance, as 
is shown by their struggles with the 
native Indians for the goodly heritage 
which we now enjoy. They were among 
the earUest pioneers to this region of 
the state, and fully realized, in their 
contests with the red man, what it was 
to live upon a soil which we now talk 
of historically as ' the dark and bloody 
ground.' Our deceased neighbor and 
friend, to whose memory we indite these 
lines, being cradled and reared amid 
the storms of early warfare, — at a time 
when it was much more common to in- 
struct a boy m the use of the trigger 
than of boo"ks, — was deprived of that 
polish from education which he was so 
capable of receiving. His thirst for 
knowledge, however, was not restrained, 
for he read with avidity books that he 
could reach in all departments of kno^^•l- 
edge, so that, with a close observation 
of men, and various and extensive read- 
ing, he acquired an amount of informa- 
tion which few men possess." 

Craig, Jefferson T., Georgetown, Ky., 
Jan. 14, w. — . Mr. C. was a most es- 
timable citizen, and, at the time of his 
death, held the arduous and responsible 
offices of master commissioner of the 
Scott Circuit Court, and cashier of the 
bank at that ])lace. 

CuA^iKR, John, Sen., Hagerstown, 
Oct. 25, a^. over 84. Mr. C. was a well- 
known citizen, an honest man and a 
true patriot, having been a defender of 



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ways esteemed as a devoted friend of 
his country. 

Crandall, Capt. Daniel, East Ho- 
mer, N. Y., June 12, se. 79. Mr. C. was 
one of the early pioneers of the Tiough- 
nioga Valley, having located in the town 
of Homer previous to ISOO. He united 
•with the Baptist church at its original 
organization in 1801, and was, therefore, 
a member upwards of half a century. 
He was, emphatically, a good man ; just, 
honest and kind, sincere and generous, 
he was respected by society, and en- 
deared to those who were privileged 
with his acquaintance. These traits of 
character still bloom in his dust, afford- 
ing a grateful remembrance to all who 
knew him, and deeply cherished by that 
domestic circle which now mourns his 
loss. He lived the Christian's life, and 
expired with the Christian's hope. 

Crandall, Timothy, Cazenovia, N. Y., 
Feb. 20, ae. 61. As a man of public 
spirit, and possessed of more than ordi- 
nary intelligence, Mr. C. will be greatly 
missed, not only in " No. 9," — in the 
well-earned fame of which as a model 
school district he felt an honest pride, 
— but also in the church of which he 
has for 26 years been a member, and with 
which he identified himself when his in- 
fluence and aid were greatly needed. 
The very few, still living, who shared 
with Mr. C. in the responsibilities and 
serious pecuniary sacrifices which were 
cheerfully borne to jjrovide suitable ac- 
commodations for public worship, can 
appreciate his moral worth as others 
cannot. His religious character, how- 
ever, was never, perhaps, so strikingly 
exhibited as during his last sickness ; 
because never before was the love of 
God so wonderfully shed abroad in his 
heart. Indeed, the complete triumph 
of grace over nature — of the spiritual 
over the corporeal — manifested by him 
for several weeks preceding his depart- 
ure, furnished a remarkable, nay, sub- 
lime illustration of the divinity of the 
Christian religion. 

Crary, Gen. Leonard P., Menasha, 
Wis., Sept. 13, ae. 39. Gen. C. came to 
this state about 20 years ago, and first 
settled in Milwaukie, where he soon af- 
ter commenced the practice of the law. 
His fine talents and legal ability soon 
acquired for him an extensive and lucra- 
tive practice, and placed liim among the 
first lawyers in the state. In 1848 he 



was chosen to represent the 4th Assem- 
bly District of Mihvaukie Co. in the 
first session of the state legislature. 
Although one of the youngest members 
of the House, he Avas appointed chaii*- 
man of the judiciary committee, which 
post he filled with marked ability. He 
took an active and conspicuous part in 
the business of the session, and was one 
of the most industrious and efiieient of 
its members. He moved to Oshkosh in 
1849, and the year following was elected 
to the assembly from Winnebago Co. 
During this session he was mainly in- 
j strumental in defeating the project to 
j loan the school fund of the state to the 
j Milwaukie and Mississippi Railroad 
I Company. His speech in opposition to 
the measure eff'ectually killed it. He 
did not again enter public life after the 
close of tliis session. As a lawyer. Gen. 
C. stood in the front rank of his profes- 
sion. He was respected for his talents, 
and esteemed by his friends for his 
many generous and manly qualities. As 
the head of a family, he was a devoted, 
affectionate husband, and a kind-hearted 
indulgent father. To his bereaved and 
sorrowing family his loss is irreparable. 
— Wis. Paper. 

Crawford, Samuel, Terre Haute, 

Ind., , iB. 54. Mr. C. came to 

Terre Haute in the year 1827, and since 
this period has won many and lasting 
friends. There is scarcely a man in 
Western Indiana or Eastern Illinois 
Avho has not had more or less business 
relations with Mr. C. These relations 
have now ceased. Death is victorious, 
and the grave has received another old 
and esteemed citizen of Terre Haute. 
Mr. C. was the active president of the 
Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad, 
which position he had held for several 
years, and was one of the most active 
business men we had in our city. The 
loss the railroad company — and also 
the city of Terre Haute — have thus 
sustained, will long be felt, and many 
years may pass over us before we shall 
see his place filled in the business circle. 
Crawford, WilKam, Alleghany City, 
Pa., Jan. 4, ge. 39. When Pennsylvania 
was called on for her quota of volun- 
teers at the commencement of the war 
with Mexico, Mr. C. was one of the 
first to enroll his name as a member of 
the Irish Greens. At the memorable 
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formed the duties of the soldier ; at 
the battle of Cerro Gordo, was distin- 
guished for his coolness and courage ; 
at the storming of Chepultepec, having 
volunteered for it, was chosen as one of 
the " forlorn hope," and was specially 
noticed for his bravery. He was kind 
and amiable in his manners, and much 
and deservedly esteemed by all his ac- 
quaintances, who, with a large con- 
course of his fellow-citizens, testified 
their respect by following his remains to 
their last resting place. The friends 
and companions of the deceased soldier 
are much indebted to the Jackson In- 
dependent Blues, Capt. Alexander Hay, 
and to the Scott Legion of volunteers, 
for their promptitude in turning out on 
a very inclement day to pay the last 
tribute of respect to a gallant brother. 

THOMAS CllAWFORD, 

London, Oct. 10, se. 44. It is now a 
little more than eighteen years since 
we first heard the name of Thomas 
Crawford. Mr. Sumner, in a letter 
dated from the neighborhood of Home, 
July 26, 1839, spoke of him in language 
wliich we venture to quote, and ^hich 
will now be read M'ith melancholy inter- 
est on account of its pro])hetic spirit. 
" In my last letter dated from Kome I 
mentioned that there -was an American 
sculptor there, who needed and deserved 
more patronage than he has. I wish 
now to call your particular attention to 
his case, and" through yoii to interest for 
him such of my friends as you may 
choose to mention it to. He is Mr. 
Thomas CraAvford, of New York; he 
commenced life humbly ; learned some- 
thing of sculpture in the study of Frazee, 
where, among other things, he worked 
upon the heads of Judge Prescott and 
Judge Story ; here he saved some little 
money and gained a love for his art ; 
and on this ca])ital (of which his devo- 
tion to his profession was the larger 
part) he came abroad to study here the 
gi'eat remains of ancient sculpture. 
Here he has studied diligently, and 
formed a pure, classical, and decided 
taste, loving and feeling the antique 
and Thorwaldsen. The latter, I have 
occasion to know, has shown him much 
kind consideration, which of itself is no 
mean praise among tlie thousand young 
artists of Home, and from the greatest 



sculptor of modern times. The three 
{jriucipal English nrculptors here, whose 
names are well known in their oMn 
country, though they may not have 
reached you, speak of CraAvford as a re- 
markable artist. And 1 will add, that 
I think he gives promise of doing more 
than they have done. I have seen liis 
bas-reliefs, the heads he has done, and 
some of liis most important studies. 
They all show the right direction : they 
are simple, chaste, firm, and expressive." 
Then folloAvs a description and high 
praise of the Orpheus which he was 
then engaged in modelling. 

Crawford, at the date of the letter 
from which the above extract is taken, 
was twenty-six years old, having been 
born in New York in 1S13, and he had 
been for four years a resident of Home. 
His life had been up to that time, and 
was indeed for some years afterAvards, 
one of uncomplaining privation, patient 
toil, and gallant endurance. He had 
but fcAV acquaintances beyond the circle 
of art : his manners Avere reserved and 
uncourtly : his commissions Avere fcAV 
and small, and there Avcre doubtless 
many moments A\'hen the burden of ex- 
pectation rested heavily upon him, and 
his ardent spirit, conscious of unoccu- 
pied poAver, chafed urider the discipline 
of inaction. But his Avas one of those 
vigorous natm'es that are never ])ara- 
lyzed or Aveakened by the Avant of pres- 
ent success or immediate recognition. 
Come Avhat might, he could not and 
Avould not be idle. His hands must 
find something to do ; and he Avould do 
it Avith all his might. IVlany years after- 
Avards, Avhen Ave Avere standing with him 
before the statue of Demosthenes in 
the Vatican, he remarked in a quiet 
Avay that he had once made a marble 
copy of this Avork, for the sum of four 
hundred dollars, if Ave remember right : 
at any rate, it Avas an incredibly small 
sum, such as could hardly have secured 
to him, during the prosecution of the 
work, the A^•ages of a day laborer, ^^'ith 
a man of such genius, and such resolu- 
tion, success was simply a question of 
time. 

WTien Mr. Sumner returned home, 
in 1840, he procured by subscription 
among his friends the means of sending 
to CraAvford an order for a marlile coj)y 
of the statue of ()r])heus for the Boston 
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course of the next year, and the admi- 
ration it awakened fully justified Mr. 
Sumner's report of its merits, and at 
once gave the sculptor a high and sure 
place in art. The reception of the statue 
in Boston was an era in his life, such as 
so frequently occurs in the career of the 
artist ; marking the moment in which 
the star of his genius begins to rise 
above the horizon, and to attract the 
general eye. Commissions now began 
to come to him in moderate measure. 
The Cupid, owned by Mr. Jonathan 
Phillips, tlio group of Mercury and Pan- 
dora, in the possession of Mr. Parker, 
and the head of ^Sledora, of which Mr. 
J. J. ])ixwell and Prof. Parsons have 
copies, l)elong to this period of his life. 

In 1<S44 he came to this country, and 
in the course of the same year was mar- 
ried to Miss Louisa Ward, second 
daughter of the late Samuel Ward, of 
New York — a union which secured to 
him the most entire and exquisite hap- 
piness, and acted in the most favorable 
manner alike upon the development of 
his genius and the ripening of his char- 
acter. To a reserved and concentrated 
nature like his, which found Httle satis- 
faction in the light pleasures of society, 
and still less in the riot and excess of 
that ^^•ild life in which so many artists 
waste their time and impair their ])ow- 
ers, the soothing and tranquillizing in- 
fluences of domestic life were of great 
importance ; and they were given to 
him in as large measure as the lot of 
humanity will permit. From this time 
forward his whole being turned upon 
two poles — his art and his home. He 
worked with impassioned diligence in 
his studio, and the refreshment which 
exhausted nature demanded was drawn 
from the purest and sweetest sources 
that earth can furnish. 

From the date of his marriage his 
life flowed on in an unbroken current 
of occupation and peace ; his genius 
every day drawing the materials of 
gi-owth from the calm air of happiness. 
His devotion to his art, which had car- 
ried him so heroically through his long 
years of waiting and struggle, kept the 
fii'm temper of his spirit from yielding, 
in the least degree, to the blandishments 
of comparative ease. Success, recog- 
nition, the assurance of work, acted 
upon Crawford's nature like dew and 
sunsliine upon the tlower. With him, 



to be occupied was happiness ; to be 
idle was torture. We never knew a 
man to whom might be more truly ap- 
])lied that fine illustration of Ijuther's, 
M'hich compares the human heart to a 
millstone, which, when wheat is put un- 
der it, grinds the wheat, but when there 
is no wheat there, grinds and tears it- 
self He was never happier, never in 
higher spirits, than Avhen he had as 
much to do as could be accomplished 
only by the most resolute and uninter- 
rupted industry. What to most men 
would have been a burden was to him 
only a spur. 

The writer of this notice spent the 
greater part of the winter of 1847-48, 
and a portion of the spring of 1848, in 
Pome ; and not a day passed without 
seeing more or less of Crawford. He 
was then living in the Corso, in a suit 
of rooms not long afterwards exchanged 
for the second floor of the Villa Negroni. 
His studio was in the Piazza Barberini. 
Two young children were already bloom- 
ing around his hearth. How busily, 
how happily, his days Avent by ! In the 
winter season there are always many 
Americans resident in Rome ; and all 
who had any claims were received at 
liis house with that cordial and sincere 
hosjntality which brought back to the 
wanderer's heart the sweet sensations 
of home. How distinctly do these pic- 
tures of the past rise up before the 
mind's eye ! the pleasant room, lighted 
up with the genial wood fire ; the warm 
grasp of the outstretched hand ; the 
beaming smile, that was a heart-smile 
as well as a lip-smile ; the sweet, stam- 
mering Italian of the little girl, not for- 
getting the friendly wag of Carlo's tail, 
— a good dog, — but who would hunt 
the sheep on the Campagna, and always 
came back from our walks with one end 
of his master's handkerchief tied to his 
collar, and a very penitent exjn-ession 
in his pendulous ears. 

Crawford was at that period busily 
engaged in his profession, but not so 
absorbed by it that he could not give to 
us many precious and profitable hours 
of companionship. With him we ram- 
bled in long walks over the Campagna, 
visited the galleries of the Vatican and 
the Capitol, and explored all the high- 
ways and by-ways of Rome ; listening 
to his instructive conversation on art, 
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elations of Italian life and manners ] 
which his long- residence in the land ] 
and liis familiar acquaintance with its \ 
people so Avell qualitied him to make, j 
Occasionally, too, though rarely, he 
would let chop an incidental reminis- 
cence or two of his own early strug- 
gles and privations, but in the most 
simple and natural way, as one not dis- 
posed to magnify -or parade his claims 
to sympathy on that behalf. Should \ 
we ever visit Kome again, there Avould 
hang over its tem])les and fragments a 
more pensive shade than that cast by 
those solemn teachings of Time which 
addi-ess all experience ahke : — 

•'But. O. for the tiiiu-h nt'ii vanir^hed hand 
Anil the s^nund of a voice tluit is still 1 " 

We live by memory and hope : in the 
sharp sense of present bereaAcment, in 
the consciousness that a light has been 
taken away from the path of life, let us 
not forget what we have had. Those 
vanished hours are forever locked in 
the heart, and cannot be taken from it 
till it has ceased to beat. If " a thing 
of beauty be a joy forever," still more 
so is the memory of the precious mo- 
ments passed in full communion and 
deep sympathy with a noljle and afll'ec- 
tionate nature, by whose influence our 
own was quickened, elevated, and in- 
spired. 

In 1849 Crawford visited America 
with his family, and remained here 
some months. While he was here, the 
State of Virginia invited competition 
from artists for a monument in honor of 
AVashington, and he was induced to enter 
the lists. The design which he presented 
was at once preferred to all others, and 
we believe M'ithout a dissenting voice 
among those upon whom the duty of 
selection Avas devolved. He felt, and, 
with the frank sim])licity of his nature, 
expressed, great pleasure in this suc- 
cess. It was, indeed, the croMning tri- 
umph of his life, and gave liim entire 
assurance that all his future was sure, 
both in com])rehc'nsion and occupation. 
His genius had hitherto moved exclu- 
sively in the region of the beautiful : 
there, indeed, it was at home, and no 
artist's imagination was ever more fruit- 
ful than his in shapes of loveliness and 
grace ; l)ut in the core of his heart tlicre 
was a deep longing for the opportunity 
of soaring into the higher s])here of the 
grand, the heroic, the sublime. He had 



an instinctive conviction — and it was a 
true one — that his best strength lay 
here. The execution of the monument 
to Washington called forth and tasked 
all his faculties ; and he addressed him- 
self to liis work Avith no misgiving or 
self-distinist, but with the serene com- 
posure of a mature and disciplined 
mind, perfectly conscious of its powers, 
and calmly Avelcoming the occasion that 
taxed them to the utmost. Several 
private commissions, of a most gratifj-- 
ing kind, Avere given to him ; the statue 
of James Otis, for the Mount Auburn 
Chapel, was intrusted to him ; and, at 
a later period, a new and proud profes- 
sional triumph Avas won by him Avhen 
he Avas selected to execute so many of 
the Avorks in sculpture designed for the 
embellishment of the Capitol. 

From his return to Kome, in 1849, 
till his last fatal illness, his life Avas one 
of intense and incredible labor ; and the 
amount of Avork he accomplished Avas 
proportionably great. His toil Avas com- 
monly protracted for into the night, and 
sometimes extended into the morning 
hours. In the space of eighteen months, 
if Ave remember rightly, he designed 
and modelled upAvards of tAventy statues, 
— some of them of heroic size, — an 
achievement to Avhich the annals of art 
hardh" afford a parallel. Without doubt, 
he Avorked too hard, and overtasked liis 
powers, though Ave believe the disease 
of Avhich he died had no connection Avith 
this fact. The Washington ]Monument, 
his labors for the Capitol, the noble statue 
of Beethoven, the group of the Children 
in the Wood, the Hebe and Ganjmede, 
were executed during this period. A 
long life of the highest achievement, 
croAvned Avith the most enduring tri- 
umphs, seemed to be before him ; for 
he Avas of a vigorous frame, and, Avith 
the exception of one of those fevers in- 
cident to Home, his residence in that 
city had been marked by uninterrupted 
health. But it was not so ordained ; 
and the summons Avent forth to Avith- 
draAV from earth the light of his genius 
just as it had reached its fuU meridian 
height. 

He came to America in 1856, and re- 
turned to Italy in the autumn of the 
same year, leaving his family behind 
him. KnoAving hoAv severe and pro- 
tracted his toils had been, Ave Avere 
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ergy which animated his countenance 
and beamed from his movements. 
There had always been the stamp of 
poAver upon his presence, but it had 
never seemed so marked as now. There 
Avas no touch of languor or weariness in 
him : thsre was not a fibre in all his 
frame which did not seem informed with 
vital force. His spirits, too, were high 
and radiant ; hope and joy were spar- 
kling upon his crest ; and there was in 
him a delightful mixture of grand manly 
power and boj-ish lightheartedness. He 
had grown in all things since we last 
saw him. With what delight, admira- 
tion, and pride we looked upon him ! 
What a glorious future we saw before 
him ! But even then the shaft of death 
had been sped to its mark. 

During the latter Aveeks of his resi- 
dence here his friends had observed a 
slight protrusion of the left eye. Tliis 
proved to be the first indication of a 
cancerous tumor upon the brain. The 
evil kept slowly but steadily increasing 
after his return to Rome in the autumn. 
He made light of it, at first, in his let- 
ters to his wife ; and probably he wrote 
as he felt; for he had a brave spirit, 
and never anticipated or magnified 
trouble. But he Avas soon obliged to 
bow his head under the weight of the 
burden that was imposed upon him. 
Sadly and reluctantly he laid aside his 
chisel, and turned away from his unfin- 
ished plans, but could not yield to the 
conviction that his ear'thly work was 
done. He Avas tenderly and carefully 
nursed by a beloved sister, with Avhom 
his relations had ahvays been of the 
most intimate and aff'ectionate charac- 
ter. But Ave need not recount in detail 
the successive steps of a long path of 
sorrow, groAving darker at every mo- 
ment. The seat of his disease was ex- 
amined by an operation in Rome, but 
with no very hopeful result. In com- 
pliance Avith the advice of his physician, 
he was removed to Paris, where he Avas 
joined by his Avife. But there, after 
due examination, his case was pro- 
nounced beyond the resomxes of surgi- 
cal skill. From Paris he Avas taken to 
London, in the hope that something 
might be done for him by a distin- 
guished medical gentleman, a country- 
man also, Avho had long given particu- 
lar attention to the disease under 

The fii-st 
10 



which he was languisliing. 



results of the neAV treatment gave birth 
to a fcAv faint gleams of hope, but the 
dark cloud soon settled over him 
again. His decline Avas gradual; for 
his poAvevful constitution and strong Avill 
finight inch by inch against the foe of 
life. His sufterings Avere most severe 
and protracted ; but they were most 
patiently and heroically borne. His 
sickness, indeed, brought out traits of 
character not suspected by those Avho 
kncAV him but superficially. He was of 
a naturally impatient spirit, and some- 
times chafed at trifies ; but imderneath 
this external impressibility there lay a 
deep heart of reserved endurance and 
fortitude ; and noAv, when the trial had 
gone so far beyond the temperament, 
and the great burden Avas laid u])on the 
inner soul, it was serenely and calmly 
borne, as God's appointment, at Avhich 
no child of his should mvu'mur. The 
noblest Avork of his hands — his Wash- 
ington or Beethoven — was not nobler 
than the grandeur of his death. On 
the 10th of October, after nearly a year 
of suffering, the merciful summons of 
relief came. 

CraAvford's Avhole life and entire poAV- 
ers Avere given to his art. From his very 
boyhood he had no other hope, purpose, 
or aspiration than to be a sculptor. No 
stone-cutter ever labored in his trade, 
more assiduously and steadily than 
he did in liis studio ; and thus, in 
considering Iris claims to be remem- 
bered and honored, Ave are, first of all, 
to ask, Avhat is his rank in his art ? To 
this question there can be but one an- 
swer : that it is very liigh. About his 
exact comparative place there may be 
a diff'erence of opinion ; but there can 
be no difference among candid minds as 
to his positive rank. In our judgment 
there is no sculptor in modern times 
who can be pronounced his superior, 
imless, perhaps, ThorAvaldsen may be 
excepted : Ave do not speak of Ranch, 
as we have not had the opportunity of 
seeing his Avorks ; and had CraAvford 

! lived to the age of the great Scandina- 
vian, posterity would have given him, 
at least, as high a place upon the roll 
of fame. But this is vague commen- 
dation, though strong — he deserves a 

; more discriminating praise. 

The range of sculpture is limited, 

' compared Avith that of painting. It 
can only reproduce the forms of men 



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and of animals, the former draped or 
undra])ed, singly or in groups. Two 
sculjitors cannot differ from each other 
as -widely as two ])ainters may. In 
judging of the merits of a work in 
marble or bronze, Me have to consider, 
first, whether it is a faitliful representa- 
tion of external forms; and second, 
•whether it truly and vividly expresses 
the passions, emotions, and sentiments 
of humanity. The latter includes the 
former. A figure which had character 
and expression, but was defective in 
anatomy and proportion, could only 
please in a very imperfect degree ; like 
poetry which was original in conception, 
but marred by bad grammar. Thus 
there is an obvious division of sculptors 
into those who are only imitative, and 
those who are also imaginative and in- 
ventive. Crawford, without question 
or dispute, was of the latter class. He 
was an original thinker in his art ; and 
his works are not merely reproductions 
of forms, but speak a language which 
addresses itself to the mind of the 
spectator, as well as his eye. Take, for 
instance, the Beethoven in the Music 
Hall, in Boston. We have here, not 
merely the stature, the features, the 
limbs, the garb of the illustrious com- 
poser, but his inward and intellectual 
character is stamped upon the bronze. 
His great genius is here visible, and 
his sorrows, not less great ; his ideal 
splendors, and his real distresses ; the 
glorious music that rang and streamed 
through his soul, and the deep frost of 
silence that sealed the external sense ; 
the vehement temperament ; the pas- 
sionate sensibilities, — the roughness, 
the sternness, the tenderness, — all are 
here. We do not think of saying of 
this statue that it is a correct Ukeness, 
that the costume is well managed, that 
it is admiralily cast, — though all these 
are true, — liut we ])ronounce it nol)le, 
pathetic, heroic. Our most obvious 
epithets are those which express intel- 
lectual, and not physical perce])tions. 
And tills was more or less characteristic 
of all his works, especially of those exe- 
cuted in the latter part of his life. They 
are not merely forms, but symbols. 

lie was also remarkable for the range 
and variety of this creative power. He 
was equally at home in the regions of 
the sublime and of the beautiful. At his 
touch, the ideal forms of Grecian my- 



thology started into lovely life ; and the 
same hand reproduced, M'ith the same 
skill, the character, the expression, the 
costume of to-day. The whole range 
of humanity, from the heroic grandeur 
of his Washington and Jeti'erson, to the 
pathetic tenderness of his Children in 
the Wood, was open to him. Were 
all the productions of his life brought 
together, the observer could not help 
being impressed with the rich creative- 
ness of his inventive power. JSorae 
sculptors would suffer by such a test ; 
because it would be seen that their 
works, however beautiful separately, 
were mainly variations of the same es- 
sential type ; but Crawford -would gain 
by it. It would then be seen that he 
was no mannerist ; that he did not copy 
himself ; that Ins fancy was not haunt- 
ed and tyrannized over by any one set 
of ideas, which Avere always breaking 
out into substantially the same shape ; 
but that he drew from the ever-living 
fountains of imagination and invention 
fresh conceptions and new forms. 

From the vigor of the inventive fac- 
ulty that was in him, it happened that 
the patient finish of his Morks Mas not 
always equal to the beauty and poMcr 
of the original conception. Laborious 
as he Mas, the toil of his hands could 
not keep pace M'ith the fervid move- 
ments of his spirit. A new idea Avould 
start to life Mithin him, and demand 
embodiment in marble. And so, Avhen 
the work in hand had so far made prog- 
ress as to ex])ress and reproduce the 
ideal image Mhich stood before the eye 
of the mind, he turned from him to 
MTlcome the coming shape around 
M'hich the morning purple of ]iroraise 
played. And as he Mas an artist, and 
not a mechanic ; an inventor, and not 
an imitator ; as he moved Mhere the 
spirit of his inspiration moved, — it fol- 
loMcd that there M'as in his m orks that 
inequality M'hich is one of the signs 
which distinguish genius from mere 
cleverness and manual skill. 

CraM'ford made no ])retensions to any 
Avide range of general cultivation. His 
eminence in sculjiture M'as attained by 
a devotion so exclusive as to leave no 
time for any thing else. He did not 
claim to be a scholar, or even to be 
learned in the literature of art. He 
M'as very averse to any thing like dis- 
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never 
drawing 



or declamatory harangues ; 
brought theories into the 
room, or gave lectures from the 
sofa. But he had read much and 
thought more upon subjects connected 
with art ; and his vigorous understand- 
ing turned every thing to use that it 
grasped. His conversation was always 
interesting, from its freshness, energy, 
and sincerity ; his criticisms were in- 
structive, from' their independence and 
originality. He had lived so long in 
Italy, and for many years so much 
among its people, that he had acquired 
a very accurate knowledge of the na- 
tional life and character ; and his own 
observation had furnished him with 
many interesting traits and anecdotes. 
He had lived in Rome through the hor- 
rors of the cholera, and a competent 
literarv fiiculty might have found the 
materials for most moving narrative in 
the fearful pictures which that terrible 
experience left upon his memory. 

Crawford's character was strong and 
peculiar. He was always manly, truth- 
ful, sincere, and brave ; and there never 
was a trait of meanness, jealousy, or 
treachery in his soul. Time, which de- 
veloped his genius, also improved him 
in other respects. It softened and mel- 
lowed him, and made him more genial, 
engaging, and attractive. In youth 
and early manhood, there was a certain 
roughness and bluntness about him 
which repelled casual approach. Up to 
the age of thirty, his life had been one 
of struggle, solitude, and privation ; 
and eight years of it had been passed 
among strangers in a foreign land. 
These influences, acting upon a peculiar 
temperament, had affected his manners, 
and even, to some extent, his char- 
acter. In society he was apt to be re- 
served and abstracted, and he would 
sometimes break his silence by a vehe- 
mence of expression a little startling to 
the smooth surface of polished Ufe. He 
had very warm friends ; but apart from 
the admiration awakened by his genius, 
and the respect inspired by his charac- 
ter, he neither sought nor gained gen- 
eral popularity. But his marriage and 
the brilliant professional success which 
came after it — the former more than 
the latter — brought a benediction with 
them. The tenderness which had 
always lain hidden in the depth of his 
nature now came nearer to the surface. 



The peace which brooded over his 
soul extended itself to his manner. As 
his affections deepened, his sympathies, 
too, were expanded, and more readily 
moved. His character lost nothing of 
its manliness and its sincerity ; but exter- 
nally, he had no longer any thing to 
suppress, and the air of happiness dif- 
fused a graciousness and gentleness 
over his bearing in general society, which 
had not been observed in former years. 

A remarkable peculiarity about Craw- 
ford was his freedom from those weak- 
nesses of character and infirmities of 
temperament to which artists are most 
exposed. He never envied another 
man's success, nor was jealous of anoth- 
er man's reputation ; he was not given 
to evil speaking or disparaging criti- 
cisms ; he was indeed not in the habit 
of comparing himself with others, and 
his ruling motive was the love of ex- 
cellence, and not the love of excelling. 
He was not gteedy of praise, or desi- 
rous of attracting attention to himself 
by any peculiarities of speech, manner, 
or costume. He rarely spoke about 
himself, or his art, at all, and never, ex- 
cept in the freedom of the most unre- 
served intercourse with his friends. 
He was, of course, not insensible to 
the love of fame ; but he had not that 
love of praise which craves daily food, 
and languishes if it be withdrawn. His 
character was marked by transparent 
simplicity ; he neither concealed what he 
was, nor aff"ected to be what he Mas not. 

Nor was Crawford's vigorous nature 
assailable by those temptations which 
proceed from the temperament and the 
blood. Artists are apt to have clamor- 
ous and exacting senses, and the natvu'e 
of their pursuits is not generally such 
as to lay a curb upon th^m. In the 
chase after beauty, the soul is in danger 
of being led into slippery paths. Many 
artists, too, so far from putting a moral 
law upon themselves, and living in the 
bracing air of self-denial, rather en- 
courage these Avild movements of the 
senses, or, at least, permit themselves 
to seek relaxation, after toil, in indul- 
gences which spot the life and impair 
the powers. But Crawford's "genius 
had angelic wings" that were never 
clogged with the weight of the senses, 
or soiled by their stains. To tempta^ 
tions of this class he was as insensible 
as one of his own marble statues. 



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CRESPO 



There was in him that same combina- 
tion of weahh of imagination and sim- 
plicity of hfe wliich so exalts the name 
of jSIilton. With -work, opportunit)', 
the sense of progress, he could have 
lived on bread and water without a 
murmur. In all his domestic relations, 
he was the manliest, the truest, the 
tenderest, the most unselfish man that 
ever held up the fabric of a home. 
Beyond that charmed circle, his 
thoughts, liis wishes, liis hopes never 
strayed. He had no need of the ex- 
citements and exhilarations of society, 
and A^ould not have given a handful of 
marble chips for any amount of those 
social triumphs which are as fleeting as 
the cut flowers of a ball room. 

If tliis life were all ; if, through the 
gate of death, the mind did not pass 
into a new sphere of gi'owth and de- 
velopment ; if the beauty of earth did 
not bloom anew, and put on splendors 
before unknoAvn in the air and light of 
heaven, — the thought would be hard to 
bear that all these powers were taken 
away at the age of forty-four. We can 
measure what wc have, but who can tell 
what we have lost in the future of so 
great an artist! And yet, looking at 
such dispensations from this " our bank 
and shoal of time," Ave can find in them 
some soothing and consoling elements. 
The image of a man which is transmit- 
ted to posterity is generally of the age 
at which he died. Thus we always 
think of Titian, of Michael Angelo, of 
Goethe, as old men. But if age be 
venerable, youth is lovely. The world 
cherishes Avith peculiar fondness and 
tenderness the memory of men, who, 
like Kaphael and Mozart, have accom- 
plished much, and yet died young. 
The blossom of jjromise hangs on the 
bough beside the matured fruit. Into 
that choice company Crawford has 
passed. He has not died prematurely, for 
he had put the work of a long Hfe into 
his 44 years. And yet, he has died in 
his prime. What Goethe said of Schil- 
ler, whose earthly career Avas closed 
when only tAvo years older, is ap])lica- 
ble to him — " We may Avell hold him 
fortunate that he rose to the Avorld of 
spirits from the summit of human ex- 
istence — that he Avas taken by a short 
agony from among the living. The 
Aveaknesses of old age, the decline of 
intellectual poAver, he never felt. He 



lived a man, and Avent from hence a 
man complete. Noav he enjoys, in the 
eyes of posterity, the advantage of ap- 
pearing as one eternally vigorous and 
young. For in that form in Avhich a 
man leaves the earth, he moves among 
the shades ; and thus Achilles remains 
present Avith us a youth, eternally striv- 
ing. It is Avell for us, also, that he died 
early. From his grave comes forth the 
breath of his poAver, and strengthens 
us, aAvakening in us the most ardent 
impulse to continue lovingly, forever 
and ever, the Avork which he began. 
Thus he will ever Hve for his nation 
and the human race in that Avhich he 
accomplished and planned." 

In Delaroche's fine Avork, the "Hemi- 
cycle of the Arts," Ave see the great ar- 
tists of modern times — painters, sculp- 
tors, and architects — brought together, 
and disposed in natural groups, stand- 
ing or seated. Some, Uke Titian, Pal- 
ladio, Michael Angelo, Leonardo da 
Vinci, are represented as old men ; 
some, like Paibens and Rembrandt, 
are in the fulness of ripened prime ; 
and some, like Raphael and Massacio, 
are in the bloom of youth. Into that 
great assemblage CraAvford has been 
received — a Atorthy compeer of the 
Avorthiest. There his image stands for- 
ever, in the gloAV of early manhood — 
the morning light not yet vanished, 
and the evening shadoAvs afar off. 
Hope yet elevates the broAv, and parts 
the lips. There is no retrospect in the 
ardent glance ; the future yet smiles 
and beckons. The thick locks, the vig- 
orous frame, the firm tread, speak of 
uuAvorn energies ; of the elastic heart 
of youth ; of that fervid sense of 
power that eagerly seizes o])portunity, 
and grajjples fearlessly Avith toil. 
Weakness is not there, nor decay, nor 
disappointment. The spirit yet says. 
Come ; and fame, the newly-won bride, 
is still Avooed as a lover Avooes. G. s. H. 

Cre\siiaaa% Mrs. Elizabeth TirreU, 
LimestOAvn, Tenn., , iv. 80. 

Crenshaav, Chief Justice B. M., 
Glasgow, Ky., May 5, a-. — . 

CuEsro, Czarinca, NeAv York city, 
June 20, a;. 60, Avorth $2,000,000, on a 
visit to XcAV York Avith liis family, died 
suddenly of congestion of the brain. 
He Avas the owner of extensive sugar 
plantations in Cuba. 



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Cretin, Rt. Rev. Dr., St. Paul, 
Mill., Feb. 23, x. — . 

Ckiddle, Mrs. Sallie Burton, Jack- 
son, Mo., March 8, a>. 68, was born 
March 10, 1789, in Powhattan Co., Va., 
and at an early age removed to Cum- 
berland Co. In her sixteenth year, she 
embraced the princi2)les of religion, 
and became a member of the Baptist 
church. At the age of twenty she 
was united in marriage to Jesse Crid- 
dle, of Cumberland. In 1840 they 
emigrated to Cape Girardeau Co., Mo., 
and purchased the present family resi- 
dence. 

Crispel, Catharine E., Hurley, N. Y., 
March 9, x. 62, wife of Dr. Peter Cris- 
pel. 

Crittendox, Mrs. Mary, Lauderdale 
Co., Ala., Oct. 3, sc. — , wife of Dr. 
Crittendon. She was a woman of much 
personal beauty, excellent and well- 
cultivated mind, pleasant and refined 
manners, amial)le disposition, and a no- 
ble, generous heart. At her home, the 
minister of God ever found a hearty 
welcome. 

Crittendon, Robert, Dover, Morris 
Co., N. J., March 22, se. 37. Seldom 
has a single death produced such deep 
sorrow throughout the entire commu- 
nity. The deceased was a young man 
of uncommon amiability. Upright, 
generous, affable, foremost in every 
good and honorable enterprise, he was 
universally respected, and most ardent- 
ly loved by those who best knew him. 

Crocker, Mrs. Elizabeth, Taunton, 
Mass., June 7, se. 84, widow of the late 
Hon. Samuel Crocker, and sister of 
the Hon. Wm. Baylies, and the late 
Hon. Francis Baylies for several years 
a member of Congress who died at 
Taunton, Oct. 28, 1852, se. 68. 

Crocket, Esther, Danville, Me., 
March 27, te. 67. 

Crockett, Hon. Knott, Rockland, 
Me., Sept. 7, a?, about 65, was one of 
the most enterprising men of Rockland, 
and was universally esteemed. 

Cro.mbie, Mrs. Susan A., Nashua, 
N. H., March 19, a3. 37, wife of Samuel 
C, Crombic, Esq. 

Cromwell, Oliver, St. Louis, Mo., 
March 17, a?. 82. 

pROOKiiAM, George L., Lich town- 
ship, , fe. — . He came to Jack- 
son Co. in 1799, from CarKsle, Pa. 
He was a volunteer in the war of 1812. 
10* 



He was the father of 16 children, 14 of 
whom are now living. 

Crooks, Capt. Stephen A., Howard, 

Wis., , a?. — . " Boy and man, 

he was a thorough sailor. He served his 
time in the American na\y — we be- 
lieve on the frigate Congress. While 
yet young, he found his way to the 
western lakes, and we became famihar 
with his face from seeing him on board 
the schooners Congress, Charley Hib- 
bard. Palmetto, and other vessels in the 
Green Bay trade. In July of last year he 
took command of the Wliite Cloud, since 
which time we have had constant proofs 
of his sailor-like qualities, and his up- 
rightness and integrity as a man. A 
fine personal appearance, an open, 
manly manner, and a good and generous 
heart, Avon for him warm friends among 
all with whom he came in contact. He 
died with "the ruling passion strong in 
death," giving orders as though he was 
on the deck of his vessel. As if com- 
ing to the funeral, the Cloud came into 
port Sunday morning, with her colors 
flying at half mast for the loss of her 
commander. He was followed to the 
grave by a wife and three cliildren, by a 
large concourse of friends, and by the 
Odd Fellows of Green Bay, of whose 
lodge he was a favorite member. 

Crosby, Dea. Nathaniel, Janesville, 
Wis., Sept. 11, se. 74. He had been a 
resident of this town for the past six 
years. During half a century he had 
been a member of the Baptist church, 
and had lived so as to adorn his Chris- 
tian i^rofession. His history is identi- 
fied with many of the rehgious move- 
ments of his own denomination. In 
him was found an enterprising man, and 
a consistent and faithful Christian. 

Crosby, Mrs. Freelove, CentreviUe, 
Mass., July 15, a?. 54. 

Cross, Mrs. Catharine L., Milwau- 

kie, Wis., , se. 35, a native of 

Edgartown, and wife of his honor, the 
mayor, James B. Cross. 

Crowell, Edward Ogden, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., Dec. 5, a?. 42. He was former- 
ly editor of the Long Islander ; com- 
menced its publication in July, 1839, and 
was editor and proprietor about ten 
years. After leaving the Long Islander, 
he returned to Newark, N. J., and for 
several years published the Newark 
Daily Eagle. 

Croavninshield, Mary M., Schuy- 



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CURTIS 



ler, Seneca Falls, N. Y., July 7, a?. 54, 
wife of Jacob Crowuinshield. Esq., for- 
merly of Salem, Mass. Mrs. C. was 
descended from one of the oldest and 
most eminent families of New York, of 
whom Gen. Piiilip Schuyler, of revolu- 
tionary fame, was a distinguished mem- 
ber. In her death the family and rela- 
tives of the deceased mourn not alone ; 
a whole community has been bereaved, 
and a large circle of friends will deeply 
feel the loss. She possessed a fine intel- 
lect, which had been enriched and 
adorned by a good education and ex- 
tensive reading, and her social qualities 
■were of the most rare and charming 
description. Those who were members 
of the " Literary Conversational " Avill 
recall how admirably she used to speak 
on every subject that came before it. 
She was enthusiastic, Ijrilliant, and 
witty, and her conversational powers 
were of a very high order. To this 
was added a kind and loving heart. 
She was charitable and benevolent, and 
always remembered the poor and the 
afflicted. All her impulses were no- 
ble *and generous, and her friendships 
ardent and enduring. She possessed a 
deeply religious nature, and though 
Unitarian in her faith, Avas much 
attached to the service and ritual of the 
Episcopal church, to which in early life 
she belonged. Time, alone, can fill the 
void made in our hearts by this sad 
bereavement. 

Crutciifield, Dr. Wm. S., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Feb. 11, a>. 22, a medical 
student at Jeff'erson College. 

CuLBRETll, Dr., of Smyrna, , 

Dec. — , ce. — . He was in the oflRcc 
of Esquire Ferris, when feeling unwell, 
the latter started to assist him home ; 
but in going along the street, he was 
attacked so as to become helpless, and 
had to be carried the balance of the 
way. He died in about an hour after- 
wards. He was an eminent physician, 
and was highly respected. 

CuLBERTSON, Mrs. Rebecca, Wa-STie, 

Co., Ind., July 18, ae."64. 

Mrs. C. was born in I^oudon Co., Va., 
in the year 1793. She was G4 years 
old last Februarj'. In 1795, her par- 
ents, Jesse and Cinthia King, and their 
family, emigrated to Clark Co., Ky., 
and then to l{our])on Co., in the same 
state. In 1 809 Miss Rebecca King was 
married to Robert Culbertson, who now 



Aug. 



feels greatly bereaved by the loss of 
that companion with Avhom he had 
lived for more than 48 years. In Jan- 
uary, 1815, they, with their tMO little 
children, moved to this county, in its 
wild, wilderness state, and settled upon 
a tract of land on wluch they cleared 
and improved a large farm, and on 
which they have continued to live ever 
since they moved to it, which is now 
more than 42 years. Mrs. C. toiled 
much, and went through a great many 
hardships, to which the early settlers 
were subjected. 

Culbertson, Wm., M. D., Peoria, 
ni., June 23, a^. 43. 

CULLIMON, John, Baltimore, Md., 
a". — , an old and much 
respected citizen. 

CrxxiNGiiAM, Rev. James, Martins- 
burg, O., ■ , se. 86, one of the I 

pioneer clergymen of Ohio. He was! 
engaged in ministerial labors, preach- 
ing the gospel, &c., for about 40 years, I 
and only ceaged preaching when the 
infirmities of age compelled him to it. 
His mind to the last was strong and] 
unclouded, and he departed in the full] 
faith of that gospel he had so long pro- 
claimed to his fellow-men. 

CUNNIXGIIAM, Wm., Jr., Berkley Co.,' 
Va., fp. 59, an honest man and a valu- 
able citizen. 

Cunningham, David C, Venango 
township. Pa., Aug. 23, cc. 82, Avas 
one of the pioneers of the county, and 
was a brother to John and Samuel 



Cunningham, who were 



agents 



of 



Robert Morris, and who owned in part 
the ground upon which the borough of 
Butler now stands, and who gave and 
laid out the same for borough pur- 
poses. 

CuNYNGHAM, Joseph Mather, Balti- 
more, Md., March 31, «>. 63. 

Currier, Capt. Asa, Methuen, Mass., 
June 28, sc. 72. 

Curtis, Dr. A. P., of ]Milwaukie, 
Wis., Jan. 13, vc. 54, formerly of SjTa- 
cuse, N. Y. 

Curtis, INIrs. Elizabeth Ann, Fair- 
field, Huron Co., O., Dec. 12, ;r. 2G. 

Curtis, Rev. Joseph W., Hadley, 
Mass., March 16, a\ 67. He was son 
of the late Gen. Curtis, of Windsor, 
Vt., where he was born in vVpril, 1790, i| 
and was brother of Edward Curtis, 
latelv deceased, the endeared and faith- i 
ful friend of Daniel Webster. The 



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numerous early acquaintances of the 
Kev. Mr. Curtis Anil not be surprised to 
learn that his character lost none of its 
lustre as he drew near the grave, and 
that he died as he had Hved — a 
lovely and consistent Christian, His at- 
tention was early devoted to the pursuits 
of learning, lie entered Dartmouth 
College in 1807, and was graduated 
with credit in that institution in 1811. 
He had a correct taste, and a well in- 
formed and disciplined mind. It was 
during his collegiate course that he \ 
dated the commencement of the divine 
life in his soul ; and from that time he 
seems to have devoted himself with great 
strength of purpose, and with humble re- 
Hauce on the grace of Gud, to the service 
of his Lord and Redeemer. After leav- 
ing college he studied theology for a 
number of months wth the patriarchal 
Rev. Asa Burton, D.D., of Thetford, Vt., 
a profound thinker, and much distin- 
guished in his day, not only as a meta- 
physician, but as a very pious minister 
of the gospel, whose influence was 
widely felt for good, and whose endur- 
ing memorials are in the hearts of not 
a few, enlightened and redeemed by 
grace. Subsequently, Mr. Curtis went 
through the regular course of study at 
the seminary in Andover, where he was 
much esteemed by his fellow-students 
and by the professors. He was account- j 
ed a youthful preacher of uncommon 
promise, and was employed as a candi- 
date in some of the most respectable par- 
ishes in the land. His health, however, 
had been previously much impaired, 
rendering it unsafe for him to assume the 
responsibilities of a large and labori- 
ous pastorate. He was, notwithstand- 
ing, called in his youth to a position at 
once highly respectable, and demand- 
ing the utmost exertion of his intellect- 
ual and moral energy. He succeeded 
the popular President Brown as pastor 
of the church in North Yarmouth, Me., 
and the efforts which he deemed neces- 
sary in that situation were too great for 
his slender frame. After a brief trial, 
being almost crushed under the weight 
of his conscious responsibilities, he asked 
and obtained a dismission. He was 
loved by the people, who, it is believed, 
still cherish his memory with grateful 
affection, and some of the more aged 
of whom may perhaps drop a tear over 
this brief record of a departed friend. 



He afterwards spent about a year sup- 
plying destitute places in the vicin- 
ity of his residence ; and then, in 
or near 1819, he went to Ohio, and 
was settled in Warren, Trumbull Co., 
where he labored for several years with 
indefatigable industry and fidelity. 
There he was much beloved ; but his 
labors were too severe for his enfeebled 
constitution, and he felt himself obliged, 
against the ardent wishes of liis friends, 
to rethe from that field also. After 
leaving Ohio he was engaged for a 
time in home missions ; and, not con- 
fining his services to his own country, 
he travelled, under commission, into 
several parts of Canada, where he 
faitlrfully labored in his divine Master's 
cause. It became at length evident to 
all his familiar acquaintance that he 
needed comparative repose. His con- 
stitution was like that of a tender plant, 
susceptible of influence from all the 
changes of the weather; he was dys- 
peptic ; was followed by an incurable, 
racking cough ; and was, moreover, 
subject to various other maladies, wliich 
were frequently very distressing, and 
seemed even to threaten the speedy 
termination of his Ufe. He returned to 
Vermont, where he remained for a time, 
and buried, while there, the wife of his 
youth, and one at least of his chikh-en. 
iu 1836, he married Mrs. Lois E., 
widow of Dea. Nathaniel Coolidge, of 
Hadley, Mass., from which time he 
became a resident of that town ; and he 
continued to adorn as long as he Uved 
his Christian profession, and his sacred 
calling, by a consistent example, and by 
unceasing endeavors, according to his 
ability, in behalf of the best interests 
of those around him, of a world lying 
in wickedness, and for the glory of the 
Saviour. In him we have seen united 
the love of peace, kindness, gentleness, 
and quenchless zeal for the cause of 
Christian hoHness and of God. He 
loved to contribute to the support of 
the gospel ; he was a good parishioner, 
as well as a warm-hearted Christian ; 
the Lord's day found him in his place 
j in the sanctuary; he was diligent in 
in the Sabbath school ; he was among 
1 the first at the prayer meeting ; he de- 
lighted to carry instruction and com- 
fort to the houses of sorrow ; and he 
evidently sought, with great fervor of 
spirit, tiie conversion and salvation of 



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siruicrs. In his natural temper, he was 
genial, mild, and cheerful ; and these 
traits were rendered the more promi- 
nent and attractive by the evident in- 
fluence of grace in his heart. His af- 
flictions were very great — sick himself, 
and not seldom suffering severe pain, 
he saw most of his family, and many of 
his other dear friends, laid in the grave ; 
yet one, well and long acquainted with 
him, can truly say that, according to the 
best of his recollection, he never knew 
him to complain ; and he Mas accustomed 
to speak of his mercies as transcendent 
in number and in value. One reason 
of this was his low estimation of liim- 
self, as by nature a cliild of wrath, 
connected with a deep and humiliating 
consciousness of the sin which mingled 
with and defiled his holiest services as a 
Christian. lie embraced, and he ap- 
peared most cordially to love, the dis- 
tinguishing doctrines of grace as they 
were held by the fathers of New Eng- 
land. He was not afraid that these 
doctrines would be too clearly preached, 
or too powerfully enforced upon the 
conscience. While active in promoting 
the reformation of morals, he was 
never ashamed of the old-fashioned 
theology which gave the fii'st impulse 
to the" most prominent benevolent 
movements of the last 60 years. His 
prayerfuhiess was remarkable. When 
a young man, he was, we are told, 
accustomed to spend, successively, day 
after day in secret fasting and prayer ; 
he was constant, yet unostentatious in 
his devotions during the entire remain- 
der of his life; and in his old age, 
under all his infirmities, he has been 
known repeatedly to rise from his bed 
in severe winter nights, and, in a cold 
apartment, occupy hours in wrestling 
supjjHcations at the thi'one of grace. 
Communion with God, in some of its 
forms, was apparently the meat and 
drink of this humble follower of the 
Lamb. That he did, at times, injure 
his health, by the frequency and dura- 
tion of liis fastings, was believed by some 
of his l)est friends, yet he was no self- 
righteous hy])ocrite, no boasting I'liar- 
isee, no sarcastic and stern reprover of 
his brethren ; rich gi-ace, sovereign, 
boundless grace in Jesus Christ, 
towards the chief of sinners, was his 
only ])lea, his hope, his triumph. In 
trouble and in sickness, he was almost 



always cheerful, and often, at such sea- 
sons, he was, if we may judge from the 
expressions he employed, and his gen- 
eral demeanor, exceedingly joyful in 
view of the perfections and government 
of God, and the glorious provisions of 
the gospel. He was confined by his 
last sickness for nearly two weeks ; but 
his symptoms were not considered 
alarming till the seventh day, Avhen the 
hiccough commenced, which, with very 
little interruption, continued to the end 
of his life. Though his distress at 
times seemed almost to amount to 
agony, he manifested no impatience. 
We learn from one who was with him 
during liis protracted bodily sufferings, 
that he was, from the beginning of his 
sickness, in a very spiritual frame, veiy 
much in prayer, sjieaking often of the 
Monderful Avorks of God, and manifest- 
ing the sweetest submission to the di- 
vine Mill. 

CuKTis, Lavinia F., Brookfield, Vt., 
July 4, ae. 39, wife of Dr. Wm. W. 
Curtis. 

Curtis, Nathaniel, Jamaica Plain, 
Mass., April 7, ff. S3. 

Curtis, Sarah Anna, South Coventry, 
Conn., March 18, se. 50. She was greatly 
beloved by her relatives and friends for 
her many excellent qualities, and her 
loss to her family is irreparable. She 
had a fountain of kindness and affection 
for those near and dear to her ; and no 
effort or sacrifice Mas too great, on her 
part, to promote their Melfare. In her 
the sick and afflicted ever found an active 
and symjjathizing friend. 

CusilMAN, Bezaleel, Esq., Portland, 

Me., , 86. — . He M^as, for a long 

term of years, preceptor of the Portland 
Academy, and more recently surveyor of 
that port. 

CusHMAN, H. M., Charleston, S. C, 
April 14, 86. — , assistant editor of the 
Charleston Courier. 

CusinvA, Mr. George, at or near 
Greencastlo, Pa., about Oct. 1, a'. — . 
Rev. J. Kibaugh, Mho preached his fu- 
neral sermon, stated he was the thoti- 
snndth jierson he had buried in the course 
of his ministry. 

G. W. P. CUSTIS, 

Alexandria, Va., Oct. 10, i\\ 77. "For 
several years he had stood alone in his 
relations to the father of his country, 



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ever anxious, with filial reverence and 
affection, to illustrate his character, and 
fi.-oin the rich stores of his never-tailing 
memory to bring forward an annual trib- 
ute to his immortal worth. Known and 
honored by his fellow-countrymen, his 
departure will awaken universally a pro- 
found regret. 

" Born amid the great events of the 
revolution, by the death of his father, 
(Col. Custis, of the army, and a son of 
Mrs. Washington by a former marriage,) 
which occurred near the close of the 
war, he found his home during childhood 
and youtli at Mount Vernon, where his 
manners were formed after the noblest 
models ; and from tlie great worthies of 
that period, frequent guests there, he 
received impressions of wisdom and pa- 
triotism that were never effaced. 

" Under the counsels of Washington, 
he pursued his classical studies at Prince- 
ton ; and when deprived by death of his 
great guide and father, (and soon after 
of his revered grandmother,) he devoted 
himself to literary and agricultural pur- 
suits on his ample estate of Arlington 
— the gift, by will, of that illustrious 
man. 

" He was early united in marriage to 
Miss Mary Lee Fitzhugh, of Virginia, a 
lady of unsurpassed excellences in all 
the relations of life, and whose irrepara- 
ble loss, three years ago, he continued 
with sorrow and affectionate admiration, 
to his final day, ])rofbundly to deplore. 
One daughter (Mrs. Lee, wife of Col. 
Robert Lee, of the army) and several 
grandchildren survive liim. 

" Mr. Custis was distinguished by an 
original genius for eloquence, poetry, and 
the fine arts ; by a knowledge of history, 
particularly the history of tlois country ; 



for great powers of conversation, for an 
ever-ready and generous hospitality, for 
kindness to the poor, for patriotism, for 
constancy of friendsliip, and for a more 
than filial devotion to the memory and 
character of Washington, llis early 
speeches on the death of Gen. Lingan, 
and the overthrow of Napoleon, were 
every where read and admired, even by 
those who dissented from the sentiments, 
for their beauty of conception and im- 
passioned eloquence." 

Cutler, Hon. Elihu, HoUiston, Mass., 
May 10, se. 86. 

Cutter, Richard L., Yarmouth, Me., 
April 15, ve. 62. 

Cutler, Cornelius, Aurora, Cayuga Co., 
N. Y., Aug. 15, pe. 77. He was born in 
Albany, May 7, 1780. Removing to this 
village when but 19 years of age, he 
spent about 12 months in the office 
of the county clerk, and then entered 
upon those mercantile pursuits by which, 
in after years, he realized a fortune. 
Throughout the whole course of a length- 
ened life, he was distinguished by energy, 
integrity, and scrupulousness in all his 
business transactions. From the first 
granting of its charter till the hour of 
his death, he was a director of one of the 
oldest banking institutions in the state ; 
and for several years he occupied the 
responsible post of president. The du- 
ties devolving upon him in both offices 
he discharged with acknowledged fidelity 
and skill. During the last years of his 
life, he has been a prominent financier in 
his own and other estates. Though he 
had attained an age when his removal 
might have been looked for, yet his im- 
mediate relatives did not, till the day 
preceding his death, anticipate the event. 



D. 



Daggett, Rev. Levi, "Willimantic, 
Conn., April 18, eb. 37. Mr. D. has for 
the last two years performed the duties 
of presiding elder in the Methodist 
church of this district ; and these duties 
have been rendered in a fervent and 
Christian spirit, and have been attended 
with eminent success. At the early age 
of 21 years, he commenced the gospel 
ministry ; and for earnestness of purpose 
aud steadfastness of faith he has been 



rarely equalled. In the midst of his 
usefulness, in early manhood, he has 
been called from labor to reward. He 
died as he lived — with the full assurance 
of a blessed immortality through the 
merits of the Redeemer. 

Dale, Rev. Harvey S., Cincinnati, O., 
May 27, se. 44, late pastor of the Bap- 
tist church in Lebanon, O., and recently 
corresponding secretary of the Western 
Baptist Education Society. For a few 



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months past, he had, by special arrange- 
ment, been employed temporarily to till 
a vacancy in the Fau-moimt Theological 
Seminary, by performing the duties of 
principal of the prej)aratory de])artment 
and professor of intellectual and moral 
philosojjhy. He had been identified with 
the public interests of the Baptist de- 
nomhiation in Ohio for a period of 16 or 
17 years, first as instructor in Granville 
College, and subsequently as pastor at 
Newport and Lebanon. In every posi- 
tion filled by him, he enjoyed the high 
esteem and love of those with whom he 
was associated, and his loss will be se- 
verely felt by his brethren in the state, 
with M'hom he had so long cooperated 
heartily and efficiently in every good 
work. He was bom in Danvers, Mass., 
Aug. 31, 1812, and graduated at Brown 
University in 1834. His father was a 
Baptist clergyman also, and preached 
many years in Washington Co., O. 

Dale, Mr. Josejih, Oakham, Mass., 
April 1, 88. 82. He had never employed 
a physician. 

Dale, William, Liberty, Pa., Sept. 12, 
SB. — . He was for several years a mem- 
ber of the legislature, and was highly 
respected in the community. 

Dallas, Jacob A., New York, , 

SB. 32. " We regret to record the death 
of Jacob A. Dallas, the well-known pop- 
ular artist. Mr. D. was born in Phila- 
delphia in the year 1825. He was the 
son of an eminent merchant, and the 
cousin of Hon. George M. Dallas, our 
present minister to England. At the 
age of eight years, he removed with his 
parents to Missouri, where he studied at 
Ames College, and. after a due course 
of instruction, graduated at the age of 
18. He then returned to Philadei])hia, 
and attended the Jiife and Antique Scliool, 
under Prof. Otis, the celebrated portrait 
painter. About nine years ago, he came 
to New York, where he has since resided. 
His talents, which were of the highest 
order, were em])loyed upon all the i)rin- 
cipal illustrated works that have been 
produced liere for many years. He was 
one of the chief illustrators of Harper's, 
Putnam's, Mrs. Stc])liens's, Frank Leslie's, 
and other jjopular ])eriodicals, while many 
of the larger volumes issued by our best 
publishers were wholly indebted to liis 
pencil for the valual)le engravings which 
they contained. Mr. D. married, mther 
more than a year since, Miss Mary Kyle, 



the daughter of Mr. Joseph Kyle, the 
celebrated artist. The union was a happy 
one. Miss Kyle was also well known as 
an artist, and was possessed of consider- 
able Hterary abihty. Every thing ])rom- 
ised well lor the success of the young 
couj)le in lii'e, when, a few weeks ago, 
Mr. D. was seized m ith dysentery, which, 
passing into consumption of the bowels, 
terminated in his death. He was in- 
terred in the New York Bay Cemetery, 
his body being followed to the grave by 
most of the artists and literati at present 
in the city. As a man, Mr. D. was be- 
loved by all who had the advantage of 
his friendship. A truer friend, a more 
genial companion, never existed. His 
early death is deplored by all who knew 
him, and is a loss to the profession Mhich 
he adorned that will not in a long time 
be repaired." — Keiv York Times, 

Dame, Col. Emery J., Farmington, 
N. H., Jan. 16, se. 45. Col. D. was one 
of the representatives in the state legis- 
lature of 1855. He was highly respected 
as a citizen, affectionate as a husband, 
kind and beloved as a parent. He has 
left a wife and five children, with a nu- 
merous circle of friends, to mourn his 
death. 

Dana, Rev. Asa J., Cooperstown, Ot- 
sego Co., N. Y., Oct. 5, a>. 37. in the 
19th year of his ministry. " He was 
born in Pultnevville, Ontario Co., N. Y., 
on the 24th of March, 1820, and the 
only son of Jacob A. and Polly Dana. 
He was converted to God in the 12th 
year of his age. In 1840 he was united 
m marriage to Miss Alice M. Gates, 
with whom he lived in mutual confidence 
and aficction till death, and who is now 
left to mourn the loss of an amiable and 
worthy Christian husband. He received 
license to exhort Aug. 17, 1838, and in 
June, 1839, was licensed to ]n-each by 
the quarterly conference at Cazeno^ia ; 
and, being duly recommended by the 
same quarterly conference, he was re- 
ceived on trial in the Oneida conference, 
and apjiointed to the Onondaga circuit, 
on the Cazenovia district, being 19 years 
of age. The following are the charges 
M'hich he has served successively during 
his ministerial career : Onondaga circuit, 
one year ; Madison, two years ; Vernon 
Centre, one year ; Sauqnoit, two years ; 
Clinton, two years ; Binghnm])ton, one 
year ; Owego, two years ; Noi'wich and 
Bleecker Street, Utica, one year each ; 



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Auburn station, two years ; and the Ot- ^ 
sego district, three conference years and 
foul- montlis, — making, in all, eighteen 
years of ministerial service, in the cause 
of his Redeemer and Saviour. Br. D. 
was emphatically a minister for the 
times, sound in doctrine, thorough in his 
religious experience, blameless in his life, 
deliberate and firm in his judgment, wise 
and prudent in his measures, with com- 
mendable zeal in every good work, un- 
tiring and persevering in his piu-pose ; a 
man of one work, and a successful min- 
ister of the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. As a preacher, he was clear, 
analytical, sympathetic, and powerful ; 
as a pastor, lie was faithful to his flock ; 
and, as an administrator of discipline, he 
was wise, just, and prudent ; as a pre- 
siding elder, he was a model officer, be- 
loved by his preachers and people ; as a 
friend, he was affectionate, sincere, and 
safe ; his hospitality and generosity were 
gi'eat and noble. In fine, he was a noble 
man, a worthy Christian, a successful 
minister, a kind husband, and a useful 
citizen." 

Danforth, Mr. Edward, Cincinnati, 
May 19, ». 25, for several years con- 
nected with the business office of the 
Boston Transcript, but of late years 
devoted to the theatrical profession. Mr. 
D. was quite prominent, some years since, 
as a declaimer at the literary exercises 
at the Mercantile Library Association, 
and during his last illness received many 
attentions from an ex-president of that 
institution, now a resident of Cincinnati. 
The deceased was a very good writer ; 
and several of his poetical pieces have 
had a wide circulation. He was engaged 
at the Boston Museum two seasons, and 
the last winter was connected with Wood's 
Theatre, in Cincinnati, and was rapidly 
acquiring a high position in his profes- 
sion, to which he had devoted himself 
with rare industry and successful perse- 
verance. A letter from Cincinnati says, 
" His personal character had been such 
as to secure him the warmest attach- 
ment of his associates and acquaintances 
in the west." His remains were con- 
veyed to Boston for interment ; and he 
was buried from the house of his brother, 
Mr. Henry R. Danforth. 

Darcantel, Lieut. Henry, U. S. navy, 
Philadelphia, March 10, a?. — . 

Darden, Mr. Miles, Henderson Co., 
Tenn., Jan. 23, ae. 58. He was born in 



North Carolina in the year 1798. Rev. 
John Brooks, of Henderson Co., states 
that " he was an obliging and kind neigh- 
bor, and fond of company. About fif- 
teen years ago, he joined the order of 
Masons. He was twice married. His 
children were all very large ; but proba- 
bly none of them will ever be more than 
half the weight of their father. He was 
quite active and lively, and labored until 
about four years ago, when he was so 
fleshy that he was compelled to stay at 
home or be hauled about in a two-horse 
wagon. In 18-19 he made a contract 
with a tailor to furnish him a suit of 
clothes for $50 ; the cloth was to cost 
$5 per yard. Upon measurement, it 
took 12 yards of cloth; so the tailor lost 
$ 10 and the making. The tailor states 
that three men, each weighing over 200 
pounds, put the coat on, buttoned it 
around them, and walked across the 
square to Lexington. In 1850 it took 
13^ yards of flax cloth, yard wide, to 
make him a coat. It took 16 yards of 
cambric for his shroud ; 24 yards of 
black velvet to cover the sides and lid 
of his coffin ; 125 feet of plank to make 
his coffin. His coffin was eight feet long ; 
across the breast, 32 inches ; across the 
head, 18 inches ; across the foot, 14 
inches. He weighed, in 1845, 871 
pounds ; his height, 7 feet 6 inches. 
His weight, when he died, as nearly as 
could be ascertained, was a fraction over 
1000 pounds." 

D.ARLIXG, Mrs. Mary M., Roxbury, 
Mass., March 25, se. 51, wife of CoL 
Joseph S. Darling. 

Darling, Milly, New Haven, Conn., 
Jan. 21, cT. 100, a negress. 

Darling, Rufus H., Kalamazoo, Mich., 

, a». 41, son of Abner and Sally 

Darling. Mr. D. had been a resident of ' 
this place for many years, having left 
Rome, Oneida Co., N. Y., and removed 
to Michigan, in 1840. He had been 
closely identified with many public enter- 
prises connected with his Aallage, and, 
until his health failed him, was one of the 
most pubHc-spirited and active business 
men and best citizens. He leaves a wife 
and several cliildren, as well as hosts of 
friends, to mourn his loss. He was bu- 
ried with Masonic honors. 

Davenport, Dr. P. A., New Rochelle, 
N. Y., June 2, a>. 40, of Columbia, Texas. 
" The sad news of the death of Dr. D. 
came by the last mail. It was but a 



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few weeks since that he left his home for 
a ^isit to his friends in New York. To 
his vife, who is still in Columbia, this 
intelligence must be most sad and heart- 
rending. Dr. D. was born at New Ko- 
chelle, N. Y., in the year 1S17. He 
graduated at Y'ale College in the year 
1837, and has been a practising physi- 
cian in Columbia for the last 11 years." 

Damdson, Mrs. Isabella, North Prov- 
idence, ]{. I., Nov. 23, SB. 78, widow of 
William M. Davidson. 

Davidson, Hon. William, Charlotte, 
N. C, Sept. 16, IP. 79. He was a native 
of North Carolina, represented Mecklen- 
biu-g Co. in the state legislature, and 
was representative in Congress from 
North Carolina from 1818 to "l 821. 

Davis, Dr. D. L., St. Louis, , 

se. — , formerly of Canton, Mo. 

D.Wis, Capt. Elias, Jr., Gloucester, 
Mass., , fe. — , a young and prom- 
ising shipmaster of Gloucester, died quite 
suddenly. He had just returned from 
China in the bark Sarah H. Snow. 

Davis, Isaac 11., Philadelphia, , 

86. — , a worthy and highly respectable 
citizen. He was a man of enlarged views 
on all important matters, and leaves a 
large circle of warmly-devoted friends to 
regret and sorrow for their loss. 

Davis, Col. Jacob G., Baltimore, Nov. 
— , fe. — , a well-known citizen of Balti- 
more. He formerly occupied a promi- 
nent position as a merchant, and in later 
years was elected mayor of Baltimore. 
During the four years of President 
Pierce's administration, he filled the office 
of postmaster. 

Dams, Mrs. Joanna J., Thompson, 

Conn., , CO. — , granddaughter of 

Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D. D. 

Davis, Nathaniel, Esq., Albany, N.Y., 
Jan. 20, iP. 78. He was born in Boston, 
Mass., in 1780. In early life his family 
removed to Dedham. He served as 
merchant's clerk in Northampton, and 
established himself in Albany in 1805, 
where, for many years, he was honorably 
distinguished as a man of business in the 
firm of Davis & Center, which stood 
among the foremost in enterprise and 
prosperity many year.s. 

Davis, Mr. Samuel, Boston, Mass., 
Oct. 20, jr. SI, a native of Newburyjjort, 
but had resided in Boston since 1804. 
He was a jeweller by trade, and in earlj' 
life was an apprentice to the famous 
Jacob Perkins. 



Davis, Mrs. Sarah, Murraysville, Pa., 
May 5, x. 96, widow of the late Col. 
John Davis, an officer in the revolution- 
ary war. 

Davis, Dr. Septimus, Havre de Grace, 
Md., a>. 55. 

Davis, Col. Wm. C, Marshall, Saline 
Co., Mo., April 28, se. 62. Col. D. 
removed from Augusta Co., Va., in the 
year 1840, and settled in Howard Co., 
whence he removed in 1841 to Saline. 
He was a man of great moral worth, a 
kind neighbor, and most worthy citizen. 
At the time of his death, he was pre- 
siding justice of Saline County Court, 
which position he filled with much satis- 
faction to its citizens and honor to him- 
self He leaves a wife and large family 
to mourn his loss. 

Davis, Rev. AVilliam E., at the resi- 
dence of his son-in-law, Robert Peel, 
Norfolk Co., Va., March — , a^. 77. He 
was a patriarch in the Methodist Epis- 
copal church, and a man of the deepest 
piety, beloved and esteemed by a large 
cfrcle of relations and friends. He leaves 
an aged widow and several children. 

Davis, Mr. Wm. E., Wcstfield, JNIass., 
Feb. 12, a*. 21, son of Rev. Dr. Davis. 
He was formerly a clerk in the book- 
store of C. R. Chaffee & Co., and, since 
he left them, has been in the book busi- 
ness in Westfield, as a principal in the 
firm of Day & Davis. He Avas a young 
man of decided business talent and en- 
terprise, of pleasant manners, and excel- 
lent character, and around him clustered 
many fond hopes for the future. He 
died in peace. Dr. Davis and his fam- 
ily will have the warm sympathy of 
thousands of friends, in a bereavement 
the more desolate that it reminds them 
of a previous one which years of sighs 
have not borne from recollection. 

DA^^ssoN, Mr. Isaac, LaAvrence Co., 
March — , a?. — . He was a man of 
plain manners, sterling sense, and great 
moral worth. 

Dawley, Dennis, Esq., Sept. — , ae. 
74, naval officer at Norfolk, Va. 

Dawson, Hon. John L., Brownsville, 
Pa., March 10, a>. — ; from 1851 to 1855 
representative in Congi-ess from Penn- 
sylvania. It is said, he was one of the 
victims of the National Hotel disease, 
and that twenty-seven persons died of 
that complaint, and that many other 
persons remain in a state of "decrepi- 
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Dawsox, Nathaniel, Esq., Wells, Jef- 
ferson Co., 0„ May 4, a?. 67, Mr. D. 
was born in Maryland, Aug. 12, 1789, 
and moved with his parents, when a boy, 
to western Virginia, (the Pan Handle,) 
near the close of the last century. About 
1802 his father and family settled in Jef- 
ferson Co., Oiiio, where he resided from 
that time up to his death. He was a 
man of ])unctuality, and upright and hon- 
est in all his dealings ; and from small 
beginning, by industry and economy, in 
less than half a century, he accumulated 
a large estate, left to be distributed 
among his numerous offspring. He was 
a man of some talent, which he em- 
ployed, not only for his own benefit, but 
also for the benefit of the community in 
which he lived. For more than 20 years 
he acted as a justice of the peace in and 
for Wells township. His judgments, 
rendered in cases of lawsuits which 
came before him, were generally correct, 
and gave satisftiction, so that but few 
appeals were taken ; and if at any time 
he erred in judgment in a law case, it 
was an error of the " head, and not of the 
heart." In early youth, the deceased 
made a profession of religion, and joined 
the Methodist Episcopal church, to 
which his pious parents belonged, and 
to which all his numerous pious family 
of children belong. 

Day, Mrs. Jane, Houston Co., Ga., 
April 7, 86. — . She was born in Rich- 
mond Co., and was the daughter of Ne- 
hemiah and Ann Dunn. She was a mem- 
ber of the Methodist church, and lived a 
Christian during 50 years. She lived 
three score years and ten on earth, and 
will live forever in heaven. 

Dean, Mrs. Abigail, East Taunton, 
Mass., May 23, se. 92, one of the oldest 
inhabitants of Taunton. 

Dean, Mrs. Hannah, Raynham, Mass., 
Feb. 16, se. 9.5, widow of Stephen Dean. 
She had been twice married; her first 
husband was Abiathar Hall, of Rayn- 
ham. She was sister of the late John 
Read, Esq., of Taunton, and was one of 
a_ family of 13 children, one of whom 
died young, and one is still living, 84 
years of age. Three of them died at 75, 
one at 78, one at 84, one at 88, one at 
89, and one at nearly 96. The average 
ages of the 12, as nearly as can be ascer- 
tained, is 76 years. Mrs. D. was a mem- 
ber of Rev." Mr. Carver's church. She 
was a woman of great equanimity of 
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mind, which doubtless contributed to her 
longevity. 

Dean, Mr. Ebenezer, Madison, Me., 
June 24, re. 97. William Dean, of Wo- 
burn, by wife Martha Bateman, had 
John, b. 1677 ; who, by wife Mary Far- 
mer, had Ebenezer, b. 1709 ; who, by 
wife Mary, had Ebenezer, b. 1733; who 
had Ebenezer, b. 1760, a revolutionary 
soldier, who died as above. 

Dean, Mr. Calvin, Putnam, Conn., 
Dec. 13, ffi. 61. 

Dearborn, Mr. Le\'i, Great Bend, 
April 27, a3. 98, a native of New Hamp- 
shire, and who resided for several jears 
in Dundaff, Pa. 

De.\rborn, Mrs. Sarah, East Cam- 
bridge, Dec. 16, 1856, a\ 81 years and 
nearly 5 months, Avidow of the late Sher- 
burne Dearborn, Esq., of Bedford, N. H., 
and mother of Mr. John Dearborn, of 
New York city. 

Dearborn, Capt. Samuel, Rio Janeiro, 
Jan. 31, IP. 47, master of bark Fame, of 
Richmond. 

1)E Berniere, William, Esq., at the 
residence of Edward McCrady, Esq., 
near Charlestown, Feb. 5, iv. 59. 

Debout, Mr. Benjamin, Wa.shington, 
Pa., Nov. 9, te. 100. 

Decker, Rev. John, Annapolis, Md., 
Feb. 9, te. — , after a fingering sickness, 
formerly of Orange Co., N. Y. 

Deckerman, Mrs. E. A., Spencer- 
town, N. Y., Sept. 21, 86. 41, wife of S. 
C. Deckerman, Esq., and daughter of the 
late Lebbeus Reed, Esq. 

Deering, Miss Hannah, Kittery, Me., 

, 86. 40. 

Deery, Gen. Jas. A., Alisonia, Tenn., 
17, 86. — , of a disease of the heart. 



Gen. D, was a native of Sullivan Co., 
and the son of WilHam Deery, Esq., 
who was well known as one of the pi- 
oneer and most successful business men 
of that section of the state. On the 
death of his flither, he estabfished, in 
company with his brothers, a business 
house in Knoxville. After a few years 
of successful enterprise at that place, the 
brothers established the manufacturing 
town of Afisonia, in Franklin Co., — 
named in compliment to their mother, 
— and were prosecuting a most successful 
business, as well as doing vast service to 
the section of the country in which they 
were located, when a disastrous fire last 
fall destroyed their establishment. Gen. 
D. was one of the best business men the 






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state has produced. Prudent, far-sight- 
ed, and sagacious, no enterprise which 
these qualities could control could fail in 
his hands. We had felt great interest 
in his experiment of manufacturing cotton 
goods, on a large scale, in the south, and 
rejoiced in the success which was crown- 
ing his etibrts, as conferring benefits on 
the stale, as well as rewarding well- 
directed enterprise. 

1)E Freest, Col. John, Schaghticoke, 
(while on a visit.) of Defreestville, N. Y., 
Jan. 20, se. — . 

L>E Graff, Dr. John K, at Fuller's 
Hotel, Schenectady, N. Y., May 26, a*. 
62. He served in the United States 
army in the Florida war. 

IltirA?;^*, Commodore Bladen, of the 
United States navy, Dec. 27, a*. — , after 
a lingering illness. 

Del.\>o, ;Mr. Frederick A., 



a-. — , at the residence of his brother 
Wnrren, near Newburg, N. Y. 

Delano, D., Jr., Sept. 24, a?. — , sec- 
ond son of W. Delano, Esq., of Fair- 
haven, ^lass. 

Delajno, Mrs. Lucy, wife of Capt. 
Eben Delano, Fairhaven, Mass., Jan. 24, 
a?. 52. She died loved and respected by 
her family, relatives, and friends. 

Delano, ISIrs. Sarah, New Bedford, 
Mass., May 19, a?. 90, widow of AUerton 
Delano. 

Delap, Mrs. Catharine, at the resi- 
dence of E. D. Nickle, Stark Co., O., 
April 8, vc. 95, widow of John Delap, 
Adams Co., Pa. 

Deloutte, Professor Joseph Alexan- 
der, Philadelphia, , sc, — . Prof 

D. was a native of France, whether of 
Paris or not we are unable to say. He 
came to this country in 1830, being then 
in the full maturity of his powers. Dur- 
ing the 21 years of his residence in his 
ado])tcd country, he filled several impor- 
tant public positions ; and in every place 
where he lived for any length of time, he 
left l)ehind him, i)articularly in the minds 
of men of standing and influence, a pro- 
foimd imjjression of res])ect for his abili- 
ties, learning, and goodness of heart. In 
1840, on the recommendation of Prof. 
Bache, he was appointed to the ciiair of 
modern languages in the High School of 
Phila., and the older of the alumni of 
that institution still recall his instructions 
with lively satisfaction. He was subse- 
quently called to a similar post in a col- 
lege in Nova Scotia, under the special 



patronage of the Earl of Dalhousie. Af- 
ter spending two years there, he returned 
to Phila., and was appointed a profess- 
or in the Girard College. At the time 
of his decease, he was professor of French 
language and literature in the University 
of Pennsylvania. 

Dement, jNIrs., wife of Rev. Mr. De- 
ment, Athens, Ala., at Dr. Blah's, July 

21, SB. — . 

Demikg, Capt. Charles, Brady, Mich., 
May 18, ss. 58, formerly of Brighton, 
Mass. 

Deming, Ezekiel, Harmar, O., Nov. 
29, a. 86, at the residence of his son-in- 
law, Eli Bingham, Esq. He was a na- 
tive of Sandisfield, Mass. He emigrated 
to this county in the spring of 1796, 
and settled in Watertown, where he has 
since resided. He was appointed one 
of the associate judges of the Court of 
Common Pleas, soon after the admission 
of the state mto the Union, and served in 
that capacity for 22 years ; and served 
his country in the war of 1812. He had 
been the father of 11 children, eight of 
whom now survive. His counsel and 
advice have been often sought and thank- 
iiilly received. He sustained an upright 
and moral character, and died, as he 
lived, in full faith of the mercy and good- 
ness of God, and in hope of a glorious 
immortality. His remains were taken 
to "N^'atertown, vhere a sermon was 
preached appropriate to the occasion. 

Demont, Mrs. Maria, Seneca Falls, 
N. Y"., Aug. 18, a. 77, widow of Josej:h 
Demont. She was among the earliest 
settlers of this town, and resided 50 years 
on the spot where she breathed her last. 

Dennie, Charles M., Esq., New Or- 
leans, La., Jan. 31, a-. — , a poet of con- 
siderable promise. The Memphis pa- 
pers speak in exalted terms of his talents 
and virtues. 

De Peyster, Mrs. Ann, New York, 
Jan. 7, a. 79, widow of Frederick De 
Peyster, Esq. 

De Saussure, Daniel L., Esq., Cam- 
den, S. C, April 12, a. 60. "Nearly 
30 years ago he left the nary of the 
United States, where he served with 
much credit as an officer, and entered 
the service of the state in the Branch 
Bank at Camden. As cashier of that in- 
stitution, he enjoyed the highest confi- 
dence of the community, discharging his 
res])onsil)le duties with great accuracy, 
attention, and efficiency. Of the purest 



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character as a man and Christian, his 
loss will be severely felt by his fellow- 
citizens. In all his relations of life, no 
one was more beloved and respected, 
and the bereavement in his family circle, 
thouf^h not vmexpected, is of sad and 
mournful interest." — Carolina Times. 

Deveau, Andrew, Esq., under sheriff 
and jailer, Yonkers, N. Y., Ai)ril — , 
8B. 43. The deceased was well known 
throughout the county as an active and 
efficient public officer, and an upright 
and generous-hearted citizen. No one 
could have been more devoted and truth- 
ful in his attachment to his friends, in 
the cause of whose advancement and 
pros])erity he was ever prodigal of effort, 
of interest, and of self. 

De Vingut, Professor Francesco, Sa- 
vannah. Ga., Nov. 22, te. — , of con- 
sum])tiou, a native of Cuba. He left 
Trinidad de Cuba when a youth, on ac- 
count of political sentiments, and adopt- 
ed the United States as his country; 
married Gertrude, the youngest daugliter 
of Sumner Lincoln Fairfield. He was a 
great linguist, and for some time was a 
professor in the University of New York. 

Dewey, Mrs. Anna, Rochester, N. Y., 
May 17, (E. 76, widow of Asahel Dewey, 
of Stockliridge, Mass. 

Dewey, l)r. Horatio, Leeds, N. Y., 
Oct. — , se. 59. For 30 years he had 
been engaged in an extensive practice, 
and was ever ready to relieve the cry of 
distress and suffering. In him the poor 
found a sympathizing friend, and to all 
he was a faithful physician. He has left 
a large circle of relatives and friends, 
who mourn his loss, and to whom he 
was endeared for his many social qual- 
ities. He was beloved by his family, 
where he was an agreeable companion 
and a kind and judicious parent. To 
him death brought no terrors ; he looked 
for rest and a reward beyond. 

Dewey, Stephen, Esq., Canton, 111., 
Jan. 19, se. 63, a well-known and re- 
spected citizen of his county, and served 
a number of years as county clerk. But 
a few months since he buried a daughter, 
and but little more than a year since his 
wife ; all of whom died of consumption. 

De Witt, Col. Jacob H., Kingston, 
N. Y., Jan. 30, a^. 73, brother of Rev. 
Thomas De Witt, of New York. He 
died full of years and honored of men. 
Mr. De W. had occupied no small space 
in the political history of the country. 



He was a member of Congress during 
the memorable session of 1H20-21, hav- 
ing been elevated by the Clintonian par- 
ty ; and in the great struggle upon the 
Missouri question, he unflinchingly ad- 
vocated the right, and sustah)ed the true 
interests of the country, voting, from 
first to last, against the compromise in 
which it eventuated. In 1839 he repre- 
sented Ulster in the state legislature, 
and was again elected a member of that 
body in the fall of 1846. At various 
periods he had enjoyed distinctions con- 
ferred upon him by the peo])le of his 
native town, while for years there has 
been scarcely a movement in which he 
did not particii}ate more or less actively. 

De Witt, Mr. John, Ware, Mass., 
April 9, {y. 82, flither of Hon. F. De 
Witt, secretary of state, Mass. 

De Witt, Dr. Luke, Fairhaven,N. Y., ' 
April 13, se. 67, at the residence of his 
son, B. De Witt, M. D. 

De Wolf, Mrs. Chariotte P., Pater- 
son, N. J., June 5, se. 69, widow of Gen. 
George De Wolf, of Bristol, R. I. 

De Wolf, Henry, Esq., Bristol, R. I., 
Oct. 17, se. 72, son of the late Hon. 
William De Wolf, graduated at Brown 
University in the class of 1806. 

HON. FRANKLIN DEXTER, 

Beverly, INIass., Aug. 14, se. 64 years. 
" Franklin Dexter Avas the son of that 
distinguished lawyer and statesman, the 
late Samuel Dexter, and was born at 
Charlestown, near Boston, in November, 
1793, and was therefore at the time of 
his death, in Aiig. last, nearly sixty-four 
years old. He was graduated at Har- 
vard College in 1812, in the same class 
with his professional and personal 
friends. Judge Sprague, and Mr. C. G. 
Loring, each of whom has rendered, at 
the meeting of the bar, an eloquent trib- 
ute to his memory. 

" Mr. Dexter studied his profession 
with Judge Hubbard, and was admitted 
in regular course to practise at the bar 
of Suffolk County. He was for some 
years the partner of Mr. Loring ; after- 
wards of Judge Prescott, whose daugh- 
ter he married ; and still later of Mr. 
W. H. Gardiner and Mr. G. W. PhU- 
lips. 

" He soon took a high position at a 
bar, which, never without men of emi- 
nent ability, could boast, dming the 



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time of his connection ■with it, the names 
of Otis, Prescott, Jackson, Webster, 
Mason, and Hubbard, besides many 
still living Avhose names will at once 
occur to our readers. Among such 
rivals Mr. Dexter took rank as a leader. 
Several of his competitors, undoubted- 
ly, were more successful, that is, they 
had more causes on their dockets, and 
made a larger income by their profes- 
sion ; but he was one of the first to be 
sought in important causes, or where 
great legal points were to be discussed, 
or large interests disposed of. And this 
position he held,, with constantly in- 
creasing reputation, until his retirement 
from practice, in 1845. 

"In 1841, Mr. Dexter accepted from 
President Harrison the office of district 
attorney of the United States for the 
district of Massachusetts. To his con- 
duct in office, his friend, who presides 
over the court in which his practice 
necessarily lay, has borne ample and 
just testimony. Judge Sprague says, — 

" ' His official duties lay mostly in the 
court in Avliich I presided, and I can 
bear witness that they were performed 
with consummate ability, fidelity, and 
discretion. Vigilant and firm in the 
detection and punishment of crime, it 
was always with that considerate calm- 
ness which became the representative 
of a mild and paternal government. 
While he efil'ctually repelled and ex- 
posed every effort, however bold or art- 
ful, to turn aside the course of justice, 
no amount of opposition in a trial, 
whatever its force or character, could 
convert it on his part into a contest for 
victory or an occasion of self-exliibition. 
He had the most exact appreciation of 
the duties of his station, and every 
qualification for their performance. In- 
deed, no man could come nearer to the 
ideal of a perfect public prosecutor.' 

" Mr. Dexter served, at various times, 
as a meml)er of one or the other house 
of the legislature of Massachusetts, and 
in 18136, as one of a select committee, 
rendering valua])le and important ser- 
vice in shaping and improving tlie He- 
vised Statutes. 

" Like most of his brethren, who have 
not occujned any judicial ])osition, Mr. 
Dexter has left hut a slight record by 
which posterity can judge of his claims 
to professional distinction. If tradition 
is to be believed, he was, in the conduct 



of a defence, second to no one who ever 
practised at this bar ; no sophistry could 

j delude and no ingenuity could baffle 

I him ; his thrusts were made with un- 
erring certainty at the weak points of 

' the enemy's proof, and with a vigor not 
easily repelled. 

" One famous cause, in which he Avas 
engaged at an early period of his life, 
happens to have been m'cU reported, and 
may be alluded to here. He was of 
counsel for the brothers Knapp, tried 
at Salem in 1830 for the murder of 

. Captain White. An outline of this case 
is given in the published works of Mr. 
Webster, who was of counsel for the 
government, and whose speech on that 
occasion is one of his greatest recorded 
eff'orts, giving the reader much cause to 
regret that more of his arguments to 
juries have not been preserved. One 
of the accused supposed himself to 
h live an interest in the death of the aged 
victim, and they both hired a ruffian by 
the name of Richard Crowninshield to 
kill him while sleeping in his own cham- 
ber. When the plot was discovered, 
and the parties arrested, Crowninshield, 
with a gallantry worthy of a better cause, 
hung himself in prison. As the law 
then stood, accessories to murder could 
not be convicted without the previous 
conviction of a principal ; and Crownin- 
shield could not now be tried. There 
was some evidence, however, tending to 
show that Francis Knapp, Avho was tried 
first, had been present in a street, some 
few hundred feet from the house, Avhile 
the fearful deed was done, but whether, 
if there, it was with the power and de- 
sign to render effectual assistance to 
the assassin, in which case he would be 
liable as a princi])al, was quite doubtful. 
It was Mr. Webster's object, of course, 
to uphold, and Mr. Dexter's to repel, 
the affirmative of this proposition. 
Without discussing the merits or the 
details of the controversy, which turned 
in a considerable degree upon the ad- 
mission of certain declarations of the 
prisoner, it is sufficient to say, that 
upon his second trial, the first having 
resulted in a disagreement of the jury, 
Francis Knapp wal> convicted and 
eventually executed ; and his brother 
was afterwards convicted as accessory. 
" The government, aided by private 
contributions, had retained nearly all 
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Public opinion set so strongly against 
the prisoner, that the odium was ex- 
tended to his counsel, and Mr. Dexter, 
as we often heard him say, with many 
acquaintances in Salem, found but one 
private house in the town open to him 
during the progress of the trial. Ex- 
citement was so liigh, that contempora- 
ries who recall the state of feeling then 
existing can find no parallel to it, ex- 
cepting in the recent extraordinary trial 
for the murder of Dr. Parkman. Mr. 
Webster, then in the height of liis 
powers and of his renown, fresh from 
his greatest triumph in the Senate of 
the United States, strong in the sym- 
pathy of his audience and in the sub- 
stantial justice of his cause, was confi- 
dent, eloquent, and somewhat overbear- 
ing. iSIr. Dexter, much younger, much 
less famous, laboring under every dis- 
advantage of position, conducted the 
defence with such skill, courage, vigor, 
and acumen, as to establish his reputa- 
tion as an advocate worthy of any cause 
or any opponent. 

" In person Mr. Dexter was tall and 
graceful ; his features were well cut, 
dark, and very expressive ; his smile 
was full of fascination. To his personal 
advantages he, no doubt, owed a part 
of the power which he always exerted 
in any company or position in which he 
was thrown. In his mind, which was 
clear and vigorous, were united a high 
imaginative faculty, and a remarkable 
power of analysis. By reason of the 
former he was naturally an artist, and 
he liimself considered that the true bent 
of his genius was for painting. But 
the latter preponderated, and made him 
a severe and fastidious critic, not less 
of his own productions, than of those in 
which he had no immediate interest. 
If we add to this a turn of mind the re- 
verse of sanguine, we shall readily see 
why, with talents which fitted him for 
the highest employments of pubhc life, 
with friends eager to see those talents 
fully exerted and generally acknowl- 
edged, he yet never sought, and there- 
fore never attained, any prominent po- 
Htical or judicial station. For the prizes 
of life he had the contempt of a true 
artist, while he had not the ardent zeal 
for the special object of pursuit which 
often accompanies that character. 

" We cannot better conclude this im- 
perfect sketch than with some extracts 
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from the candid and discriminating re- 
marks of Mr. Dexter's friends already 
named, and of Mr. Dana, delivered at 
the meetings of the bar. Mr. Loring 
said, — 

" ' Of the faculties for Avhich Mr. Dex- 
ter was distinguished, perhaps the most 
conspicuous, and exercising the greatest 
influence upon his character and life, 
was that of perception. It was as the 
lightning flash revealing the whole men- 
tal horizon in a glow of light. The true 
and the just, thus disclosed, exacted his 
homage and ready obedience ; but no 
sophistry or defect in argument, no 
blemish, or violation of taste, or of prin- 
ciple, in art or hterary composition, es- 
caped him. It might perhaps have been 
happier for him if the action of this won- 
derful faculty could have been confined 
to the detection of sophistry, or weak- 
ness in argument, and the exposure of 
the false and meretricious in art and 
hterature ; but it was one too active and 
preponderating in his intellectual con- 
struction to be thus limited, and Avas 
no less prompt and efl'ective in disclos- 
ing defects of character and the many 
elements of worthlessness in the ordi- 
nary prizes of life, and in the expedients 
resorted to for attaining them, which 
elude the obseiTation of most of those 
■who seek them, or are unheeded in the 
earnest struggle by Avhich alone they 
can be won. 

" ' In this power, perhaps, more than 
any other, lay his peculiar strength, and 
in its preponderance may the cause be 
found why that strength was not oftener 
and more beneficially exerted, and why 
his friends had occasion to lament seem- 
ing indifference to pursuits and enter- 
prises in which his great abilities might 
have rendered him more eminently use- 
ful, and in which he might have found 
greater happiness. 

" ' Nor was its activity expended only 
upon external objects, but too often Avas 
turned, and Avith too much acuteness, 
upon himself. No man ever judged his 
own performances with more critical se- 
verity ; and probably no one of equal 
merit and efficiency ever derived less of 
self-satisfaction from the productions of 
his OAvn mind or hand. And hence he 
was in a great measure cut off' from 
those pleasurable and animating excite- 
ments of mental effort and of the com- 
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number are cliiefly encouraged and sus- 
tained. 

" ' Another power, resulting from the 
combination of tliis faculty with an am- 
j)lv stored mind, a ready memory, and a 
vivid imagination, was that of easy and 
quiek. accomi)lishment of whatever he 
undertook. As any task required of 
him less labor of jjreparation than of 
most other men. lie had neither occasion 
nor motive for that persistent and labo- 
rious application by which others attain 
to high ])osition ; by which habits are 
formed rendering exertions a jjleasure 
rather than an effort ; and in wliich is 
found a retreat from most of the harass- 
ing vexations and griefs of life. 

" ' His versatihty of talent was no less 
reniarkal)le. He turned with equal read- 
iness and facility to the throwing oif of 
a literary gem or the elaboration of a 
profound criticism ; to the composition 
of a picture or of a legal argument, or 
political debate. And in tliis is to be 
seen another source of his proneness to 
desultory rather than to continuous la- 
bor, and a solution of the fact that he 
neither sought nor attained to that 
prominence in public view which devo- 
tion to one pursuit can alone procure. 

" ' Mr. IJexter was gifted with an ac- 
tive, delicate, and comprehensive imagi- 
nation, qualifying him aUke for the pro- 
duction of the thrilling fiction, of the 
ghostly story, or the sul)lime conception 
and delineation upon canvas of one of 
the most thrilling and impressive scenes 
from the records of divine inspiration 
U])on which the human mind lias been 
permitted to dwell. But he seldom ex- 
erted tliis power in liis forensic speeches 
or public addresses, although its un- 
conscious action doubtless assisted in 
his clear and vivid conccjjtions of his 
8ul)ject, and of its natural illustrations. 
His aversion to exaggeration of all sorts, 
Ills love of truth, and disregard of per- 
sonal dis|)l ly, and liis conviction that 
wliere truth and the right are alone in 
issue, they stand l)est alone in their 
fiimide majesty, led him -to abjure all 
fanciful decoration or illustration, and 
every tiling that might seem to imply 
til it mure tiian the trutji was necessary 
for his purpose. It was, therefore, only 
where the end to be attained was in the 
regions of taste or fancy, or where it 
gilded the rejiartee, or illustrated the 
social discussion, that he gave it play 
in bpuecli.' 



" Judge Sprague thus described his 
professional characteristics : — 

" ' With almost intuitive quickness of 
perception, his mind was clear, acute, 
and subtle ; but he was not the victim of 
his own subtlety, for it was united with 
vigorous logic and a sound controlling 
judgment ; and although more ready to 
raise doubts and ditticulties than to 
solve them, he Mas a safe legal adviser. 
His arguments to the court were lucid, 
direct, and terse, strongly reasoned, and 
with adequate but not exuberant learn- 
ing. His eloquence was governed by a 
taste not only fastidious, but severe. 
He had too little vanity and too much 
pride to do any thing for display. 

" ' Hence it was, that with a ready 
flow of choice language, with a memory 
stored not only with the learning and 
literature of his profession, but with the 
fruits of various reading, of foreign trav- 
el, and of converse from his youth with 
intellectual and literary society, and a 
strong imagination, his style of speak- 
ing was unambitious and unadorned; 
rarely indulging in figures or exaggera- 
tions of rhetoric, or even those allusions 
which at once embellish and illustrate, 
and which he must have had at ready 
command. With strong passions, his 
addresses to the jury were not fervid or 
emotional ; there was earnestness, but 
not enthusiasm ; he did not throw him- 
self with unrestrained ardor into liis 
cause, and his eloquence therefore was 
oftentimes less stirring, and sometimes 
less effective, than it otherwise might ' 
have been. He was indeed far removed 
from the whole class of one-idea orators, 
for he never cherished a belief in liis 
own infiillibility. He did not surrender 
himself to the representations of one 
side, but looked at lioth ; and the same 
keen discernment which penetrated the 
■weak points of his adversaries, revealed 
to him also the infirmities of his own. 
Ever faithful to his cause and his client, 
he never for a moment forgot his higher 
obligations to truth and justice. He 
wished no success through any error or 
misajiprehcnsion on the jiart of the court 
or jury. His bearing was manly and 
elevated. From artifice and indirection 
he turned with disgust and contempt. 

" ' He was particularly distinguished 
in the trial of ])atent causes and for his 
knowledge of the patent law. A branch 
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lems are rarely to be solved by the mere 
application of positive rules, but require 
a lull comprehension of its fundamental 
reasons. It requires also a mastery of 
the principles of the invention and of 
the physical organization by -which they 
are to be carried into practical eftect ; 
one must fully comprehend both the 
science and the art of the particular 
machine, as distinguished from all oth- 
ers. To do tliis upon any occasion, with 
little previous scientific or mechanical 
training, requires a mind in an eminent 
degree both analytical and constructive.' 
Mr. Dana said, — 

" ' Younger men will naturally ask the 
question, whether this superiority, which 
is claimed for him, is well founded ; 
whether it is not the opinion of a few 
friends, influenced by the sj-mpathies of 
years, of society, and of congenial pur- 
suits and opinions. They will say, " We 
are told he was a great jurist, a man of 
first principles, of learning and logic ; 
but there is no book, no recorded opin- 
ion. We are told he was eloquent, but 
there is not one printed speech ; we re- 
member no crowded court rooms, no 
enthusiastic multitudes at Faneuil Hall, 
hanging upon his lips. He had taste 
and genius as an artist, we are told, but 
he leaves no finished picture ; he put his 
hand to no statue, and no public build- 
ing bears his impress. You say he had 
the mind of a statesman ; yet he filled no 
very high office, and stamped his char- 
acter on no public measures." 

" ' Now, sir, these questions are not 
only natural, but reasonable ; and not 
only are they reasonable, but they are 
founded on facts which all must admit 
to exist. The truth is, sir, in the role 
he played in the drama of life, the part 
of Hamlet was not left out. I never 
read the delineation of that princely 
gentleman, Avhich the master painter of 
human nature has given us, without the 
reflection of the image of our friend 
thrown across the page — the glass of 
fashion and the mould of form, the ob- 
served of all observers — the courtier's, 
soldier's, scholar's eye, tongue, sword, 
and yet in tliat sad sohloquy, charging 
himself with the habit of " reasoning 
too precisely on the event," of forecast- 
ing and retrospection, until — 

"The native hue of resolution 
Is siclilied o'er with the pale cast of thought ; 
And enterprises of great pith and moment, 
With this regard, their currents turn awry, 
And lose the name of action." 



" ' K there is no claim on the memo- 
ries of men unless established by books, 
or monuments of works accomi)lished, 
on wliich the workman may put the 
facit, and not the faciehai, the friends 
of Mr. Dexter might Avell despair of 
justice being done him by the advan- 
cing generation. But tliis view is not 
just, not reasonable. Reputation may 
be estabhshed by the consenting testi- 
mony of men. It may rest on tradition 
as held semper, uhique, et ah oinuibvs. 
If this eminence of ]Mr. Dexter were 
claimed by a few, by a circle, h\ per- 
sons pecuharly situated, it might be 
distrusted. But this is not so. The 
concurrent testimony to his peculiar 
powers comes from all points of vieM' — 
from those who saw him from above, 
and those who saw him from below, and 
from his contemporaries by his side. 
Those who have held judicial office, and 
hold it now with honor, tell us he was a 
true jurist. Those who met him in the 
contests of the forum, testify that he 
was a formidable antagonist. ■ Those 
who have labored with him as associates, 
gratefully recall his sound judgment, his 
discernment of fii'st principles, his pa- 
tience of labor, and of details even, 
when they were connected with first 
principles, and his courage and fidelity 
in their indication. Politicians, friendly 
or hostile, who have reached high office, 
admit that he had many claims superior 
to their own ; and the general pubHc 
always looked to him for high service, 
and left open for him posts of honor, as 
if they were his right. Artists tell us 
of his taste and genius in the calling of 
their lives. The society of professional 
artists in Boston, though he was but an 
amateur, looked to him as their head 
and adviser. 

" ' The resolutions say, and you have 
said, that he was a gentleman. He was, 
indeed, that. The fineness of tone, 
which is the essence of the character, 
was his. But fineness of tone only 
leaves that character in posse, and not 
in esse. He had that innate graceof 
manner and chivalry of temper which 
give to that character form and devel- 
opment. When we recall his presence, 
we feel that Ave need not be referred 
back to traditions of Sidney, or Bayard, 
or to the memories of our own Hamil- 
ton, for the image of the knightly gen- 
tleman.' " — Law Reporter for Oct. 



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Dibble, Mrs. Cordelia Livingston, 
Detroit, Mich., Jan. 23, ae. 56, wife of 
Col. Orville B. Dibble. 

DliK, Jacob, Esq., Cumru,Pa., , 

w. 73. Ml-- 1)-. during his lifetime, held 
various ottices of trust in the county. 
At his death, he was a director of the 
Heading Savings Bank, and one of the 
boartl of inspectors of the Berks Co. 
prison. . 

DkivKY, William A., Esq., Sprmg- 
field, 111., Feb. 17, fe. 33. "He was 
one of our most worthy and res])ccted 
citizens. Ho was esteemed l)y all who 
enjoyed his acquaintance. He ^yas the 
ornament of the society in which he 
moved. He will be regretted by all who 
knew him." 

DuKiNSO.v, Dr. Cornelius, Pierpont, 
N. Y.. Jan. 19, x. 64. 

DiCKsoN', Jacob, school teacher, Han- 
over, Ta., March 2, «. 84. 

DiCKSOX, Capt. John, Sparta, Ga., 
Dec. 24, IP. 6S. He was, perhaps, the 
largest landholder in the state. Several 
years ago he paid a tax on about 35,000 
acres of land. 

]')lKi"KN'DERFER, Charles, Baltimore, 
Md., June 27, x. 15. He was a mem- 
ber of the consistory of the Second 
Street Church, and for many years one 
of its most active and useful members. 
Of all the members of the church, he 
was pro!)al)ly the most regular and punc- 
tual attendant on public worship. As a 
merchant and as a citizen, he was well 
known and mucli respected. The daily 
papers of the city fittingly noticed his de- 
mise, and the manner in which he had 
discharged the various public trusts com- 
mitted to his hands. His funeral was 
altendi'd by a large connection of rela- 
tives and friends, by the " Old Defend- 
ers," and by delegations from various 
cor|)orations and associations. 

Dim VN, Mrs. Elizabeth, widow of Capt. 

Henry Diinan, Bristol Ferry, , 

w. 66. On the death of her husband in 
August last, she was appointed keeper of 
the liglithousc at the ferry. 

])IMM1IT. Iv.ekiel, Lott Hulick, Ba- 
tana, ().. Martli J), to. 81. He was born 
in Baltimore, Md., and removed with his 
pari-nts, at an early age, to Frederick 
Co., Va. At the age of 21 he conceived 
the idea of emigrating westward. Ac- 
cordintrly, in 1706, he was married to 
Phicl)e Cicst, in Lexington, Ky., and im- 
mediately removed to tliis county, then 



under the organization of the North 
Western Territorj-. He was among the 
few pioneers who had then settled in 
those then wild regions, inhabited only 
by a few wandering tribes of Indians. 
But few of the first settlers of this coun- 
ty yet survive him. As a member of 
society at large, his intercourse with his 
fellow-men was marked with decision of 
character, energy, and enterprise. Be- 
ing conversant with the necessary re- 
quirements of a new country, he was 
foremost to engage in many of the 
leading enterprises of the day, sparing 
neither time nor means for their con- 
summation. His inflexible will and de- 
termination enabled liim to encounter aU 
ojiposition, and to bear up under every 
disap])ointment. In the course of his 
life he assumed many responsible trusts, 
which he fulfilled with promptitude and 
fidelity. "NA'ith marked physical abilitj', 
and an active mind, he was most content 
when engaged in the business transac- 
tions of life, which characterized him un- 
til a brief period previous to his death. 
He was from his youth under the influ- 
ence of Methodism" and Christian instruc- 
tion, which resulted in his very early 
attachment to the Methodist Episcopal 
church, of which he was a faithful, vigi- 
lant, and consistent member even unto 
death. 

DiMOCK, Oliver Ward, Esq., North 
Mansfield, Conn., June 30, x. 77. He 
was a gentleman of the old school, cheer- 
ful and courteous, possessed of a superior 
mind and an eminently kind heart. He 
has j)assed a long life of unsullied honor 
and private usefulness on earth, and is 
now gone to his reward, and to rejoin 
the partner of his early days, and his 
children, in the " better land." 

DiNGLEY, Mrs. Mary, Winslow, Me., 

, fE. — , wife of Dr. Amasa J. 

Dingley, of Canaan. 

DiNSMORK, Mrs. Jane, Morgan Co., 
Ala., Aug. 21, X. — , widow of James 
Dinsmore, a soldier of the American 
revolution. She was born by the waters 
of Loch Erne, near the town of Ennis- 
killen, Ireland, Jan. 1, 1770. With her 
parents, she came to America about 
1786, landing at Charleston, S. C. They 
settled in North Carolina, where she was 
united in marriage with James Dins- 
more, Jan. 29, 1794. About 1810, with 
lier husband, she came to Alabama, and 
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her brother, Archie INIcDaniel, settled 
near Huntsville, Maclison Co. In 1821 
she accompanied her husband to Morgan 
Co., where she resided until her death. 
Mrs. 1). left many relations and friends 
to mourn her demise. She was the 
mother of ten children, two sons and 
eight daughters, the youngest of whom 
resides in Limestone Co. !Mrs. D. was 
half a century a member of the Presby- 
terian church. She dedicated to God 
her younger children, in the court house 
at Huntsville, when the congregation 
used to hold its sessions there for want 
of a church edifice in which to convene. 
She lived the Christian, and died the 
same. She was buried at New Provi- 
dence by the side of her husband, who 
had preceded her by 20 years, wanting 
one month. Her remains were followed 
to the grave by a large concourse of cit- 
izens and weeping friends. The solem- 
nities of the funeral were conducted by 
that warm-hearted Irish patriot, Chris- 
tian friend, and neighbor, John Fran- 
cis. 

DiSBROW, Rev. Charles H., Suffolk, 
Va., Oct. 17, a?. — , formerly of Troy, 
N. Y. 

Disney, Hon. David T., of Ohio, at 
Washington, D. C, March 14, a?. 54. 
Mr. D. was a native of Baltimore. He 
began earl}- his life of usefulness. "When 
barely eligible, he was elected to and 
served in the General Assembly of Ohio. 
He served in both branches, and was 
speaker of the House, and president of 
the Senate, respectively. In 1848 he 
was elected to represent the Cincinnati 
district in the Lower House of the Con- 
gress of the United States. He re- 
mained in Congress for six years, and 
doubtless would have been continued 
but for the overthrow of his party in 
1854 in his district and state. He was 
one of the friends of the Kansas-Nebras- 
ka measure, and advocated and voted 
for its passage. His reports upon many 
subjects, referred to the various commit- 
tees of M'hich he was chairman and mem- 
ber, will remain, as they have been, pat- 
terns for research, style, and ability, for 
all those who may hereafter be called 
upon to act in similar positions. His 
reports, and his acknowledged ability as 
a parliamentarian, gave him much prom- 
inence in the national councils, and 
much reputation with the people of the 
Union. 



HON. JAMES C. DOBBIN, 

Fayetteville, N. C, Aug. 4, ae. 43. The 
Fayetteville Observer says, in a notice 
of Mr. Dobbin, that it had been ap- 
parent, for some weeks, that his end was 
approachhig, and he was himseh' not less 
aware of it than were the sorrowing 
friends who had so earnestly hoped and 
prayed that he might be spared to them, 
to his state, and to his country. He 
was prepared for the awful change. A 
life of purity is closed by a triumphant 
death. The honest and conscientious 
statesman, the true friend, the upright 
man, has passed from the scene of his 
earthly honors to his reward above — 
the " well done " of the faithful servant. 
Mr. Dobbin was born in 1814. Pie 
graduated at the University of North 
Carolina in 1832 ; read law in the office 
of the late Judge Strange ; was eminent- 
ly successful at the bar ; was elected to 
Congress in 1845, and declined a reelec- 
tion ; was elected to the legislature in 
1848 and 1850; was speaker of the 
House of Commons at the latter session; 
and finally entered the cabinet as secre- 
tary of the navy in 1853, serving through 
the entire administration of President 
Pierce, which he did much to render 
successful and popular. His devotion to 
the arduous duties of that station cost 
him his lile. Since his retirement from 
the navy department, his health has 
rapidly failed, but his friends had ear- 
nestly hojed to see him again restored to 
health and usefulness. No man in North 
Carolina enjoyed in a larger degree the 
confidence and warm regard of the 
people of that state, or more truly mer- 
ited it. He was a man of rare simjjlicity 
and truthfulness of character, yet was 
possessed of great energy, and in his 
various jjublic positions gave to the ser- 
vice of his country the best eflbrts of a 
richly cultivated mind, and a large prac- 
tical business experience. He served 
with distinction in Congress, and, under 
the administration of President Pierce, 
notwithstanding his failing health, pre- 
sided over the navy department with sm- 
gular success, and by his wisdom, fore- 
sight, and care, contributed essentially in 
strengthening and increasing the efficien- 
cy of that a"rm of the national service. 
His amiability, courtesy, real Avorth, and 
his enthusiastic devotion to the interests 
of the v.aw, won for him, in an emir.eut 



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degree, the respect and love of both offi- 
cers and men ; while the vigor Avhich 
characterized his action, and the wisdom 
and enlightenment of his suggestions, 
made him an invaluable cabinet officer. 
His administration of that office was ex- 
cellent, and he was instrumental in bring- 
ing about a number of reforms. His 
health has been delicate for a long time, 
and the news of his death was not unex- 
pected. Two of President Pierce's cab- 
inent officers — Messrs. Marcy and Dob- 
bin — have died within six months of 
his retirement ; his postmaster general 
has also lost his wife, and Gen. Rusk, of 
Texas, who was elected president pro 
tempore of the Senate, at the close of 
his term, is also among the dead. Rare- 
ly do we find so large an amount of mor- 
tality, in so short a time, in a small 
political family. 

DoBBYN, Maj., late of the British army, 
Philadelphia, April 2, pp. — , recently 
British vice consul at Philadelphia. 

DoBER, Mrs. Henrietta Benigna, Beth- 
lehem, Sept. 5, 33. 54, widow of Rev. 
Charles T. Dober. 

Dodge, Henry L., , se. — , 

United States agent for the Navajo In- 
dians in New Mexico. The Washing- 
ton Union states tlwt information has 
been received at the dejjartment of the 
interior, confirmatory of the painful ru- 
mors that have been circulated respect- 
ing the fate of Henry L. Dodge, U. S. 
agent for the Navajo Indians, in New 
Mexico, who had been missing for some 
time past, and who, it was supposed, had 
been ca])tured and confined, or killed, by 
the Indians in that territory. Maj. Ken- 
drick, commanding at Fort Defiance, sent 
out a detachment to search for Mr. D., 
dead or alive, and his corpse was discov- 
ered at a point about 30 miles south of 
the Zma, and towards the head waters 
of the Gila. Mr. D. being a great favor- 
ite among tlie Navajos, and devoted to 
their interest, renders this wicked and 
wanton act of infidelity and cruelty inex- 
plicable. The writer states that the In- 
dians " struck off the hand that fed 
them, and, Joel-like, smote the benefac- 
tor of their race." Tlio victim of this 
cruel act is the son of the Hon. Henry 
Dodge, the veneral)le and distinguished 
ex-senator from Wisconsin. 

Donaldson, Major Alexander, New 

York, Oct. 3, ID. rn. 

Donaldson, Elder Francis, Middle- 
A-ille, Mich., May 25, vi. — . Elder D. 



moved to Middleville four years ago last 
fall, from the State of New York, and 
has continually labored in the ministry 
until his death, scarcely disajjpointing a 
congregation during the whole time. 

DONIIAM, Leonard, Jr., Boston, Feb. 
25, a?. 16, member of the senior class, 
Harvard Universitj'. 

Donnelly, Mrs. Catharine, "Wood- 
stock, McHenry Co., Ill, , fe. 111. 

She was a native of Tyrone Co., Ireland, 
and came to McHenry Co. about 20 \ts. 
ago, where she has resided ever since. 
She was the mother of twelve children. 
Notwithstanding her extreme old age, 
she retained the full use of her faculties 
to the last, and, until a very recent date, 
M'as able to move about the house. For 
the last fifty years she has restricted her- 
self to one meal a day, and that was al- 
ways partaken of after 12 o'clock in the 
day. 

Donnelly, Griswold W., Esq., Sac- 

i-amento city, Cal., , ae. 36, at the 

residence of J. M. Rhodes, Esq. Mr. 
D. was a native of New York. After 
arriving at manhood he emigrated to 
Wooster, O., where he commenced the 
study of the law, and in a few years en- 
tered upon the duties of his profession ; 
and from the too close ap])lication of his 
mental faculties, the symptoms of an in- 
sidious disease became too apparent to 
be mistaken, when he determined to 
take a voyage to Australia for the ben- 
efit of his health. In company with five 
others he went there, and labored hard 
and constantly in the mines near Bal- 
arat until the fill of 1854, when his 
health, seemingly having been restored, 
he came to California to resume the 
practice of his profession. He came to 
this place almost an entire stranger, and 
located himself amongst us in Oct., 1855. 
Being a young gentleman of liberal edu- 
cation, brilliant talents, and unquestion- 
able veracity, with most amiable social 
qualities, much benevolence, and a kind 
and generous heart, he was not long in 
making a large circle of fixed and de- 
votedly attached friends ; all of whom 
doe])ly feel, and most earnestly mourn, 
the loss of one cut down in the bloom of 
manhood, and wlio has left a vacuum in 
society not easily filled. 

DoioiAN, Beisey, Springfield, Mass., 
Feb. 23, TC. 87. formerly of New Haven. 

DORMAN, yir. John, Newburyi)nrt, 
Mass., , ip. 95. He was tlic old- 
est man in town, and has been for some 



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time, having attained a number of days 
that not one in many thousands of the 
human race is permitted to see. The 
remembrances of his life ran baclv longer 
than the nation has existed — longer 
than an independent state has been in 
America. With the acts of all the pres- 
idents of the Union, of the governors of 
the state, and of all the great men who 
have made America great, he has been 
fiimiliar. — Neu'huryport Herald. 

DoRRANCE, Wm. C., Florence, Oneida 
Co., O., Feb. 12, a?. 44, son of Dr. John 
Dorrance, of Peterboro', and brother of 
Hon. D. G. Dorrance. 

Doty, Jei^athiel, South Wallingford, 
Vt., Nov. 14, a\ 93, a soldier of the rev- 
olution, and the last surnvor of the body- 
guard and escort of Lafayette to his na- 
tive country. ]Mr. D. was born in Ehode 
Island in 1764, and was consequently 93 
years of age. He enlisted in the conti- 
nental army when only 15 years old, and 
served through the seven years' struggle. 
Again, in 1812, he volunteered in his 
country's service, and took part in the 
operations at Plattsburg. 

Doughty, Thomas, Pittsburg, Pa., 
Feb. — , SB. — , at the residence of his 
son-in-law; an old soldier, who served 
imder General Wayne, and took pai't in 
several battles. 

Douglas, Judge Amos, Franklin, 
N. Y., March 9, se. 78, a graduate of 
Williams College in the class of 1798. 

Douglas, Rev. James, Bovina, Pa., 
March 15, fe. 77, pastor of the Reformed 
Presbyterian church of Bovina. 

Douglass, John, Sheffield, INIass., 
April 18, te. 74, a native of New Hart- 
ford, Conn. 

Douglass, Rev. Stephen, Jersev Citv, 
N. J., Jan. 21, te. — •. Mr. D. formed 
early a desire to enter the gos])el minis- 
try, and to this end was .placed in Trin- 
ity College, Hartford, Conn. He grad- 
uated at Columbia College in 1837, and 
at the Theological Seminary June 25, 
1840. He was ordained jiriest by Bish- 
op Delancv, in Trinitv Church, Utica, 
N. Y., Aug. 17, 1841, and labored faith- 
fully in the service of the church to the 
close of a well-spent life in Jersey Citv. 

DowDAL, Dr. Peter B., May 3, sp.59, 
at the residence of his aunt, Mrs. M. 
Smldath. Fauquier Co.,Va. Dr. D. left 
Ins residence in Spottsylvania Co., on 
F"ridny, May 1, in apparently good 
henlih, and on Saturday night about 12 
o'clock he was taken sick. A physician 



was immediately sent .for, Avho ' pro- 
nounced his case a hopeless one, and he 
expired on Sundav afternoon. 

DowELL, Col. C. R., Loudon Co., Va., 
Feb. 18, a?. 51. 

Drake, Hon. John R., Owego, Ti- 
oga Co., N. Y., March 21, a^. 74. The 
deceased was one of the earliest resi- 
dents of Owego, and, in its early his- 
tory, and up to 1847, took an active and 
prominent part in the public matters of 
Tioga Co. In March, 1 833, he was elect- 
ed county judge. In 1834 he served as 
member of assemblv from that county. 
From 1817 to 1819, Judge D. was a 
representative in Congress. In 1847 he 
was attacked with paralysis, and for the 
last six or eight years of his life w^as al- 
most entirely incapable of transacting 
business. 

Drake, Mrs. Nancy, Delaware, O., 
Oct. 25, a?. 83, widoAv of Rev. Jacob 
Dcake. She professed the religion of 
Christ in early life, and Mith her com- 
])anion removed to this county, and took 
their lot among the first settlers of the 
country; and while her husband went 
abroad to preach the gospel, she endured 
abundantly the toils and ]3rivations of a 
minister's wife in new settlements. But 
in speaking of her hardships, she was 
accustomed to represent them as being 
met cheerfully for the glory of God and 
the good of souls. She lived and died 
in the hope of the rest that remains for 
the peo]}le of God. 

Draper, Mr. Wm. B., Washington, 
D. C, April 2, a^. 26, youngest son of 
the late Henry Dra])er, of Rochester, 
N. Y. Mr. I)., during a residence of 
some years in this city, while connected 
with the telegra])h office, won for him- 
self a great many warm friends, who 
parted with him with regret when he 
left in the expedition to Japan, com- 
manded by Com. Perry, in which he had 
charge of the telegraphic fine and instru- 
ments sent out by the United States gov- 
ernment as presents to the emperor. 
He made himself useful as an assistant, 
and agreeable as a friend, while on board, 
and his conduct while in Jajian caused 
him to be regarded with great respect 
by the dignitaries Avith whom he had 
intercourse, and who made him many 
valuable presents. These were, as usu- 
al, detained by government on his re- 
turn, and placed in the collection at 
Washington. Keturning to his state, 
lilr. D. was for some time in charge of 



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the telegraph office at Madison, from 
which place he went to Washington to 
endeavor to obtain the consent of gov- 
ernment to restore to him the presents 
which wei-e given to him by the Japan- 
ese officials, and also to obtain compen- 
sation for services. While there he was 
struck down with paralysis. His re- 
mains were taken to Rochester, N. Y. 

Drennex, Kev. Thomas, Blooming- 
ton, III, Nov. 26, ae. 33. 

Dresden, Mr. Samuel, Michigan City, 
Ind., June 24, le. 45. Mr. D. was one 
of the oldest and most esteemed citizens. 
Always just and upright in his intercourse 
with his fellow-men, he had endeared 
himself to a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances, who deeply regret his loss. 

Urixkiiouse, Jacob, Esq., Philadel- 
phia, Oct. 2.5, IE. 97. He was a native 
of Pottstown, Montgomery Co., where 
for some years he fulfilled the duties 
of postmaster and magistrate. He also 
represented Montgomery Co. for a long 
time in the state legislature. He was an 
honorable man, highly respected by all 
who knew him, and lived to a patriarchal 
age. Thus has another link between the 
past and present been severed. 

Drumiieller, Col. Jacob, Conyngham, 
Pa., June 1 1, te. 67. " He was one of tlie 
most prominent men we have ever had 
in this county. As early as 1823 he was 
elected to the legislature, and the ability 
displayed by him inspired so great a con- 
fidence in the minds of his constituents, 
that they reelected him for four succes- 
sive years. They then, with an unusual 
unanimity, elected him to the Senate, 
wliich ])o<ition he enjoyed for two terms. 
Few men in this county or senatorial dis- 
trict have enjoyed tlie same amount of 
confidence as Col. Drumheller, and had 
we more of the old sterling pioneer 
stock, our progress would be less retard- 
ed than it is. In him the community 
has lost a valuable member of soci- 
etj-, and his family a kind husband and 
father." 

Drummoxd, Mrs. Ann, Philadelphia, 
May 27, a?. 61, daughter of Bracctard 
Barns, lite of the United States navy 
yard, Brooklyn, Long Island. 

Drummoxi), Rev. Josejjh, Bristol, 
Me., Nov. 23, pp. 33, son of the late Hon. 
James Druminond, of tiiat town. In the 
profession he had chosen he stood de- 
servedly high, and gave promise of jjre- 
eminent rank and usefulness. He was 



settled recently pastor of the Congrega- 
tional church at West Newton, jNIass., 
and was for a time, we think, in Roches- 
ter, N. Y. 

Drysuale, Judge Alexander, Savan- 
nah, Ga., Sept. 24, ts. — 

I)v Bois, Mr. Augustus Edwin, at the 
residence of liis brother, Rev. A. Du Bois, 
lungston, May 10, ae. 30. 

Dudley, ]\Irs., Norridgewock, Me., 
March 28, a?. 62, wife of James Dudley. 

DuMOXT, Mrs. Julia L., Vevay, Ind., 
Jan. 1, ge. — , well known as a poetess. 

Dunbar, Rev. J., Iowa Point, K. T., 

, ae. 53, formerly missionary 

among the Pawnee Indians. 

Dunbar, Hon. Matthew, Kenawha, 
Va., July 5, se. — , the oldest lawyer of 
the Kenawha bar, and the last judge of 
that circuit under the old constitution. 
He filled the post of commonwealth's 
attorney for Kenawha at the time of his 
death. 

Duncan, Mrs. Elizabeth, Bridgeport, 
O., May 20, <t. 55. She was born in 
Franklin Co., Pa. Having removed with 
her husband to Ohio, they settled in the 
central part of Guernsey Co. At An- 
trim, Washington, and Middletown, her 
name was quite familiar. INIany hearts 
were gladdened by her smiles, many 
troubles were alleviated by her kindness. 
Some years since the family removed to 
Bridgejjort, where, surrounded by her 
husband and children, she breathed her 
last. Naturally kind and gentle, she was 
tenderly loved ; hence her loss is deeply 
felt. 

DuNC.\N, Capt. David, Newburg, Pa., 
May 28, re. 86. " The last of a numer- 
ous family, and carried beyond the Scrip- 
ture limit of fourscore years, with a life 
marked by sound practical Avisdom. in- 
tegrity, and energy, he felt he had little 
more to desire than calmly and ])atiently 
to await the summons of the great Dis- 
poser of all. In all the relations of life 
he endeavored to do right. Just and 
peaceal)le, industrious and frugal, none 
loved more to see those virtues in others. 
He died near the spot of his birth, hav- 
ing survived all the associates of his ear- 
ly years. His vigorous constitution and 
temperate and regular habits contributed 
to jn'olong his days with a large meas- 
ure of comfortable health. A stranger 
could not fail to observe, even in his 
later years, his serenity and cheerfulness. 
He had been a member and elder in the 



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133 



Presbj'terian church. A humble reli- 
ance on the grace of God, and an ap- 
proving conscience, were the secret of 
his quietude. He was not faultless, or 
free from tlie crosses and trials of hu- 
manity, but he bore them with calmness 
and fortitude. He seemed to die as he 
had tried to live, at peace with God and 
man, and generally respected by all who 
knew him. He was thrice married, his 
last wife surviving him ; had six children, 
of whom but two are hv"ing. Although 
he was a man of a peaceful and retiring 
disposition, and had no relish for the ex- 
citements and cares of public affairs, he 
was by no means uninterested in the 
prosperity and honor of his country. His 
patriotism was unquestioned. He Avas 
elected captain of what was called the 
Shippensburg Troop, a company made up 
of the most respectable men of Shippens- 
burg and surrounding country, and was 
one of a large company of ])atriotic volun- 
teers, who, under Capt. Benj. Reynolds, 
went to Baltimore in the war of 1812. 
They were not called into action, but 
were there at the time of the attack on 
the city by the British forces under Gen. 
Ross, who fell in the engagement, just 
after he had attacked the city of AVash- 
ington, and burned the Capitol, jn-esi- 
dent's house, and executive offices — 
one of the most wanton acts of Vandalism 
that ever disgraced the annals of civil- 
ized warfore. Wonderful life ! His eje 
opened on his country in a state of colo- 
nial dependence ; then he beheld her 
emerging gloriously from a long and ar- 
duous struggle for liberty and independ- 
ence ; and again trium])hing in a contest 
with the mightiest nation of the earth, 
and a third time victorious in war ; then 
rising in dignity and power among the 
first nations of the earth, and rejoicing in 
the rich and precious inheritance of civil 
and religious liberty, of a wise constitu- 
tion, and good government. In grateful 
remembrance long may his virtues live." 
— Com. 

Duncan, R. A. F., Esq., March — , 
a?. — . At a meeting of the members 
of the Memphis bar, held in Memphis, 
April 1, 1857, the followng proceedings 
were had in relation to the death of R. 
A. F. Duncan : Hon. John P. Caruthers 
was called to the chair to preside over 
the deliberations of the meeting, and 
Marcus J. Wright was appointed secre- 
tary. The object of the meeting having 
12 



been announced bv the chairman, Messrs. 
Isham G. Harris,' B. B. Waddell, J. E. 
R. Ray, and Smith P. Bankhead were 
appointed a committee to draught such 
preamble and resolutions as would be a 
suitable testimony of respect for his mem- 
ory, and sincerely express the feelings of 
his brethren who are left to lament his 
death. The said committee having re- 
ported thefollowing resolutions, the same 
were unanimously adopted : — 

" Your committee has heard, with feel- 
ings of deep regret, of the death of our 
young and promising brother in the pro- 
fession, R. A. F. Duncan, Avhose career 
among us for the past few years has won 
for him the high esteem of all who knew 
him, and a place as lasting as life in the 
memory of many warm and devoted 
friends ; therefore 

" Resolved, that we deeply deplore 
the death of R, A. F. Duncan, and that 
we unfeignedly condole with his afflicted 
wife and relations in his decease ; that a 
copy of these proceedings be spread up- 
on the minutes of the courts of Mem- 
phis ; that the same be published in the 
Memphis papers, with the request that 
the Nashville and Columbia papers copy ; 
and that a copy of these proceeding be 
sent to his bereaved wife and relations. 

" On motion, the meeting adjourned. 
" Jno. p. Caruthers, Chaiiman. 

" M. J. Wright, Secretary." 

Duncan, Miss Susan R., Haverhill, 
Mass., Feb. 24, a?. 20, daughter of Hon. 
James H. Duncan, late member of Con- 
gress. 

DuNFEE, Mr. John, Mead township, 
O., March 24, ve. 64. In the death of 
Mr. D., the community in which he has 
lived for over half a century has lost a 
member whose place will not be easily 
filled. In all the relations of life, he was 
ever prompt, ready, and efficient. As a 
citizen, he was warm and determined in 
his love of country and the principles of 
the democratic party. No movement 
connected with the politics of the coun- 
try was ever mooted, either national or 
local, but he at once informed himself, 
and was ready to do battle for his cher- 
ished principles. As a parent, none was 
more loved, esteemed, honored, and re- 
spected. He Avas a consistent member 
of the Christian church, and lived and 
died in the foith of his Redeemer. 

Dunham, Mrs. Susan, Lexington, Ky., 



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[1857.] 



BUTTON 



May 30, a?. — . This estimable lady was 
well known in many parts of New Eng- 
land, and has finished her course at an 
advanced age. She was the daughter of 
the Rev. Lemuel Hedge, of Warwick, 
Han'ard University, 17j9, who died in 
1777, and sister of Prof. Levi Hedge, 
Harvard University, 1792, who died in 
1814. She was married at AVindsor, 
Vt., to the late Col. Josiah Dunham, 
Feb. 25, 1796. The colonel was a 
Dartmouth graduate, 1789. He served 
many years in tlie United States army, 
was editor of the Dartmouth Eagle and 
Washingtonian, and for a long period 
was the ])rincipal of a female academy, 
at both \Yindsor, Vt., and Lexington, 
Ky. No man stood more deservedly 
high in the estimation of his numerous 
friends. His scholarship was ripe, and 
his presence noble. He removed to 
Lexington in 1821, and died in that city, 
universally regretted, ]\Iay 10, 1844, ae. 
75. The plice of his birth was Lebanon 
Creek, now Columbia, Conn. His moth- 
er was a Moseley, and his father Deacon 
Daniel Dunham. 

DuNKLE, ]Mrs. Mary, Saltcreek, O., 
April 1, a". 73. !Mrs. D. came to this 
county in 1803, Avhen the great north- 
west was a wilderness. She lived to see 
the wilderness and the soHtary place bud 
and blossom as the rose. 

DUNLOP, James, Esq., EaUimore, Md., 
late of Philadelphia, April 19, ;b. 62. 
Mr. D. was a gentleman who stood very 



legal 



profession, being well 



high in the 

known all over Pennsylvania. He was 
for several years a member of the state 
legislature, and was the author of a digest 
of the state laws and several other law 
books. He had been a practising lawyer 
in Philadelphia for many years, and was 
regarded as a very able and learned 
jurist. 

Duxx, George G., Esq., Bedford, Ind., 

, 86. 45. He was born Dec, 

1812, in Boyle Co., Ky. Li Nov., 1833, 
he came to JJedford, and continued to re- 
side there until his death. After taking 
up his residence in Bedford, depending 
upon his own resources, he for a time 
engaged in the highly creditable employ- 
ment of teaching, at the same time ])\u-- 
suing with the utmost diligence the study 
of the law. He and the Hon. II. W. 
Thompson commenced the practice at 
this place aliout the same time, and there 
are yet living many graj-haired pioneers 



of the county who remember vividly 
the various honorable and gallant strug- 
gles which took place between these two 
young men of genius and noble bearing. 
Mr. Dunn was one of the most remark- 
able men of Indiana, and occupied a first 
])Osition in the legal profession. He had 
filled many higli ofiicial trusts, and rep- 
resented his district in the last Con- 
gress. Although a member of the Amer- 
ican party, he was never very intense as 
a politician. His style of oratory was 
elegant and winning in the extreme. He 
died at the age of 45 years, admired by 
all who knew him and generally beloved. 

DuREN, Elnathan, Bangor, ^le., April 
15, 8P. 71. He Mas favorably known as 
the successful leader of the choir in the 
Park Street Church, Boston, in the time 
of Dr. Griffin ; the same choir forming 
subsequently an im])ortant nucleus to 
the Handel and Hayden Society in that 
city, and taking a prominent part in the 
performances. He is spoken of by the 
author of '• Church ]Music in America " as 
having " native and acquired talent, pow- 
er and sweetness of voice," and " energy 
of expression," which few possess or ac- 
quire. 

DuRFEE, Dea. Benjamin, New Bed- 
ford, Mass., , 8c. — . He was ac- 
tive in benevolent enterjirises, and will 
be long remembered with gratitude by 
many of the deserving poor. 

DuRFEE, Mrs. Hannah, Nankin, I\Iich., 
at the residence of her son, Geo. Durfee, 
Esq., Nov. 25, iv. 91, formerly of Little 
Compton, R. I. 

DuRRiE, Dea. John, New Haven,Conn.. 
Dec. 4, a\ 66, Mr. I), was the senior 
member of Durrie & Peck, booksellers 
and publishers. The firm was the oldest 
in New Haven, having been in existence 
upwards of 40 years. Mr. D. was a 
man of great integrity, and much re- 
spected by all Mho knew him. 

DuRYEA, Mrs. Mary, Wallkill, N. Y., 
Nov. 27, iP. 80, Mife of John Duryea, 
and mother of Ilev. J. H. Duryea. 

DuTTOX, Hem-y, Mount Airy, Phila- 
delphia, A])ril 27, a:*. 38, son of the late 
Profes.sor Matthew R. Duttou, of New 
Haven. 

DuTTO.v, Major , Philadelphia, 

Jan. 6, iv. — , having been in charge of 
Fort Mifflin for some time. 

DuTTON, Hon. Salmon F., Cavendish, 
Vt., July 6, a*. 53. " To speak feelingly, 
yet temperately, of those with mIioui -we 



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135 



have been long associated, to whom we 
have been bound by the strong ties of 
friendship and atiection, is a difficult task. 
While excellent and nolile qualities are 
vivid in our recollection, and our sympa- 
thies deeply stirred by the rude hand of 
death, we are liable to be hurried into 
eulogium which would be regarded as 
extravagant by the dispassionate eye of 
a stranger. It is but simple justice to 
remark that Judge D.'s character was 
strongly marked by rare gifts and endow- 
ments. His was a mind of no common 
order. For more than 20 years he 
occupied a seat in the Probate Court of 
the Windsor district, either as register 
or judge. When it is remembered that 
the court referred to is called upon to 
decide questions of very grave character 
and serious importance, to have per- 
formed with ability and integrity the 
responsible duties of such a position for 
so long a period affords the clearest evi- 
dence of high intellectual and moral ! 
qualifications. Had he chosen to act at [ 
the bar of the other courts, for which he 
early qualified himself, his varied and ; 
shining talents would have secured him | 
extensive practice and high professional 
rank. He was twice elected to the Sea- 
ate of Vermont. In the discharge of his 
public duties he exhibited an integrity 
and firmness of principle, and a cool, 
calm, discriminating judgment rarely to 
be found. His nice discrimination, clear, 
comprehensive view, was truly remarka- 
ble. He was singularly fitted to arbitrate 
between conflicting parties, and so to 
control adverse interests as to bring about 
the happiest results. There were traits 
in his ])rivate character which his friends 
will delight to recall, which death cannot 
efface from their memories. His benev- 
olence was as broad as his knowledge of 
human suffering ; it manifested itself in 
an open-handed, unwearied charity; his 
heart was full of ' the milk of human 
kindness.' Unaffected modesty was man- 
ifested in all his conduct ; personal vanity 
was unknown to his character ; he was a 
stranger to the love of display. In dress, 
manners, and deportment, he was simple 
and unaffected. But we forbear — the 
qualities of his heart will be treasured 
up in the fond recollections of his friends. 
After a protracted and most painful ill- 
ness, he is summoned to immortality. It 
was a sorrowful day when we laid him 
in the grave. The deep sadness that 



gathered on every brow in that great 
concourse that assembled at his funeral 
gave evidence that not only his relatives, 
but community, have sustained a severe 
loss." 

Button, Salmon, Esq., Cavendish, 
July 11, SB. 87. A public journal says, 
" But four days had passed away from 
the time that a large circle of weeping 
friends were paying their last tribute of 
love and respect to the only son, Salmon 
F. Button, and they were gathered again 
in the sombre drapery of grief to follow 
the aged father to the grave. It is not 
for us, nor is this the time, to give an 
extended delineation of the character of 
this venerable and worthy man. Suffice 
it to say that his was a chamcter distin- 
guished for its simplicit}', integrity, and 
usefulness ; his was a life radiant with 
the lustre of a pure example. In his 
blameless, useful life ; in the honest, 
faithful, conscientious discharge of all 
his social, domestic, and public duties ; 
in his correct, unexceptionable habits and 
deportment, — he has left to his relatives 
and friends a legacy of higher value than 
any legacy of silver or gold ever be- 
queathed by a dying man to his best 
friends ; he has left to them that wliich 
is ' above riches — a good name.' " 

BUVAL, Mrs. Jemima, at the residence 
of B. A. R. Terry, Betroit, Mich., May 
15, SB. 96. Mrs. I), was the grand- 
mother of Mrs. Terry, and the widow of 
a captain of the Maryland line in the 
revolutionary war. 

BwiGHT,'Hon. Henry, Geneva, N. Y., 
Sept. 6, se. 74. Mr. B. was the last 
surviring brother of the late Edmund 
Bwight of Boston, and Jonathan and 
James Bwight of Springfield. He was 
distinguished for great business ability 
and large wealth, and for many years 
held the office of president of the Amer- 
ican Home Missionary Society. Mr. B. 
was a native of Springfield, ^Iass. ; and 
his family connections were of the first 
respectability. He Avas educated for the 
ministry, and was, for some five years, 
the pastor of a Presbj-terian church in 
Utica ; but, his health failing, he was 
compelled to relinquish his chosen pro- 
fession, and betake himself to secular 
pursuits. He came to Geneva about the 
year 1817, since which time he has been 
principally and most favorably known as 
the president, and one of the largest pro- 
prietors, of the Bank of Geneva. As a 



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DYER 



banker, and in all the relations and inter- 
course of business, Mr. D. has always 
enjoyed the highest respect of the com- 
munity for lais practical good sense and 
his unimpeachable intcgrit}', while his 
social and domestic ^^rtues, his liberal 
benefactions to objects of enlightened 
public charity, and his blameless Chris- 
tian example, have won for him, in the 
large circle of his acquaintances, a pro- 
found and reverential regard. His death 
cannot fail to be deeply lamented in the 
community where he has so long resided, 
of which he has been so prominent and 
useful a member. He was worth half a 
million. His will declares that he " con- 
siders the ]iro])erty under his control as 
belonging in the fullest sense unto the 
Lord," and that it was "the testator's 
duty to dispose of it according to his 
■will." To his widow he gives the use of 
a house and some land in Geneva, and, 
■while unmarried, the annual hicome of 
$30,000. In case of her marriage, this 
sum is to be reduced to $10,000. His 
eldest son, Edmund, is to have the in- 
come of $30,000 while he lives, with 
power to bequeath the principal ; and, 
m case he dies intestate, the principal is 
to be divided among his relatives other 
than his wife, mother, and relatives of 
the half-blood. Henry Dwight, Jr., and 
the only daughter of deceased have the 
like provision made in their behalf; but 
a codicil revokes the power given to 
Henry to bequeath the principal, and 
also revokes his appointment as executor, 
William E. Sill, one of the step-sons, 
being put in Henry's place. The sons' 
indebtedness to the estate is cancelled. 
His daughter's husband receives a direct 
legacy of $20,000. The -wives of the 
two sons have the use of $20,000 while 
they live, and power to bequeath it. The 
two step-sons have $500 each. Of the 
residue of the estate, the American Home 
INIissionary Society is to have 30 per 
cent., the Sabbath School Union 15 per 
cent., the American Tract and Bible 
Societies and the Board of Foreign Mis- 



sions each 15 per cent., the Temperance 
Union 1 per cent., the Peace Society 4 
per cent., and the Foreign Evangehcal 
Society 5 per cent. These legacies are 
to be paid in ten annual instalments, the 
first one year after the testator's death. 
The foregoing statement is furnished by 
the New York Post, from a coijy of the 
will. 

DwiNNELL, Isaac, Tolland, Conn., Nov. 
11, a;. 76, elder of the Baptist church. 
He was the youngest child of Henry 
Dwinnell, and Hannah Dagget, of Mill- 
bury, and grandson of Jonathan Dwinnell 
and Mehitabel Kennay, first settlers of 
INIillljury, (Sutton,) in 1732, and great- 
grandson of Thomas Uwinnell and Dinah 
Brinsdel, the second son of Michael 
Dwinnell, one of the original settlers, and 
surveyor in lajing out the town of Tops- 
field, jNIass., previous to 1668. 

Dyer, Mr. Freeman, Boston, Mass., 
, s^. — , a talented and highly- 
esteemed member of the iSIcdical School. 

Dtek, Mr. James A., (at the residence 
of William Fiske, Esq., in Lowell, Mass.,) 

of Brewer, Me., , a>. 35. Mr. D. 

was a partner of Messrs. Fiske and T^ ler 
in the lumber trade in Canada, and was 
extensivelj- kno^n throughout New Eng- 
land as a valuable business man. His 
high sense of honor, his unbending in- 
tegrity, and uniform Christian deport- 
ment, had won for him man}- warm 
friends wherever he A\as known, who will 
not fail deeply to deplore his loss. 

Dyer, Mrs. jNIartha Levellen, New 
Castle, Me., June 27, a\ 80, at the resi- 
dence of ]\Iiss Lydia Clark. She was 
widow of James Djer, of New- Castle, 
and formerly widow of James Rust, of 
Nobleboro', now Damariscotta. She was 
l)ersevering and industrious in her habits, 
and devoted to the interest and welfare 
of her connections and friends. Her 
earthly mission is ended ; but her mem- 
ory will ever be cherished by those with 
w-hom she labored so long. She was a 
native of London, England, and came to 
this country about the year 1800. 



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[1857.] 



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137 



E. 



Eames, Mrs. Elizabeth J., at the resi- 
dence of her father, John S. Jessup, 
Esq., Canuahon, 111., Jan. — , ae. — , a 
lady of many noble quahties of mind and 
heart, and long known to the people of 
the west as a writer for the local papers. 

Eames, Mrs. Mehital)el, Wilmington, 
Mass., Aug. 31, in. 99, widow of Jona- 
than E., a revolutionary soldier. She 
was possessed of a mild and amiable 
temper, which, together with her indus- 
trious and temperate habits, may account 
for her great longevity. She was mother 
of 6 children, 40 grandchildren, and 64 
great-grandchildren. The Congregational 
church in Wilmington, of which she was 
a member 66 years, moui'ns the loss of a 
" mother in Israel." 

Earhlvrt, Mrs. Dorcas, Hibbardsville, 
Athens Co., O., Jan. 14, ae. 58, widow of 
Samuel Earhart, Esq. Mrs. E. was 
brought to Athens Co. by her parents 
when she was an infmt biit six weeks of 
age. Ohio was then a wilderness ; and 
a sugar trough sufficed for her cradle. 
Her parents (William R. and Nancy 
Gabriel) were among the hardiest and 
bravest of the early pioneers who con- 
tributed to make the wilderness of South- 
ern Ohio to blossom like the rose. With 
the axe they felled the forest trees, while 
their rifles guarded them from the fero- 
cious savages and the wild beasts which 
disputed the sovereignty of these now 
fertile fields with the undaunted pioneer. 
During the whole period of her existence 
she resided in the same township, (Alex- 
ander,) and died within three miles of 
the spot where her parents first located 
in the wilderness. 

Earl, Hezekiah, Esq., Boston, Mass., 
, ae. 73, fxmlHarly known as " Fa- 
ther Earl." He was many years propri- 
etor of the Earl Coffee House, in Hano- 
ver Street, which in 1809, and for a 
considerable period, was one of the most 
popular and best houses in Boston. Mr. 
E. leaves some in that section who recol- 
lect with pleasure his kind attentions as 
a host. 

Early, Mrs. , wife of Bishop 

Early, Lynchburg, Va., May — , ae. — . 

Earnest, Henry, Hempfield, Pa., 
March 30, ae. 85. ""The flither of Mr. 
E. was one of those hardy and daring 
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pioneers who penetrated into the interior 
of Pennsylvania while it was yet a howl- 
ing wilderness, inhabitated only by wild 
beasts and still wilder hordes of hostile 
Inchans. He selected Bedford Co. for 
his residence, and here built his rude 
cabin as a protection to his wife and 
children from the elements, while he 
trusted in his God and his own strong 
arm and trusty rifie for security against 
his forest enemies. It was here, in this 
almost insulated home, far from the com- 
forts -of civihzed life, and surrounded by 
imminent danger, that Henry Earnest, 
the subject of this sketch, was born, on 
the 28th of March, 1772; and here, 
under the protection of his intrepid father 
and no less fearless mother, amidst his 
brothers and sisters, he continued to live 
until he attained his ninth year. But 
now their domestic happiness was to be 
destroyed, and the members of this fom- 
ily were doomed to a long separation. 
One morning before day, in the year 
1781. their rude house was attacked by 
five Indian warriors. The first alarm 
eepers was by the barking 
trusty watchdog ; but, always 



given to the s 
of their 



being on the alert for danger, the father 
jumped from his bed, but, before he 
could seize his firearms, was shot through 
the window by one of the Indians, and 
instantly killed. A stranger, who had 
stopped over night, was soon after shot 
at the door, so that the mother, with her 
six helpless children, was left without 
succor. She, however, efl'octed the escape 
of four of her children through the clap- 
board roof of their cabin, and could have 
escaped herself; but, being possessed of 
that heroism so pecuHar to the frontier 
mothers of our race, and being unwilling 
to desert her two youngest sons, (Henry 
and a still younger brother, who were In 
bed below,) she surrendered herself and 
two boys to the Indians. The dead were 
then scalped, and the house robbed ; but, 
while the warriors were engaged in se- 
curing their plunder, they left their tro- 
phies, the scalps, on a Dutch chest ; and 
the wife, unwiUIng to leave her husband's 
scalp in their ruthless hands, and being 
unobserved by her captors, slipped it 
behind the chest, so tlmt It was never 
regained by the Indians. But the stran- 



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ger's scalp, havinj^ two crowns, and the 
British ut that day paying their allies a 
premiuni tor each, was severed in two 
that tliey might secure the lull price of 
their bloody deeds. After this, the Li- 
dians took up their trail for Detroit, lead- 
ing tlieir ])risoners, wlio suti'ered much on 
the way from fatigue and hunger. But 
the mother, who carried her youngest 
son nearly the whole way, fared better 
than she would otherwise have done, as 
the journey was not accomplished with 
the usual rapidity of the red man, owing 
to the extreme age of two of the warriors. 
At Detroit the prisoners were given into 
the hands of the British, with whom 
they remained about 18 months, when 
they were exchanged, and returned to 
their home in Bedford Co. Here Henry 
remained until his 23d year, when, being 
married, he sought out for himself a new 
home in Westmoreland Co., and has 
continued from tliat time up to the day of 
his death upon the same farm. During 
his life he was ever considered a good 
but unostentatious citizen, an industrious 
and honest man ; and his death, although 
at an advanced age, is regretted by all 
who knew and a]j])reciated his worth. 
He died in his 86th year, having had 
8 children, 50 grandchildren, 45 great- 
gi-andchiklren, and 1 great-great-grand- 
child, nearly all of whom survive him." 

Eastman, INIrs. Persis, Worcester, 
Mass., Aug. 12, SB. 73, widow of Cajjt. 
Charles Eastman, of East Concord, N. H. 

Eaton, Hon. Jose])h, Plainfield, Conn., 
Aug. 24, se. 82. Judge E. was a son 
of Capt. Ebenezer Eaton, and was born 
at Plainfield, July 9, 1775. He was a 
graduate of Brown University, of the 
class of 1795. His professional studies 
were pursued under the direction of the 
late Hon. Calvin Goddard ; and he was 
admitted to the bar of AVindham Co. 
about the year 1800, establishing himself 
in his native town, where he ever after 
resided. He soon acquired an honorable 
standing at the bar of which he was a 
member, and which could justly boast of 
some of the ablest lawyers in the stjite. 
A vigorous and cultivated intellect, ster- 
ling good sense, a thorough knowledge 
of law, and stern integrity, were among 
the qualities which fitted him for the 
duties both of the l)ar and of the bench. 
For many years he held the office of 
judge of the county court; and, under 
the new organization, he was appointed 



judge of the com-t whose jurisdiction 
embraced the three counties of New 
London, Windham, and Tolland. He 
often represented the town of I'luinfield 
in the legislature, and was a member of 
the Senate of the state. He was, more- 
over, a prominent and influential member 
of both bodies, and discharged his ]}ublic 
duties with distinguished ability. Judge 
E. was a firm friend of his countrj', was 
well versed in its history, and never 
failed to give his influence in favor of 
what he regarded as its highest interests. 
He was a careful observer of passing 
events. His reading Avas various and 
extensive ; and few men have gathered 
such a fund of knowledge as he had. 
His fondness for general literature, how- 
ever, did not diminish his interest in 
objects about him. He did much to 
promote the prosperity of his native 
town and county. As trustee of the 
Literary Institution in Plainfield, as judge 
of the Court of Probate, as president o'f 
the Windham County Bank, and in vari- 
ous other capacities, he exerted a highly 
propitious influence. He was a kind 
neighbor and a judicious adviser, a friend 
of good order and sound morals, and 
frowned on ^ice in every form. He 
cherished respect for the ministers of 
Christ, and contributed lib.erally for the 
support of the gospel. Until prevented 
by age and infirmity, he was a regular 
attendant on pubHc worship, thus giving 
the weight of his examj)le in behalf of 
that important institution. In his de- 
clining years, Judge E. was visited with 
repeated and heavy domestic affiictions. 
His two beloved companions were taken 
from him bj' death. Of his four chil- 
dren, only a daughter survives, in feeble 
health. His two sons, Giles INI. Eaton, 
Esq., of Norwich, and William P. Eaton, 
Esq., of Lockport, N. Y., in the flower 
and vigor of manhood, went suddenly 
down to the grave. 

E.VTON, Hon. Lewis B., Buff"alo, N. Y., 
Aug. 22, a?. G8. Mr. E. had for a long 
time been a zealous lover of pomology, 
and, from the deep interest Mhich he felt 
in its behalf, was instrumental in extend- 
ing the taste for fine i'ruits in and around 
Buff"alo. He had a large and fine collec- 
tion of fruits. Tlirough the labors of 
his son, !Mr. J. B. Eaton, the public have 
from time to time been favored M'ith the 
results of his examination of his father's 
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known many fine fruits, A writer in the 
Buffalo Courier says, " It has been tlie 
good fortune of few men to be more 
extensively known, or more generally 
respected, than the subject of this sketch. 
Fof years he occupied a prominent posi- 
tion in the public eye, and enjoyed a 
large share of the public confidence. In 
early life, he was a sagacious, active, and 
influential politician, and commanded in 
his native county a large and enviable 
political power. For the last few years, 
he had withdrawn, in a great measure, 
from active politics, and devoted his time 
to his own private business. In his 
friendships he was ardent and sincere, 
and never flxiled in manifestino: the fidel- 
ity of tiiat friendship, when occasion pre- 
sented itself, to reader a friend ' some 
service.' He wis a good judge of men, 
and was distinguished for his success in 
winning them to his views, when called 
upon to e.xert that influence either in his 
own behalf or for those who enjoyed his 
fnendship. Whatever enterprise engaged 
his attention, he give to it his untiring 
energies ; and, when industry and per- 
severance could secure success, he rarely 
fiiiled in the accomplishment of the pur- 
pose he aimed at. He was a kind and 
deveted husband, and an indulgent and 
affectionate father. His loss to his fam- 
ily will be deeply felt ; indeed, it is ir- 
reparable." 

Eddy, Caleb, Hancock, Mass., (at the 
United Society,) Nov. 20, ;e. 92. 

Edg.vr, ;Mrs. Mary Anna, Westfield, 
N. J., , a?. 37, wife of E.ev. Ed- 
ward B. Edgar. A young and fond 
mother, and a devoted wife, surrounded 
by a family all of them yet in tender 
years, has thus been called to lie down 
in an early grave. 

Edgerly, Joseph, Esq., Epping, N.H., 
Nov. — , ae. 91. 

Edie, Charles T., of Christiansburg, 
Va., son of Dr. J. S. Edie, aj. — . " He 
was killed in an affray which occurred at 
Hampden Sidney College, on the 28th 
of January. Mr. E., it appears, was a 
student at the above college ; and, hav- 
ing a rencontre with Charles Langhorne, 
also a student at the institution, the 
latter drew a dirk knife, and stabbed the 
former three times — in the left breast, 
the left arm. and, finally, through the 
heart. Mr. E. almost instantly expired 
from the effects of his wound ; and Lang- 
home is now in prison awaiting trial for 



the murder. Mr. E. is represented as 
being a talented and noble-hearted young 
man ; and his death was dee])ly regretted 
by all who had the pleasure of his 
acquaintance." 

Edmonds, Dr. H. A., Albany, N. Y., 
April 13, a?. — . 

EmioxsoN, Jesse, Esq., Hickman, Ky., 
Aug. 19, ve. 57. Mr. E. was one of the 
oldest and most influential citizens of 
Hickman, and his death will be felt as a 
heavy blow, not only by his bereaved 
family, but by every citizen of the place ; 
for none knew him but to love and re- 
spect him. He was " an Israelite indeed, 
in whom there was no guile," and exem- 
plified, by his daily walk and conversa- 
tion, the virtues and graces of a gentle- 
man and a true Christian. 

Edmunds, Dr. Thomas H., Richmond, 
Va., Jan. 13, ce. 38. 

Edrington, Dr. E. G., Pittsburg, Pa., 
Feb. 19, m. 24. 

Edwards, Alfred H. P., New York, 
Jan. 9, te. 46, son of Ex-Gov. Edwards, 
of Connecticut, and a descendant of the 
elder Jonathan Edwards, He left a for- 
tune of several hundred thousand dol- 
lars. He married, in June, 1846, a 
daughter of George N. Griswold, and 
leaves liis estate to her and their child, 
if any; if not, to her and his brothers 
and sisters, Mrs. Worthington Hooker, 
of New Haven, being among the latter. 

Ed\v.\rds, Mrs. Anne Simons, Green- 
ville, S. C, Feb. 28, ». — . :\Irs. E. 
was second daughter of Rev. D. R. W. 
Mclver, of Louisiana, and wfe of Prof. 
P. C. Edward's, of Furman University. 

Edw.\rds, Mrs. Elizabeth, Hartford, 
Conn., May 24, a?. 79. Mrs. E. was the 
widow of the Hon. Jonathan W. Ed- 
wards, one of the most distinguished 
citizens and lawyers of the state, a grand- 
son of the elder, and only son of the 
younger. President Edwards. She was 
the eldest daughter of Capt. Moses Tryon, 
of the United States navv, and was born 
in Wethersfield, Conn., March 12, 1778. 
Losing her mother at an early age, she 
was for years a member of the family, 
and a pupil in the family school of the 
well-known Isabella Graham, where she 
was instructed in the studies and accom- 
])lishments of what was then a finished 
education. In the graces of person and 
manner, in vivacity, intellect, strong com- 
mon sense, and all the qualities that fit 
one to sliine in society, she had few equals. 



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Edwards, John S., Springfield, Mass., 
April 4, ir. 93, the oldest inhabitant of 
the city, lie was born in Dedliam, and 
removed to Springfield in LS07. His 
father was killed in the battle of Bunker 
Hill ; and the subject of this notice 
joined the revolutionary army at the age 
of 16 years, and M'as engaged in serAice 
with the northern army at Ticonderoga 
and other places in Northern New York 
and Vermont. He has received a pen- 
sion from the government for many years 
past. Ml'. E. has been always an honest 
man, and goes to his grave lamented by 
many who have known and respected 
him in life. 

Edwards, Mrs. Maria Vandcrpool, 
Denmark,^ee Co., Iowa, May 18, ae. — , 
wife of Kev. Moigan Edwards. 

Edwards, Mrs. Kebecca, Brooklyn, 
N. Y., March 29, ae. 81, widow of Col. 
Wm. Edwards, and daughter of the late 
Benj. Ta])pan. of Northampton, Mass., a 
merchant, and a patriot of the revolution, 
who died Jan. 29. 1831, cT. 83. Col. 
Wm. Edwards died in Brooklyn Dec. 
29, 1851, sp. 81, son of Timothy Ed- 
wards, and grandson of Jonathan Ed- 
wards. He was a diligent and honorable 
business man, and an active Christian 
philanthropist. Having once failed in 
business, he afterwards paid up his old 
debts to the amount of $25,000, al- 
though he had been legally discharged. 
Eight children survived him. Mrs. Ed- 
wards was at the family meeting of the 
Tappans at the place of their birth, in 
Northampton, June 1, 1848, when six 
brothers and three sisters met together 
to honor the memory of their parents, 
to call up the scenes of their childhood, 
and recount the kind jjrovidences which 
had led them to great age, groat pros- 
perity, and Christian peace. Her char- 
acter may be read in the characters 
of those who comi)osed the assembled 
family on that occasion — Hon. Judge 
Benjamin Tajijian, of Ohio ; Wm. Tap- 
pan, of Bingham])ton, N. Y. ; Jolm Tap- 
pan, the Boston merchant, so well known 
for his benevolent deeds ; Arthur Tap- 
pan, the founder of Oberlin College, and 
distinguished New York merchant : Clias. 
Tappan, the exemjjlary bookseller in 
Boston ; Lewis Tappan, the distinguished 
anti-slavery ])hilanthro])ist and merchant 
in New York ; Mrs. Sarah Stoddard, 
(since deceased,) wife of Solomon Stod- 
dard, of Northampton ; and Mrs. Lucy 



Pierce, (since deceased,) widow of the 
late Kev. Dr. Pierce, of Brookline, Mass. 

EldridgE, Oliver, Esq., Boston, Mass., 
June 25, a?. — , formerly president of the 
North Bank. 

Ellkry, Dr. William E., Lagrange, 
August 24, a>. 39. 

Elliott, Rev. John Wesley, Cur- 
winsville. Pa., Jan. 19, a>. 38, of the 
Baltimore Annual Conference, and broth- 
er of Rev. ^^'illiam Elliott. 

Elliott, Mrs. Mary C, Clinton, Mo., 

6, se. 21, wife of Dr. J. C. Elliott, 

and daughter of B. J. Gough. 

Ellis, Mrs. Mary, Norwalk, Conn., 
June 17, a^. 74, widow of Rev. John Ellis. 

Ellsworth, Martin, AMndsor, Conn., 
Nov. 2, a>. 74, son of the late Chief Jus- 
tice Ellsworth, who died Nov. '26, 1807, 
a?. 65. 

Elmendorf, Mrs. Hannah L., Lan- 
sing, Iowa, ]VIarch 4, a'. — , daughter of 
the late Hon. Heman C'lii] man, of Torry. 

Ely, David, Esq., Rochester, N. Y., 
Sept. 8, a?. 77. He was the eldest son 
of Rev. DaA-id Ely, D. D., of Hunting- 
ton, Conn. He graduated at Y\ale Col- 
lege in 1800. His success as a f-cholar 
gave sure promise of distinction should 
he enter ujjon either of the learned jiro- 
fessions. His preference inclined him to 
the ministry. But the failure of his 
sight induced him to change his course 
of life, and soon after leaving college he 
commenced mercantile business in the 
city of New York, in which he was ex- 
tensively engaged about 16 years. He 
then removed to Onondaga Co., and for 
several years devoted himself to agricul- 
tural pursuits. His scientific cxjjeri- 
nients in producing crojjs, and his suc- 
cess in improving the stocks of domestic 
animals, proved so advantageous to the 
agi"icultural interests of that region of 
country, that he was known and appreci- 
ated as a public benefactor. At the age 
of about 60 he removed to Rochester, 
and here passed the remainder of his 
life, mostly with his children, to whom 
he was greatly endeared. He had a 
kind and benevolent heart, and was a 
man greatly beloved by all his acquaint- 
ances. Those who knew him in his 
prime of life will ever remember liis suav- 
ity of manners and his intelligent con- 
versational ])owers, which rendered him 
the life and delight of the social circle, 
until an impedhnent in hearing forced 
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he made a public profession of reli.;j;ion, 
and his after life was always consistent 
with this profession. 

Ely, Ur. Sumner, Clarksville, N. Y., 
Feb. 3, X. 69. "Dr. Sumner E., the 
subject of this brief memoir, was born at 
Lyme, Conn., May 22, 1787, being the 
fourth in direct descent from Richard 
Ely, the first of the name who came to 
this country, and who emigrated from 
Plymouth, England^ about 1660, and 
settled at Lyme, where he purchased 
large landed estates, a portion of which 
is still known by the name of the ' Ely 
Meadows.' His father was a farmer, and 
he the third in a family of five children. 
Of his early opportunities for acquiring 
an education we have been able to learn 
but little ; doubtless he attended the ex- 
cellent district schools for which that 
state has been so long celebrated. We 
understand, however, that he was for a 
short time the private pupil of llev. 
Frederick W. Hotchkiss.at Old Saybrook, 
where he completed his preparation for 
college. He entered the sophomore 
class at Yale in 1801, and was graduated 
in 1804, at the early age of 17 years. 
Among the many eminent and distin- 
guished men who have been educated at 
that ancient and justly celebrated insti- 
tution, few have attained greater emi- 
nence in after life than several of the 
graduating class of 1804. Suffice it now 
to mention only the names of John C. 
Calhoun, J. Fenimore Cooper, Ezra 
Stiles Ely, (a relative of the Dr.'s,) and 
Royal Q. Hinman, of world-A\ide celeb- 
rity. What influence this early associ- 
ation exerted upon the mind and habits 
of thought of young Ely, it is perhaps 
impossible now to say; certain, however, 
is it, so far as emulation is concerned, 
he had bright exemplars for imitation. 
Ha\'ing completed his collegiate course, 
he entered the office of the late Dr. 
Thomas Broadhead, of Clermont, Colum- 
bia Co., N. Y., as a student of medicine. 
Dr. B. was at that time a popular teacher 
of medicine, engaged in an extensive prac- 
tice, and the facilities which his office af- 
forded for acquiring a thorough practical 
as well as theoretical knowledge of the 
profession, induced many young men, liv- 
ing at remote distances, to resort thither 
for instruction ; for, in addition to a well- 
selected library, his chniques were con- 
sidered the best that any country office 
afforded. In July, 1810, Dr. E. com- 



menced the practice of his profession at 
Clarksville, Otsego Co., X. Y., then an 
obscure county town, in a rural district, 
remote from any great thoroughfare. 
Accident, rather than design, seems to 
have determined his location ; and al- 
though it might seem an uninviting field 
for the acquisition of medical honors and 
distinction, yet he never desired to 
change it till the day of his death, a 
period of over 47 years. On June 11, 
1816, he married Hannah, daughter of 
Benjamin Gilbert, Esq., one of the earli- 
est settlers of the town, and at that time 
a prominent citizen of Otsego Co. She 
was a lady of rare accomplishments 
and great amiability of temper. By her 
he had five sons, all of whom, as well as 
his wife, still survive him. In the edu- 
cation of his sons he spared no pains ; 
and well has his labor in that respect 
been rewarded. He lived to see them 
all well settled and established in busi- 
ness, and occupying honorable and dis- 
tinguished positions. Two of them are 
])hysicians, and one a lawyer ; and al- 
though all are now settled in different 
and distant portions of the state, they 
were all present to witness the last mo- 
ments of him whose anxious solicitude 
in their earlier years had contributed so 
largely to their present honorable po- 
sition. For the first 25 or 30 years of 
his residence in Clarks-\ille, Dr. E. gave 
his undi\dded attention to the practice of 
his profession, and became a very popu- 
lar and successful practitioner. Ardent- 
ly attached to his profession, he never 
permitted either business or pleasure to 
interfere with professional engagements. 
His few leisure moments were devoted 
to the careful study of his cases, and in 
reading the current medical literature of 
the day. The Otsego County Medical 
Society was organized in 1806. Dr. E. 
became a member in 1811, and from 
that time till the day of his death con- 
tinued one of its most firm and undevi- 
ating supporters. For a period of over 
40 years its regular meetings, annual and 
semi-annual, always found him in his 
place. Ever prompt in the discharge of 
any duty assigned him by the society, he 
spared no pains to make its sessions use- 
ful and interesting. The archives of the 
societv still preserve the durable memen- 
toes of the zeal and assiduity which he 
manifested in maintaining the dignity of 
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ncss and popularity. He successively 
held, and for a lon^ period of years, 
every ofRce within the gift f)f the society. 
In 1832 he was made a delegate from 
the county to the state society, and in 
1836 he was elected a jjermament mem- 
ber of this society. Aug. 2, 1837, he 
received the honorary degree of M. D. 
from the Geneva College, and in Jan., 
1838, was made an honorary member of 
the Medical Society of that college. In 
Feb., 1840, he was elected president of 
the State Medical Society, and March 
14-, 1843, a fellow of the College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons of the University of 
the State of New York. He was ever 
devotedly attached to the profession of 
his choice, and a most determined oppo- 
nent to quackery, and to every attempt 
to legalize it. He labored assiduously, 
both in his county and state society, to 
elevate the profession by raising the 
standard of qualification, and insisting on 
a higher grade of preparatory as well 
as jjrofessional education. But his pop- 
ularity was not solely professional. He 
took a deep interest in the subject of 
popular education, and es])ecially in the 
elevation and improvement of common 
schools, and gave much of his time to 
the furtherance of his jjlans of improve- 
ment. For a very considerable portion 
of his Hfe, he held, almost continuously, 
the office both of trustee and inspector 
of schools for his town ; and the encour- 
agement he has often atlbrded indigent 
young men will be attested by many who 
were indelited almost entirely to his in- 
terest in their behalf, as well in personal 
instruction as in ])ecuniary aid, for both 
their elementary and professional educa- 
tion. Every benevolent enterprise of the 
day found in him a warm advocate. He 
spent much time in a successful effort to 
ameliorate the condition of the suffering 
])Oor of his county, by the erection of 
large and commodious buildings for their 
accommodation. And to liis zealous ad- 
vocacy are the uisane poor of Otsego 
Co. mainly indebted for the spacious, 
airy, and well-arranged asylum erected 
for tlieir special use in the vicinity of the 
poorhouse of tliat county. Indeed, he 
lived, not for himself alone, l)ut to bene- 
fit, elevate, and improve society around 
him. Xor was his jihilanthropy of that 
narrow cast M'hirh is hounded l)y the 
visual horizon. He felt for tlie infirmi- 
ties and sympatliized in the misfortunes 



of the whole family of man. Ever a 
warm advocate of the State Lunatic Asy- 
lum, and of the kindred institutions for 
the relief of deaf mutes, idiots, and the 
bhnd, he felt a just pride in the liberal 
endowment of those noble state charities. 
Nor was he in earh' life wanting in hon- 
orable e\idence of true ])atriotism. True 
to the instincts of his New England an- 
cestry, in 1812, while a foreign foe was 
threatening an invasion of our northern 
frontier, like the talented and lamented 
Dr. Warren, of Boston, in our revolu- 
tionary struggle, he disdained not to ex- 
change the peaceful and life-jireserving 
implements of his jirofession for arms to 
repel an invader. By his persevering ef- 
forts, a volunteer company of riflemen 
I Mas raised, of which he was chosen cap* 
! tain, and he held himself in readiness to 
j respond to his country's call whenever 
j his services were needed ; and although 
! never called into actual service, he con- 
tinued to cultivate the profession of arms 
for many years, and rose by regular suc- 
cession of rank to that of brigadier gen- 
eral of infantry, to which office he was 
commissioned April 30, 1830, but which 
he finally resigned the following year. 
He possessed also eminent business tal- 
ents, which he devoted almost entirely 
to the ]iublic good, and became a popu- 
lar and leading politician in his day. For 
13 years he was supervisor of his town. 
In 1836 he represented his assembly dis- 
trict in the legislature of this state with 
distinguished ability, and in 1840 was 
elected senator for the then fifth sena- 
torial district. This office he held for 
four years, and became a prominent, 
useful, and efficient member of that dis- 
tinguished body, which then, in addition 
to its legislative poM-ers, constituted the 
highest legal tribunal in the state — ihe 
Court for the Correction of Errors. As 
a member of the highest court in the 
state, he was distinguished for his pa- 
tient attention and careful examination of 
the numerous causes then argued before 
that august tribunal ; and his votes upon 
their final adjudication were evidently 
]irompted more by a desire to do equity 
between the ])arties than by a strict re- 
gard for technical rules of law. Unex- 
ceptionable in his morals, although mak- 
ing no public ))rofession of religion, Dr. 
Iv was, iu>vertheless, a firm l)eliever in 
divine rerelntion. To the ministers of 
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was ever open, and to them and their i 
families his professional services were j 
ever cheerfully and gratuitously ren- 
dered ; and while he contributed liberal- 
ly of his means to the erection of church- 
es and the support of the clergy, his 
whole life was an apt illustration of the 
doctrine of Christian charity and benevo- 
lence. In manners, mode of Hving, and 
dress, he was familiar, plain, and mios- 
tentatious ; in all his habits, temperate 
and frugal ; and in his social intercourse, 
very friendly and disinterested. Warm 
and ardent in his attachment to his 
friends, he never forgot a kindness, nor 
failed -to reciprocate a well-intended fa- 
vor. His sympathies were with the la- 
boring classes, by whom he was ever 
much esteemed ; but he had a strong 
hold upon the affections of the entire 
community in which he resided. In 
person he was prepossessing, and his 
stature noble and commanding, standing 
six feet and one inch in height, with a 
frame at once robust, vigorous, and ath- 
letic ; and he retained the full possession 
of his strong mental and physical pow- 
ers till within a few days of his death." 
— Dr. Sprague's Memoir, read before 
the State Medical Societi/. 

Emerson, Mrs. Alice, Elton, III, Jan. 
2, se. 76, at the residence of James 
Colton, Esq., her son-in-law. The de- 
ceased had lived a long and useful life, 
and has gone to her last resting place 
amid the tears and sympathies of many 
friends. 

Emersox, Frederick, Esq., Boston, 
Mass., April 26, x. 68, well known as 
an excellent teacher in that city for 
many years, and as the author of val- 
uable treatises on arithmetic) generally 
used in schools. 

Emersox, Mrs. Elizabeth, at the resi- 
dence of her father, Thomas Marvel, 
June 15, X. 24, wife of V. Emerson, 
M. D., of Willow Grove, Kent Co., Del. 
Emery, Mrs. Ruby, Portsmouth, 
N. H., Feb. 13, se. 72, at the residence 
of her son, James W. Emery, Esq. She 
was born in Haverhill, N. H., and was 
the widow of Samuel E., of Haverhill, 
Mass. 

Emmert, Hon. David, Mt. Carroll, 
HI., Sept. 30, a>. — , one of the judges 
of the courts in Illinois. 

Emmes, Mrs. Rhoda B., Hammond, 
N. Y., Jan. 1, x. 51, wife of Rev. J. J. 
Emmes. In early life she conscientious- 



ly devoted herself to the work of Chris- 
tian piety, and for the balance of her 
life enjoyed the heartfelt assurances of 
Christian faith and hope. Her life has 
been toilsome, and in earlier days she 
had much of suffering and deprivation ; 
but she proved adequate to her labor, 
and patient in all suffering. In leaving 
the parental arms where she had rested 
as an only daughter, and joining all her 
interest to a young itinerant minister, 
she made sacrifices not easily to be ap- 
preciated now, but like thousands like 
her in those days, she made them cheer- 
fully " for the sake of the cause." Ma- 
ny upon the Ottawa, in Canada, in De- 
peyster, Chateaugay, Massena, and Pe- 
ru, can bear witness to her numerous 
virtues. 

Empire, John F., Ephratah, N. Y., 
Oct. 26, x. 102. He was buried Avith 
military honors on the 28th. Thus has 
another of those heroic patriots Avho 
participated in the struggle of American 
independence, passed away. 

Endicott, Nathan, Esq., Salem, 
Mass., Aug. 30, se. 67, for many years 
president of the Oriental Insurance Co. 

Engell, Mrs. Thankful, Wcstfield, 
Mass., April 19, se. 88. She was well 
Saturday evening, sitting up till 9 o'clock 
mending stockings. 

Extler, Mrs. Margaret, Romney, 

Va., , fE. 80, widow of Wm. Ent- 

ler. Nearly all who have resided in 
Romney witliin the last 50 years were 
acquainted with old " Aunt Peggy," as 
she was familiarly called by old and 
young. 

Erskixe, Dr. Alexander, Huntsville, 
Ala., July 5, se. 66. " He was born in 
Monroe Co., Va., on the 11th of April, 
1791, commenced the study of medicine 
about 1812 or 1813, attended lectures at 
the old Medical School of Philadelphia, 
resided in the almshouse there for some 
time, and graduated as doctor of medi- 
cine in 1816. He practised his profes- 
sion a short time in his native county, 
and came to Huntsville about the close 
of 1817, and soon formed a copartner- 
ship with Dr. Edmund L-by, which con- 
tinued to the summer of 1820. He 
then united with Dr. Thonias Fcarn, 
and was associated with him for 17 
years. Dr. Fearn's retirement from the 
practice dissolved their • ])artnership. 
Subsequentlv, he was associated with 
Dr. Albert Russell, and after Dr. R.'s 



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death, with Dr. L. B. Sheffey. This 
last connection continued to the day of 
his deatli, his son, 1 )r. Albert 11. Erskine, 
being associated vith them during the 
last year. June 28, 1820, Dr. E. was 
married to Miss Susan C, daughter of 
the late Col. Albert Kussell, who is left 
a widow, with six sons and two daugh- 
ters, to Liment the loss of a kind and 
indulgent husband and father. Dr. E.'s 
distinctive traits of character were a 
steady earnestness, not only in the 
practice of his profession, but he rarely 
showed lukewarmness or inditl'erence in 
any thing which engaged his attention ; 
a sterling integrity, which elicited the 
entire confidence of the community in 
his motives and conduct ; fu'mness and 
perseverance in the conscientious dis- 
charge of duty ; kindness and benevo- 
lence in his intercourse Avith his fellow- 
men, and charity towards their real and 
imputed failings. That scrupulous 
honor, which kept the secrets of the 
sick chamber as sacred, and forever 
sealed his lips with regard to them, no 
less than his skill, commanded implicit 
confidence, and thus multiplied his op- 
portunities of usefulness and extended 
his practice. Dr. E. was not only use- 
ful as a physician, but as far as his large 
practice would permit, entered heartily 
into enterprises for the advancement of 
the welfare and prosperity of our town. 
Nor did his virtues end with these qual- 
ities,which commended him to his fellow- 
men alone ; he manifested repentance 
towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus 
Chi'ist, which are far better. At a meet- 
ing of physicians in Huntsville, July 6, 
among other testimonials, it is said, 
' We have known Dr. E. long and favor- 
ably ; we have mingled with him in the 
social circle ; we have labored with him 
in the arduous and responsible duties of 
our profession ; we have met with him 
around the couch of the sick ; and amid 
every ])osition, in all the changes and 
vicissitudes of his long and useful life, 
we have ever found him to be the affalile 
and high-toned gentleman, the kind and 
faithful physician, the upright and hon- 
est man. Signed by J. C. Spotswood, 
W. M. Leslie, F. H, Newman, Fleming 
Jordan. P. H. llobinson, G. li. Wluirton, 
W. 1). Leftwich, John Seay, Charles II. 
Patton, H. M. Kobertson. 

P. B. KomxsoN, Ch'n. 
L, B. Sheffey, Sec'y.' " 



Erving, Mr. Wm., Harrisonburg, 
Va., Jan. 13, se. 78. He was an amia- 
ble, upright, worthy citizen, and leaves 
not an enemy behind him in the Morld. 
He was for many years an acceptable 
member and a ruling elder in the Pres- 
byterian church. A large fomily of 
children deplore the loss of a kind, de- 
voted, and most afiectionate father and 
friend. 

Erwin, Major John P., Nashville, 
Tenn., Aug. 31, a?. — , an old and dis- 
tinguished citizen of Nashville. 

Eustace, Dr. James H., at the resi- 
dence of James L. Harris, in Powhattan 
Co., Va., July 13, tc. 33. 

Evans, James S., Esq., Kingston, 
N. ¥., Aug. 25, 8c. 41. Mr. E. became 
a resident of Kingston about 1837, and 
during the whole time Avas an officer of 
the Ulster County Bank, first teller, 
and from 1841 as cashier of that insti- 
tution. He was a model of accuracy, 
assiduity, and the ready business tact 
demanded by his position, and he pos- 
sessed in an eminent degree the confi- 
dence of all with whom he was connected 
in his avocations. 

Evans, Dr. John, Terre Haute, Ind., 
Dec. 23, fe. 35. Buried with masonic 
honors. 

Evans, Rev. Josiah, an aged and 
venerable minister of the M. E. Church, 
fell dead in the street in Tuskega, Ala., 
Jan. — , 86. — . 

Evans, Mrs. Mary, Minerva, N. Y., 
Feb. 21, fe. 81, Avidow of Kobert Evans. 

EvAliTS, William, Esq., Northford, 
Conn., Oct. 2, a^. 62, for several years 
postmaster of Northfield. 

Everett, Andrew, Esq., Cumming- 
ton, Mass., June 8, a\ 80, father of Prof 
Everett, of Grand liapids, Mich. 

Eyman, Jacob, St. Clair Co., 111., Nov. 
15, se. 66. " He was born in Henry Co., 
Va., in 1791, and emigrated Avith his 
father to the Illinois country in 1797. 
He has resided constantly in the same 
neighborhood, in St. Clan- Co., for 60 
years, which, together Avith liis Avorth 
and merit, richly entitles him to the ap- 
pellation of an ancient, distinguished, 
and highly-respectable pioneer of Illi- 
nois. Although Illinois Avas a hoAvling 
Avilderness in 1797, Avhen Mr. E. first 
settled in it, yet he labored through the 
difficulties of the times, and received a 
common education. AVith this advan- 
tage, added to a sound, soHd mind, Mr. 



FAIRBANKS 



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PARIS 



Uo 



E. becamp in his sphere a conspicuous 
and useful citizen. His judgment was 
sound, and his honesty and integrity 
were always above suspicion or doubt. 
Not the least speck of guile, or the 
smallest deficit of honor, honesty, or 
integrity, can be charged against him 
for the long series of his whole life. He 
has filled, in the County of St. Clair, 
many important offices and stations ; 
and the people were always satisfied 



and pleased with him in the perform- 
ance of his official duties. IJut it was 
not in public life that he appeared to 
most advantage ; it was in his neigh- 
borhood cu-cle. Here he was the gen- 
eral peace-maker and friend of his 
race. His neighbors recognized him as 
a standard man, whose judgment was 
their guide and beacon light thi-ough 
the ditficulties incident to human i)rog- 
ress. 



F. 



Fairbanks, Gen. Samuel, Georgia, 
Vt, Oct. 11, a?. — , a highly respected 
citizen. He was biu'ied with masonic 
honors. 

Fairchild, Piatt B., July 26, ce. 
— , at the City Hospital, in New York. 
He was a man highly respected in that 
part of the state where the better por- 
tion of his life was spent. He Avas one 
of the pioneers of the press, having 
published the St. Lawrence Gazette as 
long ago as 1816, and continued it for 
about ten years. In 1841, he was ap- 
pointed postmaster under President 
Tyler's administration, and was removed 
by Mr. Polk, in 1845. Soon after, he 
took up his residence in the city of New 
York. 

Falley, Mr. Daniel, Oswego Falls, 
Oswego Co., N. Y., Sept. 24, ae. 84. He 
was born in Massachusetts, Nov. 13, 
1773. At the age ot 27 he united with 
the Methodist church ; and O that all 
in whose hearts the precious seed is 
sown, would thus water it with tears, 
and by prayer and faith develop it into 
holy fruit! He always rejoiced at the 
prosperity of all Christians, yet ever 
maintained a strong attachment to the 
communion of his early choice, and the 
doing away with all sin witliin her pale, 
as well as the enlargement of her bor- 
ders. He emigrated to Oswego Falls 
in 1813, and purchased a tract of land 
on the east side of the river, on which 
the most part of the village of Fulton 
is now located. Religious privileges 
were then few and far between, and he 
was for several years the only male 
member of a society of seven persons. 

Fanning, Mr. James, Dubuque, Iowa, 
May 3, re. 54. The deceased was a na- 
tive of Queens Co., Ireland. He emi- 
13 



grated to the U. S. in 1810, and to Du- 
buque in 1832, where he has resided 
since that time. He was one of the 
oldest citizens of the place, a man of 
kind heart, generous and noble feelings. 
No man Avas ever more liberal to the 
poor, in proportion to his means, and 
he often subjected himself" to great in- 
convenience to accommodate others. 
He was a man of uncommon talents, 
and possessed a very fuie mechanical 
genius ; no piece of mechanism was too 
intricate to be comprehended by him, 
and in the early settlement of the coun- 
try, when skilful mechanics were scarce, 
and conveniences for repairing machin- 
ery were not to be had, Mr. F.'s skill 
was put in reqvnsition, and almost al- 
ways exerted without compensation. It 
was a proverb among the early settlers, 
that " James Fanning never refused a 
favor to any one." In 1837 he was 
elected a county commissioner, and 
could have had any office within the gift 
of the people of the county, but inva- 
riably declined all propositions to elect 
him, except at the time when he was 
elected county commissioner. He was 
modest and retiring in liis deportment, 
and exceedingly amiable in disposition. 
He was a true and sincere man, and 
had a multitude of warm and devoted 
friends. 

Faris, Mr. Michael, Richmond, Ky., 
April 1, 8B. 69. His parents having 
emigrated from Virginia at an early 
date, he was among the first male chil- 
dren born on Silver Creek, near where 
he resided to the day of his death, and 
where, also, by a just, honorable, and 
upright course of dealing with all, he 
won a reputation among his neighbors, 
his fellow-citizens, and all with whom 



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he had intercourse, through life, rarely 
il' ever equalled. He was an amiable 
gentleman, a devoted friend, and lover 
of his country, which he demonstrated 
by his willingness to endure the hard- 
sliip and fatigues of a camjniign in the 
last war with Great Britain, and Mas 
one of those gallant soldiers that were 
taken prisoners at Fort Meigs. But 
best of all, he was a Christian, having 
been a member of the Chi-istian church 
for a number of years. 

Farley, Mrs. Elizabeth, Ipswich, 
Mass., March 27, x. 87, widow of Mi- 
chael Farley, Esq. 

Farley, Mr. John, Laurensville, 
S. C, April — , a>. 19. He was a cadet 
of the Charleston Citadel, and left that 
institution, in consequence of ill health, 
a few weeks before his death. He was 
a young man of pure and pious charac- 
ter, and if his life had been spared, 
would have become a useful and valua- 
ble member of society. 

Farnswortii, Hon. J. D., Fairfax, 
Vt., Sept. 9, se. 86. Judge F. was for 
many years a valuable member of the 
corporation of the University of Ver- 
mont, and was variously engaged in the 
responsibilities of public service during 
a large part of his Hfe. He had been 
a member of the Baptist church about 
60 years. 

Farrar, Hon. Josiah D., Greenville, 
O., Jan. 17, ce. 54. Mr. F. was a na- 
tive of N. H., but emigrated to Ohio in 
1830, and soon after settled in Green- 
ville, and engaged in merchandii^ng, 
which he carried on until a few years 
ago. He was an efficient business man, 
and was ever actuated by a high sense 
of mercantile integrity. In deportment 
he was affable and obliging, kind of 
heart, and ever ready to assist the sick 
and afflicted. As long as he had the 
means to do so, he lilierally supported 
whatever was calculated to improve the 
condition of the community in which he 
lived. In 1847, he Avas elected an as- 
sociate judge of this county, and served 
as such until the office M'as abolished 
by the new constitution. Some 18 
months ago he was elected a justice of 
the ])cace, the duties of which he ac- 
tively discharged until very recently. 

Farrelly, Kev. E., Milford, Mass., 
Aug. — , a*. '31, pastor of the Iloman 
Catholic church. He had just returned 
from Kome. 



Farrington, Mrs. Phebe, Pough- 
keepsie, N. Y., May 15, a\ 71, wife of 
Mr. Elijah Farrington. 

Fasig, Mr. Adam, Reading, Pa., 
Sept. 11, s>. 51. In his private rela- 
tions in life he was every thing Avhich 
makes up the character of the philan- 
thropist and Christian. Without osten- 
tation his charities were dispensed to 
many, who daily and yearly came to 
him for relief — not the almsgiving of 
the hypocrite and Levite, but of one 
who, knowing that Providence had 
blessed him with plenty, gave from a 
sense of duty, and with that largeness 
and generosity of heart displayed by 
those only who feel and know the wants 
of unfortunate humanity. As a pubHc- 
spirited citizen, there are few men to 
whom this city is indebted as much for 
its many improvements as to Mr. F. 
Probably no single individual has erect- 
ed and owned as many dwelling houses ; 
none who contributed more, according 
to his means, to the various manufacto- 
ries established in and around Heading, 
which employs thousands of its people, 
and which obtained for it a reputation 
of prosperous enterprise unequalled 
elscAvhere. 

Faubel, Jacob, Frederick, Md., 

— , ce. 65. He was well known for his 
integrity, usefulness, and honorable de- 
meanor in aU the walks of life. He 
served his country in the second war of 
independence with fidelity ; as post- 
master of the city, under the adminis- 
trations of Gen. Taylor and Mr. Fill- 
more, he won the good opinion of all 
for his urbanity, attention, and impar- 
tiality ; and by his votes and recom- 
mendations in our municipal boards, 
ever manifested a fostering care for the 
interests and improvement of the city. 
He Avas a kind and indulgent parent, a 
good neighbor, true friend, and honest 
man. 

Faunce, Mr. Robert, Sandwich, 
Mass., March 11, a». 21. Always amia- 
ble and entirely obedient under the pa- 
rental roof, he was also without reproach 
in all the walks of public life. 

Faxon, Mrs. Lucy E., INIanchester, 
Conn., July 3, ^. 28, wife of Wm. Fax- 
on, ]"'sq., editor of the Hartford Even- 
ing I'.xjjress. 

Feluer, Rev. P. Valentinus, New- 
ark, N. J., Miiy 28, se. 28. 

Fellows, G. D., Racine, Wis., Feb. 



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FISH 



147 



26, £P. 44. As a citizen, Mr. F. was 
respected by all ; honorable and upright 
in business, possessed of a warm, gener- 
ous disposition, no wonder he had many 
friends, who will most keenly feel his 
departure, and by whom his memory 
will long be cherished. 

Ferguson, Dr. John J., St. Louis, 
Jan. 26, ce. 27. 

Ferrell, Henry A.,Monongalia,Va., 
July 13, ae. about 90, was a soldier in 
the war of 1812. 

Ferris, Mrs. Mary Ann, Swanton, 
Vt., July 7, 33. 47, wife of Dr. L. C. 
Ferris. 

Ferris, Col. Abram, Dearborn Co., 
Ind., Oct. 8, ve. 70. Col. F. emigrated 
to this country in the fall of 1788, and 
landed at the mouth of the Little Miami 
River, perhaps with the second set of 
emigrants who attempted a settlement 
in Symmes's purchase. By all the old 
pioneers of this country, it is known 
that Col. F. was identified with the best 
interests of the settlement of Cincinnati, 
where he resided from his early youth 
until 1831, when he emigrated to Dear- 
born Co., where he resided .until his 
death. He lived much respected by all 
who knew him. 

Fervis, Rev. Dr. Ezra, Lawrenceburg, 
Ind., April 19, ae. 73. 

Fessenden, Miss Martha, Bethel, 
Vt., July 12, se. 82. She was the last 
often children of the late Rev. Thomas 
Fessenden, of Walpole, X. H., who died 
at Walpole, May, 1813, ae. 74, and in 
the 47th year of his ministry. 

Fessenden, Mrs., at the Glen House, 
White Mountains, July 23, ae. — , wife 
of Senator Fessenden, of Maine, and 
daughter of James Deering, Esq., West- 
brook. 

Fetser, Jacob, Wytheville, Va., Feb. 
17, ae. 63. 

FiCHTHORN, George, Reading, Pa., 
March 31, ae. 49, late clerk of the com- 
missioners of Berks Co. 

Field, Mrs. Hannah C, Leominster, 
Mass., May 14, ve. 36, wife of Dr. C. C. 
Field, and"daughter of the late Timothy 
Danforth, Esq., of Amherst. 

FiLLEY, Horace, Windsor, Conn., 
March 5, se. 77. 

FiNLAY, Mrs., Lebanon, O., March 
11, a?. — , wife of Rev. John Finlay, of 
Louisville, Ky., pastor of the first Bap- 
tist church. 

FiNLEY, Rev. James, Eaton, O., 



— , ne. 77. Mr. F. was the son of a 
Presbyterian minister. He was born in 
North Carolina, July, 1780, and was, 
therefore, at the time of his death, over 
77 years old. His father removed to 
Kentucky, in 1788, and in 1796, came 
to Ohio, and settled near where Chilli- 
cothe now stands. Mr. F.'s youth was 
spent amid the hardships, privations, 
and exciting incidents of pioneer hfe. 
These he has delineated most graphically 
in his autobiography, and they seem 
to have exerted a marked influence upon 
his character and career. Having stud- 
ied medicine, he commenced practising 
in 1800. In 1801 he married Hannah 
Strane, and built a cabin in the forest, 
three miles from the nearest neighbor. 
In August of this year he was converted 
at a camp meeting, and was impressed 
with the feeling that he ought to preach 
the gospel. But resisting the call, he 
wandered in darkness for eight years. 
In 1809 he finally entered upon his ca- 
reer as a Methodist circuit rider. He 
labored acceptably and successfully at 
various points in Ohio until 1822, when 
he was sent as a missionary to the Wy- 
andotts, who then held a reservation in 
the north-western part of the state. Af- 
ter five years among the Indians, Mr. F. 
was appointed successively to the Leba- 
non, the Chillicothe, and the Dayton dis- 
tricts, as presiding elder. After being 
laid aside by protracted sickness for some 
years, he was appointed chaplain of the 
Ohio Penitentiary in 1846, and labored 
there for three and a half years. Since 
1850 Mr. F. has labored in various fields 
within the bounds of the Cincinnati con- 
ference, and has M'ritten some interesting 
sketches of pioneer Methodism, a work 
called " Prison Life," and an Autobiog- 
raphy. He was a strongly-built, large- 
hearted, and clear-headed man. Always 
earnest and impressive as a preacher, he 
was often truly eloquent. He was one of 
the men of a generation, now rapidly pass- 
ing away, to wliom the west owes much, 
and whose memories she should cherish. 
Fish, Eliab, Fairfield, Me., June 27, 
ae. 78. He was an early pioneer to the 
wilderness of Maine, having lived on the 
very place where he died during the 
protracted term of 73 years. He was a 
quiet and honest citizen, and has left 
behind him the odor of a good name, 
leanng an aged consort, a very respect- 
able and intelligent lady. 



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Fisher, Mrs. Ann M., Harlem, N. Y., 
March 2d, a?, — , wife of James Fisher, 
late of Spenser, Tioga Co., N. Y. 

Fisher, Coleman, Esq., Philadelphia, 
Pa., March — , se. — , an old and much 
respected citizen of Philadeljjhia. Mr. 
F. was for many years actively engaged 
in mercantile pursuits, but has for some 
time been president of the Western Sav- 
ing Fund. In all his business and social 
relations he was -exemplary and respect- 
ed, and his death will be much lamented. 
He was in good health up to the hour of 
his death. ' 

FisiiER, Rev. Richard A., Millers- 
bm-g, Dauphin Co., Jan. 27, so. 53. 

FisiiER, Rev. Samuel, I). 1)., Suck-a- 
Sunnv, ^lorris Co., N. J., Dec. 27, a?. 80. 

FiSK, Orin M., DeKalb, N. Y., Jan. 
23, DC. 50. In the death of Mr. F. his i 
town and the county have lost one of j 
their most valuable citizens. Having i 
grown up from infancy in that town, by | 
his own unaided efforts he had acquired 
the confidence of his townsmen, so that 
for many years they have confided to : 
him their interests as supervisor, while ' 
the non-resident proprietors had centred 
upon him most of their agencies and in- 
terests. Few men have acted with a i 
more kind and forbearing spirit, and | 
many a family are now in possession of a I 
home and all its enjoyments through his 
aid and liberality. While some may go 
down to their graves, leaving a larger 
inheritance of worldly means, few will 
leave a more unsullied name, or one 
more endeared and respected, for tlie i 
active exercise of all the social \irtues in , 
private life, and an honest and patriotic 
spirit in all his juiblic transactions. His i 
loss, in the midst of his usefulness, is a | 
severe one to the town. 

Fitch, Andrew, New Haven, Conn., 
Feb. 22, fp. 88 years and 10 months, re- 
cently of Ellsworth, O. lie was a native 
of Norwalk, Conn., and a grandson of the 
colonial governor, Thomas Fitch. 

Fitch, Samuel, M. D., Greenfield, 
N. H., Nov. 1, !D. 87. Dr. F. was born 
in Acton, Mass., April 6, 1770. He ac- 
quired his education with but little pe- 
cuniary assistance from his friends, la- 
boring diligently in several temjiorary 
em;)loyments, and practising the strictest 
economy. Having pursued the study of 
medicine under the accomi)lished Dr. 
Wyeth, of Sherl)orn, Mass., he settled 
in the small town of Greenfield, N. H., 



in 1800, and devoted himself to the ))ro- 
fession of his choice. He was the prin- 
cipal physician and surgeon of the jilace 
for 17 years, after which he shared the 
practice with John Ramsey, M. D. He 
rode principally on horseback for 20 
years. As a jiractitioner, he was careful, 
judicious, kind, and attentive. As a 
member of society, he Mas strictly hon- 
orable in all his dealings, and, though 
not a church member, aided in pro- 
moting the interests of morality and re- 
ligion. He was a good husband and 
father, a kind neighbor, and polite and 
afiable in his intercourse with all. By 
prudence and economy, he was enabled 
in his years of health to provide a com- 
petence against the infirmities of age, so 
that he withdrew almost entirely from 
the active duties of his profession during 
the last 20 years of his life, though he 
was generally able to engage, to sqme 
extent, in physical labor till a month 
before his death. His departure was 
mourned by his companion, with whom 
he had lived almost 60 years, by two 
sons and a daughter, and by a large cir- 
cle of friends. 

Fitch, Col. Silas, Apulia, Onondaga 
Co., N. Y., Feb. 15, a?. 85, father of the 
Rev. S. Fitch, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
For 60 years he was a member of the 
liaptist church. 

Fitzgerald, Edward, United States 
navy, Georgetown, D. C, Feb. 27, a>. 75. 
He was born in Chambersburg, Pa., 
and entered the navy in 1810. In the 
war of 1812 he served in the squadron 
of Com. Perry, on Lake Erie. In 1821 
he moved to Norfolk, which continued 
to be the residence of his domestic circle 
till a recent ])eriod. 

Fitzwater, John, Fitzwatcrtown, 
Montgomery Co., Pa., May 11, ae. 84. 
He was widely known as a man of ex- 
tensive business habits, and to his enter- 
prise the prosperity of the village that 
bore his name was much indebted. He 
is the owner of much valuable real estate 
in M()ntg(micry Co. and Philadelphia, 
among which may be named the jjrop- 
erty so well known as " Washington's 
Head Quarters," at White Marsh. Fitz- 
water Street, in Philadelphia, was also 
called after him. 

Flack, Samuel, Buffalo township. 
Pa., March 25, a>. — . He was one of 
the oldest and most rcspectal)le citizens, 
and well known thi-oughout the neigh- 



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borhood, and much respected by a large 
circle of acquaintances. 

Flagg, Gersham, Paddock's Grove, 
Madison Co., Ill, March 2, iv. 65. Mr. 
F. was one of the earliest settlers in 
Madison Co., having removed thither 
from Vermont in 1818. He was a man 
of fine literary attainments, an energetic 
and successful farmer, one who was uni- 
versally respected wherever known, emi- 
nently charitable, kind, and affectionate 
m all the relations of life. His loss is 
deeply mourned by a large circle of 
friends a^ well as by the members of his 
own family, and has created a void not 
easily filled. 

Flanders, Miss Susan, Salisbury, 
Mass., Feb. 11, a;. 58, sister of Rev. C. 
"\V. Flanders, of Concord, N. H., and 
daughter of the late Joseph Flanders, of 
Salisbury. 

Fletcher, Noah, Washington, D. C, 
Mu-ch 23, ce. 71. 

Fllnt, Deacon Simeon, Shipton, C. E., 
July 3, ae. 82. He was a native of North 
Reading, Mass., and the last of the me- 
chanics who buih Phillips Hall, the old- 
est of the buildings of the Theological 
Seminary at Andover. Last autumn he 
journeyed from Canada to Andover, ex- 
hibiting a rare degree of vigor for one of 
his advanced age. 

Flood, Luke, North Adams, Mass., 
Jan. 2, ae. 76. He was one of the Irish 
patriots of Emmet's rebellion, a bosom 
friend of Emmet, and on the failure of 
the rebellion, and the capture and death 
of Emmet, escaped to this country. 

Florexce, Mrs. Sarah, Philadelphia, 
Pa., Nov. 26, se. 66, widow of the late 
David Florence, boat builder, of South- 
wark, and mother of the Hon. Thomas 
B. Florence, representative in Congress 
of the first congressional district of Peim- 
sylvania. 

Flourney, Gen. Thomas, Augusta, 
Ga., July 24, as. 83. Gen. F. was for 
many years a distinguished member of 
the bar, and died the patriarch of the 
profession in Georgia. He was probably 
the oldest living pupil of the Litchfield 
Law School, having been a fellow stu- 
dent of Judge Gould, while Judge Reeve 
conducted the school alone. On the 
declaration of war with Great Britain in 
1812, he was appointed a brigadier gen- 
eral in the United States army, and held 
that rank during the war. He then re- 
turned to his profession, and practised, 
13 * 



with high reputation, for 20 years or 
more, when he withdrew from active life, 
and spent the remainder of his dajs in 
retirement. 

Flournoy, Major T. B., Plato, O., 
April 23, se. 67. The deceased pos- 
sessed many eccentricities, but was a 
man of rare talents and virtues. He was 
born and reared near Lexington, Kv., 
and was the eldest of 12 children. Soon 
after graduating in his profession, the 
law, he removed to Columbus, O., where 
he rapidly acquired an enviable distinc- 
tion, and was soon regarded one of the 
best criminal lawjers in the state. In 
politics he was of the old line whig 
school, and, though never seeking office, 
he was oftentimes intrusted with ofiicial 
duties, and the ability with which he dis- 
charged the same may be inferred from 
the fact that he was continued in the 
office of quartermaster general of Ohio 
for 16 years in succession, at a time, 
too, when the office was a most laborious 
and responsible one. When, to His 
mind, the party to which he had been 
so long and ardently attached, and for 
whose success he had so zealously la- 
bored, both through the press and on the 
hustings, forgetful not only of its long- 
cherished principles, but of its boasted 
nationality, and inclining to what he had 
come to consider as a fanatical party in 
a crusade against the constitution and 
the country, such was his mortification 
that he at once abandoned the state and 
party, and shaldng the dust of abolition- 
ized Ohio from his feet, he returned to 
his native state, and located himself in 
Georgetown. Ever afterwards, till the 
day of his death, he cooperated vnth the 
democratic party, believing it to be the 
only organization capable of sustaining 
the constitution and the Union. After 
his return, however, he ceased to take 
an active particijmtion in jjolitics, rarely 
doing more than to cast his vote. His 
life from that time on was principally 
devoted to literature and the cause of 
temjierance. He was for a long time 
president of the Kentucky Temperance 
Society, and was selected and delegated 
by it to the World's Temperance Con- 
vention, held in London, where he be- 
came acquainted with the renowned 
Father Mathew. Between the two the 
warmest friendship sprang up, enduring 
with their existence, as is attested by 
their continuous correspondence with 



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each other. A golden niedul, of great 
size and value, was presented to the de- 
ceased by the great apostle of temper- 
ance, which he wore on his person, and 
of which he was j ustly proud to the day 
of his death. So untiling and etficient 
was he in the great cause he had es- 
poused, (which was indeed the only 
spouse he ever wed,) that he was famil- 
iarly known as the Father Mathew of 
Kentucky ; and so sincerely was the 
great apostle of temperance attached to 
him, that, during his travels in this coun- 
try, he went many miles out of his 'line 
of travel to pay the deceased a special 
visit at his residence in Georgetown. — 
From a Kentitcki/ pajier. 

Flye, Abram, Brooklyn, Me., Feb. 
25, SE. 76. 

FoBES, Mrs. Mary, Burlington, Vt., 
Jan. 13, 03. 85. 

Fogg, William A., Great Falls, at 
Eliot. Me., , te. — 

FoLLET, Francis, Petersburg,Va., Sept. 
It, se. — , an old and distinguished cit- 
izen. 

FoLLETT, Hon. Timothy, Burlington, 
Vt, Oct. 12, jp. 66. He was largely 
interested in politics. 

FoLLMER, Capt. John S., Limestone 
township, Montour Co., »e. about 52. 
Mr. F. was an excellent citizen and hon- 
est man. 

FoLSOM, John, Northcastle, West- 
chester Co., Feb. 13, se. 76. Mr. F. 
was a native of the town of Gilmanton, 
N. H., where he had many friends and 
relatives, and he died in the full hope of 
a blessed change. 

Foos, G., Ananessa, Iowa, Sept. 13, 
8B. 49. He had been a resident of Clin- 
ton Co., O., 23 }ears. He was a lawyer 
of aliility, and represented in 1840 and 
1841, in the state Senate, the district 
composed of Clinton, Brown, and Cler- 
mont Counties. 

FooTE, Charles 11., Memphis, Tcnn., 
July 8, a;. 28. He was born at Hunts- 
ville, Ala., and remained there until he 
went to Yale College, where he gradu- 
ated in 1848. Having studied law in 
Memphis, he had gone to Arkansas to 
])ractise his jirofession. Few men were 
equally endowed by nature. Added to 
a brilliant and original fancy, he pos- 
sessed strong and ready ])owers of per- 
ception and a most remarkable memory. 
\j\) to the day of his death he could re- 
peat from memory whole pages of the 



classics and text books which he studied 
at school. With a handsome, manly, 
])repossessing person, always gentleman- 
ly, frank, ])oHte, unselfish, and com- 
panionable, he was exceedingly popular, 
and never failed to challenge the respect 
of all who met him, and the warm, ear- 
nest friendship of all who came to know 
him. 

Forbes, Captain Cleveland, Buffalo, 
N. Y. He fitted out and navigated 
around Cape Horn the steamer Califor- 
nia to the Pacific side, and was subse- 
quently agent of the company at Pan- 
ama. Since his residence in Bufl'alo he 
has had charge of the Michigan Southern 
Railroad Company, and had much to do 
with the modelling and constructing of 
these superb floating palaces, the West- 
ern Metro])olis and the City of Bufialo. 

Force, Ephraim, South Oyster Bay, 
L. I., Feb. 5, 89. 75. 

Force, Mrs. Hannah, Washington 
City, I). C, March 26, se. 58, ^A•ife of 
Peter Force. 

Ford, Mrs. Ellen E., Gilmer, Tex., 
Dec. 5, Ee. 25, wife of Dr. Henry Ford. 

FoEDHAM, Francis, Montrose, Pa., 
Dec. 25, a?. 71. He was born at South- 
ampton, Long Island, Aug. 2., 1786, and 
was one of the early settlers of this place. 
He took u]i his residence here in the fall 
of 1812, when the country was in its 
infancy. 

FoRSTTH, Harrison, West Liberty, 
O., March 14, ee. — . He was born in 
the early part of the present century, in 
the State of Virginia, a land that has 
produced so many great and good spirits, 
to Avhich he was not an excejjtion. He 
came to Ohio a few years since, and set- 
tled in our county, where his kind and 
Christian spirit won for him an undjing 
regard among those who knew him. 

Foster, Mrs. Adele Kushton, New 
Orleans, March 28, se. — , w ife of George 
Foster, Esq. 

Foster, Charles H., Claiborne, Ala., 
March 7, cT. — . The deceased was a 
native of Claiborne, and had, by his strict 
integrity and correct business habits, es- 
tablished an unblemished character. He 
was universally resjiected as a man of 
j)robity, whose death will be regretted 
by a large circle of friends. He was 
clerk of the County Court of Monroe Co. 
when that system was abolished ; then 
elected ])robate judge, wliich office he 
filled for a term with marked credit. 



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151 



Foster, Rev. Ira, Philadelphia, Pa., 
March 4, cc. — , formerly pastor of the 
First Baptist Church in Danville. His 
disease was consumption, and those who 
witnessed his death speak of his calm 
and peaceful departure. He was about 
30 years of ago, and was buried in Lew- 
isburg on Sabbath last. 

Foster, ^Irs. Lydia Ambrose, Cam- 
den, Ark., , iv. 27, wile of Wm. N. 

Foster. 

Foster, Mrs. ]Mary Elliott, Hebron, 
Conn., June 12, a?. 3o, wile of Rev. W. C. 
Foster. 

Foster, AVilliam, Plymouth, O., Jan. 

9, X. 80. He emigrated from Jetierson 
Co., N. Y., traveUing or voyaging in an 
open boat, of a kind at that time much 
in use, called a battean. Six weeks 
was the time from Sackett's Harbor 
to Ashtabula Creek. The boat used 
had quite a history; for, after being 
emplo3'ed in important service, running 
to Cleveland and Buffalo, it was taken to 
the west, or to Detroit, and captured by 
the British. Fifty years ago, Mr. F. 
was proprietor of the carrying privilege 
or monopoly at 0.swego Falls, N. Y., 
where land portage was required, and 
over which passed nearly all the traffic 
to the west and north-west, including the 
trade in salt from Salt Point, now Syra- 
cuse, and the business of the North-west 
Fur Comijany, and of the settlements in 
Canada West. The boats were hauled 
on trucks ; and two to four yoke of oxen 
was all the force reqmred to perform 
the whole business. 

FousT, George, Hockusville, Pa., Jan. 

10, JB. about 62, a man who won the 
esteem of all with whom he was ac- 
quainted. He was a Christian, and ex- 
pired in the triumphs of faith. 

Fowler, Mrs. Eliza, Sing Sing, N. Y., 
Mav 17, ic. 67. 

Fox, El^enezer, Hollis, X. H., Nov. 6, 
86. 73, an enterprising agriculturist, and 
proverbially an honest man. 

Francis, Elisha, Pawtucket, Mass., 
Nov. 23, CO. 92. 

Francis, Mrs. , Washington, Dec. 

5, ae. — , widow of the private secretary 
of Gen. Washington. 

Franklin, John, I^exington, 111., , 

SB. 64, a native of North Carolina. He 
moved to Monroe Co., Ind., in the early 
settlement of that section of the state, 
in the year 1816, and settled among the 
Indians, as one of the pioneers of civil- 



ization. At the end of two years, he 
moved to Owen Co., in said state, where 
he resided until 18.j0, when he removed 
to this county, where ho continued to 
reside until the time of his doatli. 

Frauley, Dr. C. S., AVashington, 

D. C, , ee. — . He occupied a 

high position in the department of the 
interior, and was well known to Masons 
as past grand master of the district. 

FR/IZER, Hon. Reah, Harrisburg, Pa., 
Dec. 31, X. about 50. He was for many 
years a leading member of the Lancaster 
bar, and a man of great poHtical influence. 

Freeland, Mrs. Elizabeth, Callaway, 

Co., Mo., Aug. 17, cT. 62, wife of 

the late Judge Josejih Freeland. 

Freeman, Dr. David C, Goldsboro', 
N. C, May 9, ee. — . He was well 
known as a member of the late firms of 
Freeman & Houston, in Wilmington, 
and D. C. Freeman & Co., New York, 
and, at the time of his death, was a part- 
ner in the house of D. C 
Co., Goldsboro'. 

Freeman, Ralph, Braceville, O., Jan. 
24, se. 72. He was one of the earliest 
settlers of the county, having resided at 
his late residence for about half a cen- 
tury, and was one of its most respected 
and valuable citizens. 

Freen, Gen. Moses, Fauquier White 
Sulphur Springs, Va., Sept. 27, se. — , 
formerly of Culpepper Co., Va., in early 
life a volunteer in some of the western 
expeditions, and subsequently a member 
for several 



Carrington & 



Virgmia 



legislature 



of the 

years, and adjutant general. 

Frees, Isaac, Argyle, Me., Sept. 10, 
ae. 78. A striking feature in his charac- 
ter was that of peacemaker ; and he has 
often been called to act as mediator be- 
tween offended and quarrelling parties. 
Mr. F. was one of the first settlers in 
Argyle, taking up a tract of land, about 
the "year 1800, on the west bank of Pe- 
nobscot River, in the then almost un- 
broken Avilderness, which he ever after 
made his home. He had much influence 
with the Penobscot tribe of Indians when 
their numbers were numerous, and often 
preserved the early settlers from their 
hostile attacks. 

French, Benjamin, Esq., New Lon- 
don, N. H., Jan. 17, a?. 84, a highly- 
respected and influential gentleman. 

French, David, Detroit, Mich., Sept. 
5, ae. — . Mr. F. was a native of Mil- 



ford, 



Otsego 



Co., N. Y., but removed 



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to Michigan, and settled in Detroit, in 
18212, with his vdib, who was a sister of 
the late Julius Eklred, Esq. Together 
they have borue the privations, and have 
met the trials and endured the labors, 
incident to a new country ; and now, for 
the Hrst time, after so many years of 
family intercourse, they are separated by 
the inexorable hand of death. They 
lived together 42 years. The deceased 
has been through life a man of untiring 
industry, of great perseverance, and of 
inflexible integrity. lie was untiring in 
usefulness ; and, although his rewards 
were ample, they were realized from 
legitimate and scrupulously honest gahis. 
In the social relations of life he was 
kind, liberal, and ojjen-handed ; and his 
affections towards those under his do- 
mestic charge were warm and indulgent. 
He was, for many years prececUng his 
death, a deeply religious man, a promi- 
nent member and an active officer in the 
Presbyterian church. 

FlikxCH, Ilev. James, Cumberland, 
Me., April 7, a3. 48. He was son of 
Wm. French, and was born in Prospect, 
^le., graduated at Gilmanton Theological 
Seminary in 1839, and ordained in Pe- 
terboro', 1840. He married, in 1832, 
Nancy, daughter of Leonard French, of 
Bedford, N. H. She died in 1848. He 
resigned his charge the same year, and 
•was appointed seaman's chaplain at Ha- 
vana, Cuba, 1848, and was subsequently 
seaman's preacher at Portland, Me. He 
was highly respected for his talents and 
devotedness to his Master's work. He 
had but recently resumed ])astoral duties 
when his work was cut short by death. 

FuKNCii, Josiah, Albany, N. Y., June 
24, a-. 80. 

FiiENcn, Capt. Moses, East Salisbury, 
Mass., March 2, a-. (57. 

French, Hon. Ralph H. See HoR- 
TON, Miss A. M. 

Fririuk, Dea. Asa, AVillsboro', N. Y., 
May 23, iv. 83. 

Frost, Mrs. Sarah, Jamaica Plain, 
Mass., April 7, va. 84, widow of George 
Frost. 

Frost, James, Brattleboro', Vt., Feb. 
21, iv. 80. 

Frost, John S., Esperance, Schoharie 
Co., Nov. 6, rv. 38. 

Frotiiixgii.vm, Nathaniel, Esq., Sa- 
lem, Mass., Nov. 15, IV. 87. He lived 
in Charlestown in 177">. On the memo- 
rable day of Concord and Lexington, 



and in the tciTor and confusion of the 
inhal)itants, occasioned by the return of 
the British, his family became divided, 
a part esca])ing from the town along the 
Medford River, and a ])art going over 
Penny Ferry into Maiden. Nathaniel 
Avas with the latter ; and the loss of his 
hat in the boat caused him more troulJe 
than the balls of the British. He settled 
in Salem as a mechanic, where his thor- 
ough integrity of character and Christian 
spirit won universal resjiect. He suc- 
cessively filled all the municipal offices, 
we believe, which Salem could confer 
upon him, and filled them acceptably, 
and for many years was a member of the 
General Court. Thus honored by liis 
fellow-citizens and beloved for his ])rivate 
virtues, passed his long and beautiful 
life ; and, when his day of work was 
over, trooj3s of friends cheered his de- 
clining years. 

Frotiiingham, Thomas, Boston,Mass., 
Feb. 3, cT. 54. 

Fuller, Mrs. Achsah S., Sandusky, 
N. Y., July 12, 8e. 66. Though mostly 
shut out from the world by an illness of 
more than 26 years, and nearly deprived 
of sight, she was a lovely exam])le of 
Christian resignation. Long will be re- 
membered the cheerful spirit that ani- 
mated her countenance in all those long 
years of suffering. There are those that 
will love to recall her deep and thrilling 
interest in the cause of missions, her 
large hospitality and unbounded benevo- 
lence to all in "need. It was a cause of 
fervent gratitude, to her family, that, 
though widely separated by distance for 
the past ten years, her husband and all 
her children, three daughters and an 
only son, were Avith her in the last hours 
of life. 

Fuller, Daniel, FrancestoAvn, N. H., 
July 23, vo. 66. Mr. F. was called sud- 
denly from the scenes of time. _ He 
Avas "found in the Avood shed adjoining 
his house, sitting in a chair insensible, 
Avas conveyed to the house, and lived but 
a fcAV moments. He had been with his 
men in usual licalth and spirits, and left 
them but a few minutes before he Avas 
found in a dying state. He had been in 
feeble health for many years, but Avas 
able to be abroad and superintend his 
business. The deceased has been long 
and favorably known as one of the most 
jirominent citizens of his native town. 
For several years he represented the 



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153 



town in the legislature, was a member 
of the last constitutional convention of 
the state, and held various other offices 
in the gift of his townsmen, with honor 
to himself, and to the satisfaction of his 
constituents. Strict integrity, sound judg- 
ment, and impartial justice were among 
his prominent virtues, both as a citizen 
and a magistrate. 

Fuller, Mrs. Mehitahel, Fall River, 
Mass., Sept. 4, ve. 72, wife of Elisha C. 
Fuller. Mrs. F. was a daughter of the 
late Col. Joseph Durfee, formerly of this 
citj. She was a kind and faithful wife, 
an a?ectionate mother, a highly-respected 
citizen, and a good Christian. 

Fuu.ER. Shubel, M. D., Marietta, O., 
Feb. IV !E. 50. 

FuLLiR, Zelotes, Attleboro', Mass., 
March 11, a?. 86. 

FuxK, Samuel P., Philadelphia, Pa., 

, m — . ^Ir. F. was a native of 

Halilax tcwnship, in that county, but 
for a numjer of years resided in this 
citj-, where he was universally esteemed 
for his cout,eous demeanor and correct 
business ha\its. At the time of his 
death he hi^ the responsible post of 
chief clerk in the flour inspector's office 
at Philadelphi,. 



FuRBER, Charles, Andover, Mass., 
June 19, 8D. — , member of the House 
of Representatives of Massachusetts. 

FussELL, Littleberry W., MemjAis, 

Tenn., of Nashville, , x. — . He 

was a brave, gallant, and true-hearted 
man ; and his death will be lamented 
by a large circle of friends wherever he 
was known. He served with distinction 
in Mexico, in the first regiment of Ten- 
nessee volunteers, and was subsequently 
elected sheriff of Davidson Co. 

FuTRELL, Daniel L., Paris, Tenn,, 

, 86. — . He was born in North 

Hampton Co., N. C, on the Roanoke 
River, April 24, 1792, and moved to 
Kentucky in 1812, and served as a regu- 
lar soldier throughout the Indian war. 
He was in the battles of Talladega and 
the Horseshoe Bend, under Gen. Jack- 
son, and in the battle of New Orleans. 
After peace was declared, he returned to 
Kentucky, and was married Dec. 24, 
1816, and in Feliruary, 1824, emigrated 
to Henry Co., Tenn. For upwards of 
30 years he was afflicted with the dead 
])alsy, and during tlie last 12 years of his 
life was entirely helpless ; and for several 
months ])revious to his death he suHered 
greatly fi'ora something like di'opsy. 



G. 



Gaither, Caxarine, Martinsburg, ' 
Va., March 8, se. 7^, She was a daugh- 
ter of the late Col.EUis Williams, and 
the last but one olhis surviving chil- 
dren. Her charactt for every virtue 
that can adorn the Ivly^ the daughter, 
the wife, the friend, a^l the Christian, 
was well known and ai^reciated in this \ 
community — the plai of her birth 
and her residence duri, a long life. 
She possessed remark^ sweetness 
and gentleness of temper ,^^ manners, 
and displayed in every rela^^ the qual- 
ities which" constitute a love- character. 
Sincere, unostentatious, kinaj^aritable, 
devoted, meek, consistent, f^ accom- 
plished the journey of life wiv,ut ever 
varying in her faith or confidenc^^-j^gth- 
er her days were prosperous or lyerse. 
Gales, Miss Sarah, Sheffiek^^cr., 

, a;. 84. She was the la^^^j-I 

vivor of the three sisters of the -^^^ 
Joseph Gales, of Raleigh, N. C, ,q 
left Sheffield in 1794, on poHti^ 



grounds. With these ladies James 
Montgomery, the poet, resided for more 
than half a century. 

Galey, Samuel, Jasper Co., Ind., 
Feb. 16, JE. 46. Mr. G. was a native 
of Kentucky, mov^d to this county Avhen 
quite young, remained here as a farmer 
for many years, and then removed to 
Jasper Co., where he died. 

Gallan, Rev. Thomas, of Malone, 
Franklin Co., N. Y., March 18, a?. — . 

Galpin, John, Washington, D. C, 
Oct. 19, fe. 42, formerly of Wethersfield. 
Mr. G. was for some months an exam- 
iner in the Patent Office at Washing- 
ton, and Avas distinguished for those 
manly and honorable qualities that al- 
ways attract friendships and general 
esteem. 

Gamble, John S., Norfolk, Va., Jan. 
16, fp. 29, principal of the academy. 

Gaiuion, Wm., Stoneham, Me., Nov. 
9, w. 89. 

Gang, Mrs. Mary, New York city, 



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GARDINER 



, ae. — , widow of the late Gen. 

John Gano, of Covington. The history 
of .Mrs. G. is one of deep and intense 
interest. It is, indeed, the liistory of 
tliis beautiful and great city (Cincin- 
nati). There is no similar life, of which 
history has any record, which spanned 
so wonderful an era of progress, growth, 
and development. No other city ever 
grew up in a A\ilderness to such a growth 
in the lifetime of one person. There 
have been sudden, mushroom-inflated 
towns, which, by certain artificial hot- 
bed appliances, have been forced very 
rapidly and magically into unnatural 
proportions. But Cincinnati is not one 
of these : her growth has been sohd, 
natural, substantial. And yet it has all 
occurred under the observation of the 
venerable and intelligent lady whose 
recent decease is now mourned by so 
large a circle of relatives and friends in 
Cincinnati. Mrs. G. — then !Miss 
Goforth — arrived in Oliio, in company 
with 28 others, in 1788. The little col- 
ony estabHshed itself fu-st at Columbia, 
below the mouth of the Little Miami. 
At that time the present site of Cincin- 
nati was a dense forest, only inhabited 
by wild beasts, and scarcely penetrated 
by the aborigines. When this little 
company of pioneers came, they brought 
^^•ith them their furniture and farming 
utensils, their rifles and ammunition, 
and a small stock of grains and vege- 
table seeds. They had come from Pitts- 
burgh in flat boats. Tills was the foun- 
dation of the great, powerful, and enlight- 
ened community, second to none in the 
world in all the elements of intellectual 
prosperity and civilization, which has 
grown up between the two jNIiamis, 
where, 80 years ago, a powerful Indian 
confederacy held undisputed sMay. The 
feeble colony, of which Mrs. G., then a 
timid girl, was a member, had been 
compelled to fight its way down the riv- 
er, on the banks of which the menacing 
savages were constantly apjjearing with 
hostile demonstrations. Several of the 
settlers had been wounded, and they 
were happy, indeed, when they arrived 
at Columbia, which was a military out- 
post of the U. S. When this town was 
established first, as a village, under an- 
other name, and finally invested with 
its ])rcsent proud, revolutionary, and 
Iloman title. Miss Goforth here settled, 
married, and became the mother and 



grandmother of many of our leading 
citizens among the founders of Cincin- 
nati's greatness. There are now here 
great-grandchildren of hers Mith their 
parents, who were all born in the city 
Avhich has not yet reached its COth year! 
Such an experience, such associations 
and recollections, investing the mind, 
character, and society of tliis venerable 
lady with unusual interest, were, per- 
haps, never before shared by a mortal. 
And no one was better constituted to 
realize its full value and apply such ex- 
perience to the highest ends than ihis 
estimable matron. With a nati^rally 
vigorous and clear intellect, and a heart 
and soul devoid of fear and woil'iliness, 
she had enjoyed, at the most inpressi- 
ble period of cliildhood, the inestimable 
advantage of association witt the great 
characters who figured in our evolution. 
Her proudest recollections, ipon which 
she delighted to chvell to thf very latest 
hours of her life, were of h'r dining at 
the same table Mith Gen. Washington 
and Lafayette, at her fathc's house, in 
Kew York. Her descriptons of these 
great men were bcautiiiHy distinct, 
graphic, and inspiring. Many other 
revolutionary rccollectios enriched her 
memory, and rendered Ky conversation 
a great attraction — aihistorical feast. 
Her father. Judge Gofith. was the first 
judge appointed in th("orth-wcst. He 
received his commis-on from George 
Washington. Wh'i Lafayette came 
to this country in ^~i^,_ on his arrival 
at Cincinnati, his ^I'st inquiry was for 
Mr. G. and his nether, in whose hos- 
pitable mansion, n ^''ew York city, he 
had passed sor- of the pleasantest 
hours of the evolutionary struggle. 
After 58 yea^ passed in Cincinnati, 
]\Irs. G., somAveeks ago, concluded to 
visit the citv^ tier nativity, where she 
died. She''""^'es several generations 
of descend'ts to lament her decease, 
to revere l^" character, and to love her 
many vir^-'^ ""^ noble acts. Cincin- 
nati," Avh''' P'^'"^^' "P under her eye, has 
lost no '^^'^^■' fTore patriotic friend, nor 
one in ^^^^ history its peoj.de sliould 
cheris'"^ deeper interest and sympathy 
than ■''^- -^I'^i'V Gano. 

(7;CIA, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Capt. 

jo,jh S., San Juan, Cal., formerly of 

j^.n, Mass., 'Feb. 27, a-. 26. 

Jardineii, Mrs. Susannah Keith, 

udson, N. Y., April 10, a?. 92, the 



GARDINER 



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GATCII 



155 



oldest inha1)itant of Hudson, with but 
one exception. 

Gardiner, Mrs. ^laryAnn, Havana, 
July 17, te. about 66, relict of Dr. Geo. 
A. Gardiner, and mother of that Dr. G. 
whose name was, a few years since, so 
frequently before the public in connec- 
tion with the " Gardiner claim." She 
was born at Springfield, N. J., about 
1791. She was present at the great 
earthquake at Caraccas, which destroyed 
that city in 1811, when her Hfe and that 
of her infant were preserved by a mira- 
cle. Afterwards, when on her way from 
South America to the United States 
M'ith her husband, the vessel in which 
they had taken passage was captured by 
a pirate, who, from a previous kindness 
shown him by Dr. G., took all on board 
liis schooner off' the captured vessel, 
then nearly sinking, and landed them 
safely on the coast of Carthagena. 

Gardner, widow Orange, Winches- 
ter Centre, Aug. 22, se. 99. She was a 
daughter of Quashee, a native African, 
who was stolen on the Gold Coast, and 
held as a slave in llhode Island up to 
about INOO. He then removed to Win- 
chester Centre, and became the owner 
of the small place upon wliich his daugh- 
ter died. 

Gardner, John F., Schenectadv, 
N. Y., Feb. 24, je. 51. He had retired 
from business on account of ill health, 
and was one of the most respectable 
citizens. 

Gardner, Miss Lizzie Wood, Bos- 
ton, Mass., March 21, a?. 5 yrs. 4 mths., 
eldest daughter of his excellency Henry 
J. Gardner, governor of Mass. 

Gardner, Mrs. Martha R., Nash- 
ville, Tenn., May 31, se. 26, wife of 
Dr. Wm. H. Gardner, of Woodson- 
ville, Ky. 

Gardner, Lieut. Wm. Ross, U. S. N., 
Augusta, Ga., April 22, m. about 40. 
He had been in the navy for 26 years, 
of which nearly 12 were spent at sea. 
He was last at sea in June, 1855. Af- 
ter that time he was stationed for a 
while at the naval observatory, Wash- 
ington, and for several months previous 
to his death had been residing in Au- 
gusta, waiting orders. 

Garett, Robert, Baltimore, Md., 
Feb. 4, se. 74. He was a native of L'e- 
land, but for many years a prominent 
and wealthy merchant of Baltimore, 
Md. For 30 years he occupied the 



same warehouse. No. 34 North Howard 
Street. 

Garland, Mr., Pembroke, near Jack- 
son, Miss., , a'. — . 

Garlington, Mrs. EUza, wife of CoL 
H. W., Lam-ens District, S. C, March 
23, a^. 24. 

Garnsey, Chester, Piqua, O., Jan. 
28, a?. 69. Mr. G. was born Sept. 15, 
1789, in Litchfield Co., Conn. In early 
life he removed to Auburn, N. Y., 
where, at about the age of 28 years, he 
became a member of the Methodist Epis- 
copal church ; thence he removed to 
Rochester, where he spent the most ac- 
tive part of Ins Christian life. 21 years 
ago he emigrated to Ohio, and settled 
in Piqua, wdiere he continued to reside 
till called by death to his home on high. 
He was converted at a camp meeting, 
and, during a long life, never forfeited 
the witness of his acceptance with God. 
For 40 years he battled nobly, though 
quietly, for God and the church, Avhose 
institutions he had espoused. For the 
church he seemed to have a constant 
and ardent love, which was manifested 
by his care for its interests, his delight 
in its services, and his joy in its tri- 
umphs. i\Ir. G. was remarkably quiefe 
and unobtrusive ; whatever acts of 
Christian philanthropy he performed, 
or whatever sacrifices he made for the 
good of the church, had exclusive ref- 
erence to the commands of duty, and 
he cared but little that the world might 
know or applaud. He consulted duty 
and not worldly expediency. The 
church in Rochester, N. Y., will not 
soon forget his unwearied activity and 
extensive benevolence. A steward, 
leader, trustee, and in every thing a 
leading member, he discharged every 
duty faithfully, promptly, and accepta- 
bly. 

"Garrett, Robert, Baltimore, Md., 
Feb. 3, ae. — , a pi-ominent merchant. 

Garth, John, Hannibal, Mo., April 
13, ■^e. 73. Mr. G. was one of the oldest 
and most resjjeeted citizens, and for 
many years (until within a short time 
past) has been actively engaged in mer- 
cantile pursuits in the south and west, 
and by his courteous manners, nice sense 
of honor, and stern integrity, had won 
the respect and esteem of a large circle 
of friends and acquaintances, who will 
long cherish his memory. 

Gatch, Pliilip Millbrd, Clermont Co., 



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GIBSON 



O., Jan. 19, 86. 64. The deceased was | 
the third sou of the late Rev. Phihp I 
Gatch, and brother of Gen. Thomas and 
Rev. George Gatch. He was born in 
Buckingham Co., Va., in 1793, and re- 
moved to the North-westeru Territory 
with his father in 1798. In 1818 he 
uuiled with the Methodist Episcopal 
church, of which, for nearly 40 years, he 
has been a most consistent and exem- 
plary member. 

Gates, Mrs. Susannah, widow of Sam- 
uel G., Hancock, N. H., May 1, a;. 100. 
Mrs. G. was one of the first settlers in 
Hancock. She was one of the 19 original 
members of the Congregational church 
in that town, orgmized in 1788. 

Gatewood, Mrs. Elizabeth W., Prov- 
idence, R. I., March 19, x. 73, widow 
of the late Capt. Benuet P. Gatewood. 

Gaudex, Wilham A. R., RoUington, 
Oldham Co., Ky., Feb. 24, se. 34. In 
him the community has lost a worthy 
and useful citizen. In all the walks of 
life he was honest and honorable. His 
fi-iendship was as tenacious as life ; and 
those who knew him best will long cherish 
his memory as a green spot of the past. 

G.\Y, Abel, Liberty Hill, Conn., April 
27, 86. 78, father of one of the proprie- 
tors of Gay's Hotel, Syracuse, N. Y. 

Gay, Fisher, near the Wyoming mon- 
ument, Pa., July 3, fe. 79. Mr. G. was 
one of the few remaining " old settlers " 
of our valley. He resided at the place 
where he died for the last half century, 
where he reared a large family, exei'- 
cised a cordial and friendly hospitahty, 
enjoyed life, and was ever ready to pro- 
mote the enjoyment of others. He was 
eminently social, a good citizen, a good 
neighbor, a true friend, and an honest 
man. 

Gay, Matthew, Morgantown, Va., 
March 17, (c. — , one of the oldest and 
most re.5pected citizens of that place. 

Gaylphd, Dr. Chester, CarroUton, 111., 
June 4, a>. 75. 

Gaylohd, Capt. Elijah, Triangle, N.Y., 
Nov. — , a,'. 95. Twenty-eight years ago 
Capt. G. came to this place from his na- 
tive state, Connecticut, being then nearly 
70 years old, yet he was active, ener- 
getic, and remarkably social with those 
he esteemed as friends. He was a sol- 
dier in the revolution, since a military 
officer, and had also served as a member 
of the legislature in his native state. 

G/VZZ.VM, Mrs. Elizabeth, Pittsburg, 



Pa., April 21, a?. — , wife of Dr. Joseph 
P. Gazzam, and daughter of the late 
Hon. James Riddle. 

Geddes, Mrs. Lucy, Fairmount, On- 
ondaga Co., N. Y., Nov. 23, a\ 78, widow 
of the late Hon. James Geddes. 

Geddis, Capt. , Charleston, S. C, 

Nov. 30, se. — , of the United States 
navy. 

Geer, Dea. David, Montrose, April 
15, a?. 90. Dea. G., a native of Kent 
township, Litchfield Co., Conn., was born 
Dec. 4, 1766. When about 30 years of 
age, he united with the Congregational 
church in the place of his nativity, and 
in 1818 was chosen a deacon, Mhich office 
he held until 1834, when, removing to 
this place, he transferred his relation to 
the Presbyterian church of ISIontrose. 
The suavitj' of manner and the gentle- 
ness of spirit of our venerated fiiend 
secured the strong affection of all who 
knew him. 

Geissenhainer, Mrs. Anna Maria, 
Reading, Pa., June 23, se. 81, widow of 
the late Rev. Frederick W. Geissen- 
hainer, I). D., a German Lutheran min- 
ister in the city of New York, who ched 
in 1838, a?. 66. 

GE^"U^■G, Joseph, TeiTe Haute, Hen- 
derson Co., Ill, Feb. 20, se. 73. Mr. G. 
emigrated from the State of New Jersey, 
and settled in Indiana, nearly 40 yeai'S 
ago. In 1842 he moved to Terre Haute, 
where he continued to reside until his 
death. His spirit and enter])rise as a 
citizen, his liberality, humility, and meek- 
ness as a Christian, have endeared his 
memory to the people of Terre Haute. 
It was chiefly by his liberality and zeal 
that our Methodist church was erected 
three years since. He was ever ready 
to do good to his neighbor, and was a 
liung exemplification of a man who loved 
liis God. 

Gholson, Col. R. D., Kentucky, Jan. 
— , a?. — , late democratic elector for the 
first congressional district of Kentucky. 

GiBBENS, Dr. Daniel, Philadelphia, 
Pa., Jan. 29, a>. 42. 

Gibson, Dr. John A., Bolivar, Tenn., 
Aug. 31, a\ 28. He was a native of 
that county, and a gentleman in the 
strictest sense. 

Gibson, Dr. I. W., Charlotte, N. C, 
Marcii 23, iw about 28, leaving many 
friends to mourn his loss. His remains 
were interred with masonic honors by 
Phalan.x. Lodge. 



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OILMAN 



157 



Gibson, Moses, Tippah Co., Miss., 
Dec. 8, se. 73. The deceased was a 
native of Guilford Co., N. C, whence he 
emigrated with his family and many 
friends in 1841 to Arkansas ; and in 
1844 he removed to North Mississijjpi, 
where he lived until his death. He was 
married in 1810 to Elizabeth Paisley, 
daughter of Col. John Paisley, of revo- 
lutionary memory. No man ever en- 
joyed more of the confidence of his 
friends, and the love and respect of his 
neighbors. It may be truly said of him 
that he had no enemies. It was both 
his ])ractice and precept to love his 
neighbors. 

Gilbert, Frederick W., New Haven, 
Conn., Feb. 23, se. 44. 

Gilbert, Rev. John D., Painted Post, 

, ee. 75. The deceased was born 

in Connecticut in 1782. About 30 years 
ago, without ostentation, and upon con- 
viction of duty, the result of long and 
prayerful study, he left the ministry of 
the Methodist denomination, in which he 
had long faithfully labored, and received 
at the hands of the Right Rev. John H. 
Hobart, bishop of New York, authority 
to exercise the office of deacon in the 
church of Christ, according to the rites j 
and usages of the Protestant Episcopal I 
church in the United States. He was in | 
due course called to the priesthood. For 
12 years he labored fliithfuUy at Big 
Flats, Steuben Co. Thence he was trans- 
ferred to Palmyra, when, after two years 
of faithful ministry, he was, in the inscru- 
table providence of Him who ordereth 
all things well, deprived of physical abil- 
ity to continue his labors. Upon partial 
recovery, he essayed to renew his work 
in the Master's vineyard ; but experi- 
ment convinced him of the vanity of the 
attempt. He soon retired to the village 
of Painted Post, where he continued to 
reside until his death. Here, by an 
exemplary walk and conversation, by a 
devout and holy life, with charity, meek- 
ness, and humility, he ever bore himself 
as becoraeth a Christian minister, provi- 
dentially disabled from exercising his 
office. 

Gilbert, Dea. Joseph B., Hartford, 
Conn., June 2, is. 70. • 

Gilbert, Le\T[, New Haven, Conn., 
March 28, se. 52. 

Gilbert, Dea. Solomon, Providence, 
R. I., Jan. 26, se. 77. 

Giles, Mrs. Betsev, Townsend, Mass., 
14 



July 12, se. 62. She was born in Lu- 
nenburg, Mass., Api-il 3, 1795. She 
was first married to 'Sir. Buckley Hodg- 
man, of Camden, Me., Oct. 11, 1818. 
Mr. 11. died Feb. 3, 1830, lea\ing her 
with three chilch-en, two sons and one 
daughter. Slie remained a widow 12 
years in Camden; then married Deacon 
Daniel Giles, May 12, 1842, and re- 
moved to Townsend. 

Gillespie, Capt. Josiah, Albany, N.Y., 
Nov. 9, se. 57, for a number of years a 
steamboat captain on the North River, 
and of late years in connection with the 
Albany and Canal line. 

Gillett, John, Portsmouth, O., Sept. 
2, 03. — , an old and highly respected 
citizen of Portsmouth. 

Gillette, Mrs. Caroline Mary, Quo- 

gue. Long Island, , ae. 23, wife of 

Rev. Charles Gillette, and daughter of 
Hon. Jabez Parkhurst, of Fort Coving- 
ton, N. Y. Mrs. G. was born in Fort 
Covington, Oct. 11, 1829, and united 
with the First Presbyterian church at 
the early age of 1 1 years. She was edu- 
cated at Mount Holyoke Seminary, South 
Hadley, ALxss., and was married the next 
year after leaving the seminary to Mr. 
Gillette, and lived nine years among a 
loving people, as a devoted wife and a 
faithful teacher in the Bible class, and 
for several years an acceptable teacher of 
the parish school, which render her mem- 
ory very dear to a large circle of youth. 

GiLLixGHAM, George, Baltimore, Md., 
Jan. 20, se. 67. 

GiLLis, William B., Harrisburg, Pa., 
April 22, se. 29. His urbanity, probity, 
and geniality secured him many warm 
and devoted friends. Li 1852 he re- 
moved to Pennsylvania, where he re- 
ceived many manifestations of esteem, 
and filled stations of responsibility and 
trust. At the session of the legislature 
in 1852 he was chosen clerk of the 
House of Representatives, and continued 
in that position for two sessions, having 
been reelected in 1853. His tastes were 
decidedly literary. 

GiLLMORE, Mrs. Anna, Leesburg, Va., 
April 30, te. 80, wife of Rev. Wm'. Gill- 
more. 

GiLLMORE, Mrs. Maria L., Kanes- 
vIIIp, O., Jan. 30, se. — , wife of Robert 
H. Gillmore, editor of the Gazette, and 
daughter of Rev. Samuel J. Cox. 

GlLJL\N, Mrs. Ann Maria, Taunton, 
Oct. 10, SB. 35. 



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GINDER 



Oilman, Elias, Gram-ille, O., Jan. 28, 
fT. 9l2. He was born in Hartford, Conn., 
12 years before the declaration of in- 
dej)endence, and at the surrender of 
Cornwallis was 17 j'ears of age. Ever 
fond of music, he was drum major pre- 
vious to 1796. In trade at the West In- 
dies he became an expert sailor. In his 
last voyage he had on board borrowed 
capital and all his own, which were ship- 
wrecked near Charleston, and he was so 
stripped of every tiling that Masons 
bore his expenses home. His sym- 
pathizing creditors, upon his giving up 
his watch, balanced accounts. By faith- 
ful ap])lication to business, he brought to 
Granville a respectable property in 1805, 
the year the ])lace was settled. His 
family were 44 days on the road, and his 
death leaves in the land of the living but 
three of the 52 heads of families who 
first settled there. Though his arrival 
was as late as Nov. 2, he sowed that i'all 
a field of wheat, and often has told us 
how he set down his pail to club back 
the wild turkeys. July 26, 1806, Gov. 
Tiffin signed his commission as captain 
of the first military company in Gran- 
ville. Jan. 23, 1807, is the "date of his 
first commission of magistrate of Gran- 
\ille township, Fairfield Co., there being 
then no Licking Co. Feb. 7, 1807, he 
was swoi-n into office by John Duke, 
Esq. March 23, 1807, the first entry 
on the docket is, " C. Slocum against 
John Duke, Esq., who, before any other 
person, folt the power of the officer he 
had qualified." May 10, 1810, the com- 
missioners of Licking Co. signed a re- 
ceipt, saying, " Kcceived of Elias Gilman, 
treasurer of said county, the sum of 
$1043,13.4, in full of all demands 
against said treasurer up to the present 
date." In 1850 our tax was $127,847.86. 
Oct. 2, 1811, his second commission of 
magistrate was signed by Gov. Return 
Jonathan Meigs. The legend on tlie 
governor's given name is, that the union 
between his mother and father, Jonathan 
Meigs, was bitterly opposed by her fa- 
ther. One evening things came to such 
a pass that the old man broke up the 
match, and ordered Jonathan to leave 
the premises. The young man had 
no sooner gone than the tears of the 
daughter and mother so softened the 
hard-hearted father, that he ran out af- 
ter tlie banished lover, calling at the top 
of his voice, " lletui-n, Jonathan ! return. 



Jonathan ! " When the young couple 
came to name a son, nothing sounded so 
sweet as " Eeturn Jonathan," which they 
gave as a name to him who became gov- 
ernor of Ohio. Jime 12, 1812, Gov. Re- 
turn Jonatlian ^leigs signed "Squire Gil- 
man's commission of quartermaster and 
lieutenant in the third regiment in the 
service of the United States from Oliio. 
In Sept. he was made ])risoner at the 
surrender of Hull's army, and came home 
on parole. May 20, 1813, Gen. Lewis 
Cass commanding the brigade, he again 
received the same commission, generally 
acting as commissary and recruiting of- 
ficer. He took passage at Erie for De- 
troit in a vessel Avhich was driven ashore. 
After being abandoned by the cajitain, 
'Squire Oilman's nautical skill brought 
it into port. This is substantiated by 
Maj. Butler, of Kentucky, who sailed 
with him, and who advised ajiplication 
for salvage, which was ];ending till Mr. 
Oilman's death. Besides other civil of- 
fices he served eight terms, or 24 years, 
as magistrate, the last of which did not 
end till he was 89 years of age. His 
sight, hearing, intellect, and conversa- 
tional poMcrs were remarkably preserved 
till the last day of his life. For men 30 
years younger than himself he executed 
deeds without spectacles, which they put 
on to sign their names. His constitution 
was such that, at the age of 70, 80, or 
90, he would retire at night, immediate- 
ly fall asleep, and rest as sweetly as a 
child without waking till five in the 
morning. He died without disease. Five 
weeks before his death, on waking in the 
morning, he found himself unable to move 
the limbs on the left side. A few days 
later the agents of nature gave out in the 
other limbs. Life and reason held out 
after the circulation was almost limited 
to the heart. The religion he had long 
professed stood by him till his last 
l)reath. 

Oii,soN, Mrs, Margaret, Proctorville, 
Vt, July 17, ae. 92. Mrs. O. was on a 
visit to Charlestown on the day the bat- 
tle of Bunker Hill was fought. She was 
then 10 years of age. 

GlNDER, George, Trumbull Co., 
, a?, about 97. He was a 



O., 

na- 
tive of Virginia. He was drafted for 
service in the revolutionary war, and 
was on his way to join the army when 
news of the surrender of Cornwallis was 
received. He cast a vote at every presi- 



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159 



dential election from the organization of 
tlie government down to 1856 — the first 
for Gen. Washington, the last for Col. 
Fremont. He possessed an iron con- 
stitution ; for 90 years he was never 
confined an hour to his bed by sickness. 
Plain, unassuming in his manners, frugal 
in his habits, strictly honest in all his 
dealings, he won the esteem of all who 
knew him. 

Gi.AUDEX, Sarah A., New Britain, 
Conn., Feb. 9, ce. 74, widow of Reuben 
Gladden. 

Glasscock, "William, Fauquier Co., 
Va., Feb. — , ae. — , a wealthy citizen. ^ 

Glassell, Dr. Albert S., of Culpepper 
Co., Va., , PP. — . 

Glenn, William H., Trenton, Tenn., 
April 24, as. — , an old and respectable 
citizen. 

Gliddex, Nathaniel, Nobleboro', Me., 
Feb. 4, se. 61. He was among the first 
who settled in the town of Nobleboro', 
and endured the hardships and trials in- 
cident to a new settlement. When the 
■war of the revolution commenced he 
entered with zeal into the contest, and 
valiantly contended for the Hberties of 
his country. He likewise served in the 
war of 1812, and was captain of a com- 
pany of minute men, then called the 
alarm list. He was always interested in 
all that concerned the welfare of his coun- 
try, and ever zealous of the rights of cit- 
izenship. 

GEORGE R. GLroDON, 

At Panama, suddenly, of congestion of 
the lungs, Nov. 15. a?, about 55, former- 
ly consul of the U. S. in Egypt. The 
event caused profound regret through- 
out this country, and more particularly 
in Philidelphia, where Mr. G.'s scientific 
and literary attainments, as well as his 
amiable social qualities, had seciu-ed him 
many warm friends. Mr. G. was a na- 
tive of England, but his father, who was 
United States consul in Egypt, took him 
to that country at an early age, and he 
afterwards succeeded to his office. He 
served American interests with zeal, and 
in 1836 was sent by Mehemet Ali on a 
mission to this country, the result of 
which was the establishment in Egypt of 
rice, sugar, and other mUls of American 
manufacture. At an early age Mr. G. 
turned his attention with enthusiasm to 
the study of Egj'ptian antiquities, and 



soon took rank among the very first 
scholars in that unique and rare depart- 
ment of antiquarian research. His ac- 
quaintance and corres])ondence were 
sought by snrans of all nations, and the 
late lamented Dr. Samuel G. Morton, of 
Philadelphia, so eminent as a craniolo- 
gist, became one of his intimate friends. 
He obtained, through Mr. G.'s aid, a very 
fine collection of ancient Egyptian crania. 
The result was his work on Crania Egvp- 
tica, dedicated to ]Mr. G., and jnibHslied 
by the American Philosophical Society. 
During Mr. G.'s subsequent residence in 
Egypt, he continued his studies and re- 
searches, and his essays, his lectures, and 
his various writings on subjects connect- 
ed with Egypt, made him very widely 
and very favorably known in Europe as 
well as in America. The latest works on 
which he was engaged were the " Types 
of Mankind," the joint work of himself 
and Dr. J. C. Nott, of Mobile, and the 
" Indigenous Races of the Earth " — 
works of great research, but w^hich are 
not regarded as very sound either by lo- 
gicians or theologians. Since the publi- 
cation of the last of these works, Mr. G., 
being impatient of inactive Hfe. accej)ted 
the post of deputy agent of the Hon- 
duras Inter-Oceanic Railway Company, 
wliich was offered to him by an anti- 
quarian scholar of kindred tastes, ]\Ir. E. 
G. Squier. He had been engaged upon 
field work on this service, and ha\'ing 
obtained leave of absence, was on his 
way home, when he was attacked at Pan- 
ama by the disease that has proved fatal. 
Mr, G. leaves a wife and family. He 
was a gentleman of great amiability of 
character, and highly accomplished, not 
only as a scholar and an antiquary, but 
as a man of the world. His enthusiasm 
and zeal as. a traveller and a student of 
antiquity have never been surpassed. 
They led him sometimes astray, and the 
fault of his character was, that he was 
more readily guided by them than by se- 
vere reason. This fault shows itself in 
many of his writings, and while it dimin- 
ishes their value in the eyes of logicians, 
it cannot detract from their merit as 
most valuable additions to the store of 
the world's knowledge on the jiarticular 
branches to which his study was devoted. 
— Philadelphia Bulletin. 

Glover, Col. John, PalmvTa, Mo., 
Jan. 17, ae. 79. Col. G. removed to Mis- 



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GOODRICH 



souri in 1836. lie was bom in Virginia 
June 28, 1TT8; cmif,n-ated to Kentucky 
in 178(J ; was uuirried to Fanny Taylor 
June 10, 1808 ; was a soIcUer in the war 
of 1812 — one campaign under Col. 
Davenport, another under Col. Barbey ; 
was elected to the Senate of Missouri in 
18 JO, and served four years. Col. G. 
was a man of ardent and (piick temper- 
ament, but was forgiving and kind in his 
feelings. His chief excellence lay in the 
magnanimity and generosity of his soul. 
His cheerful disposition rendered him a 
favorite. His friends loved him with 
devotion, and sought his association. 
While his passions were strong, his re- 
ligion and philosojjhy sufficed to cm-b 
them. He possessed an erect, firm, in- 
trejjid, vigorous hitellect, that was well 
calculated to constitute him, as it did, 
an honored fellow-citizen ; was gentle- 
manly in his manners, and remarkably 
courteous to all ; and showed indisputa- 
ble marks of a social and benevolent dis- 
position. 

GoDDARD, Mrs. Charity, Claremont, 
N. II., at the residence of her son, E. L. 
Goddard, Esq., Nov. 10, se. 78, widow of 
Nicholas Goddard, of Rutland, Vt. For 
the last 21 years she has been a mem- 
ber of the Congregational chm-ch in this 
to^vn ; and towards all its members, and 
its pastor and his family, she has ever 
exhibhed the tenderest regard. In sea- 
sons of trial and declension of interest, 
she has eagerly watched for returning 
light, " as they that watch for the morn- 
ing." She was a member of the Mater- 
nal Association from its organization in 
1836, since which time about 30 who 
joined it from time to time have de- 
ceased. 

Goddard, Mrs. Eliza A., Providence, 
R. I., Nov. 28, re. — , widow of the late 
Rev. Josiali Goddard, missionary of the 
American I')a])tist Missionary Union, in 
China, for Ki years. Four children are 
left orj)hans by this dispensation of Prov- 
idence. 

GoDi'RKY, John S., Sand Lake, Rens- 
selaer Ca, N. Y., March 15, vc. 79, for 
many years a merchant in Albany, N.Y., 
and formerly of Newport, R. I. 

Godwin, James Hunter, Peml)roke, 
Nansemond Co., Va., .\])ril 19, iv. 67. 
His remains were interred at the old Epis- 
co])al church, (St. John's,) near Chucka- 
tuck, on the Tuesday following. The de- 
ceased has been long and widely known 



as a citizen of rare worth and usefulness 
— a Christian gentlemen, adorning the 
doctrine of God his Saviour. 

GoFF, Mrs. Zerviah, Harrison Co.,Va., 
Jan. 17, te. 97. She was the daughter 
of Mr. John Waldo, and was born in 
Connecticut, Jan. 1, 1760. When she 
was but three years old her father moved 
to the State of New York, where she 
lived to womanhood, amid the trying 
times of our revolutionary struggle. She 
retained a vivid recollection of that great 
conflict, was within hearing of the battle 
of Bennington, and her father at that 
time suftercd considerable loss of prop- 
erty from the dejjredations of the king's 
soldiers. Dec. S, 1785, she was married 
to Mr. Job Goff, who died Dec. 8, 1845, 
precisely 60 years from the day of their 
marriage. In 1801 they moved to North- 
western Virginia, wliich was then but lit- 
tle better than an unbroken forest, and 
settled in the woods on the waters of 
Booth's Creek, where she lived until her 
death — a period of more than 55 years. 
Here, smTounded by all the difficulties 
incident to a new country, she and her 
companion struggled for a livelihood, and 
soon had the satisfaction of seeing the 
forest subdued around them, and the 
generous earth jielding a competence for 
themselves and family. 

Gold, Dr. W. M.," Lexington, Va., of 
Brownsburg, July 22, a*. 54. Dr. G. 
was long a most successful practitioner 
of medicine in Brownsburg and the sur- 
rounding countiy. He represented his 
county in the legislatm'e, and for the 
15 years was a 
sense, nicely 

and great decision, enabled 
him to discharge the duties of these sev- 
eral stations with much credit to himself 
and benefit to the ])ublic. As a magis- 
trate he was of rare excellence. 

Goodrich, Le\i Hamilton, Atlas, 
Mich., Dec. 12, ae. 82, was father of the 
Goodrich family, well known as early 
pioneers of the south-eastern part of this 
county. He was born at Hadley, Mass., 
Aug. 24, 1774. At an early age he was 
left an or])han, and placed mider the 
guardianshi]) of a worthy uncle. In his 
more advanced youth he emigrated to 
Hudson, N. Y., the sjiot where the city 
of Hudson now stands. Subsequently 
he removed to Unndilla, N. Y., where 
he was married to Eunice Skinner Feb. 
27, 1802. Possessed of an adventurous 



last 10 or 
His fine 
judgment 



magistrate, 
discriminating 



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disposition, and preferring a pioneer life, 
he settled in Sempronius, Cayuga Co., 
N. Y., where he resided until IS 15. In 
Feb., 1815, the family removed from 
Sempronius, and once more took up 
their abode in the wilderness, haA-ing 
chosen Clarence, in Niagara, now Erie, 
Co., X. Y., as their next place of abode. 
At the time the family set out on their 
migration to Clarence the war of 1812 
was not yet closed, and Niagara Co., as 
is well known, embraced the seat of ac- 
tive hostilities between the two contend- 
ing governments known as the Niagara 
fi-ontier. Many and severe were the 
hardships encountered by the early set- 
tlers of the Niagara fi-ontier. Among 
those who were foremost to improve the 
social and moral condition of the early 
settlers of that region, and to advance its 
local improvements, the name of 'Squire 
Goodrich will long be remembered. At 
Clarence the family resided 21 years, 
when another migration brought them 
to the wilds of Northern Michigan in the 
spring of 1836. During the first year or 
two of the family's residence in this state 
the deceased spent most of his time clos- 
ing up some unfinished business in the 
State of New York. Since that period 
he has permanently resided in the town 
of Atlas, and lieen actively engaged in the 
occupation of agriculture down to the 
period of his decease. Naturally en- 
dowed with a strong physical constitu- 
tion, and ]DOssessed of an indomitable 
energy of character, he retained to a re- 
markable degree his bodily and mental 
faculties until his head whitened by the 
frosts of fourscore winters. 

GooDsELL, Loruharaah, East Haven, 
Nov. 6, ve. 88. Her father, his sister, 
and two brothers, each died at the age 
of 84. 

Goodwill, Col. Tavlor G., Omaha Citv, 
N. T., May 19, ve. 48.' In the decease of 
Col. G. the community has sustained a 
loss most severe, lamentable, and star- 
tling — the loss of a high-minded, exem- 
plary gentleman ; an accom])lished and 
able niui of business, foremost in all 
public enterj)rises ; an energetic, manly, 
kind, and benevolent citizen. One of ; 
the earliest settlers of Omaha, his toiling 
hand and encouraj'ino' voice have been 
known at every step, and almost in 
every incident, of her onward progress. 
Through all reverses, asperities, and ri- 
valries, he devoted himself with firm de- 
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termination and untiring zeal to the gen- 
eral good ; and so intimately connected 
was he with almost every particular of 
public imjjrovement, that, when called 
away in the prime of life, and followed 
by hundreds to the tomb, the curtain of 
life seemed to have closed, for the mo- 
ment, over the very scenes in which he 
had been so prominent an actor. Col. 
C. emigrated to Nebraska in Sept., 1854, 
from Attica, N. Y., was one of the lead- 
ing members of the first territorial coun- 
cil, and by his experience and sound 
sense, as well as his unflagging energy, 
contributed largely to the successfid or- 
ganization of the territorial government. 
He was also treasurer of I)ouglas Co., 
adjutant general of militia, and an alder- 
man of the city of Omaha. 

Goodwin, Henry C, Boston, ]\Iass., 
Dec. 10, a?. 45. He was for many years 
connected with the Olive Branch, and 
latterly with the American Patriot. He 
was a man of excellent character, and de- 
servedly respected by all who knew him. 
Truthful and generous in disposition, 
pleasant and genial in manners, he lived 
esteemed bj' all his friends, and passed 
away in his prime amid their sincere re- 
grets, leaving after him the good exam- 
ple of a useful and blameless life, a wor- 
thy memory, and an unsullied name. 

Goodwin, ]Mrs. Susannah Keith, Hud- 
son, N. Y., April 8, £6. 92, wdth but one 
exception the oldest inhabitant of that 
city. Born Jan. 6, 1765, she had at- 
tained the great age of 92, and was the 
senior of our national declaration of 
independence by 11 years. With the 
brave heart of a true American girl, she 
devoted herself to the cause of her coun- 
try in that trying struggle, assisting her 
Ijrothers to get ready for the conflict of 
arms, and during the whole night pre- 
ceding the memorable battle of Bunker 
Hill was employed casting bullets for the 
company of which her fiither was com- 
mander, and in which two of her broth- 
ers marched to the field to do good ser- 
vice for their country, and subsequently 
to sacrifice their lives. And such was 
the patriotic fire of her native place, 
Easton, Mass., that for a considerable 
part of the revolution but three old men 
remained behind from the war ; and thus 
was the labor of the field as well as of 
the household devolved upon the sex 
that claims man for her protector. The 
booming of the cannon which opened 



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from Copp's Hill ii])on the Amprican 
lines, the first fire of which shook the 
windows of her dwelling, was a part of 
the music to wliich her ears were trained, 
and which in its deep thunder tones 
sounded very diff"i'rcntly from " the Bat- 
tle of Prague " as it is ])layed by the 
school girl of more favored times, Iler 
early training was in the severe school of 
toil, jmvation, and alarm ; but a cour- 
ageous and buoyant heart, an active and 
benevolent s])irit, raised her above trials, 
and cheered her on, preparing her for a 
long and useful life. She married Jo- 
sejjh Goodwin, of Boston, at the age of 
19, and became the mother of 11 chil- 
dren. Her husband was a pioneer set- 
tler, coming with his fomily to Lenox 
when the forest growth of centuries cov- 
ered its fields, and engaged in the first 
iron foundery established west of the Con- 
necticut River, in the midst of those hills 
which are so richly stored with mineral 
wealth. In 1811 she came to tliis city, 
and soon after took up her abode in the 
house in which she continued to reside 
until the day of her death. The year 
after, she united with the Presbyterian 
church, then under the pastoral care of 
the Rev. John Chester, of wliich she con- 
tinued a worthy member, " letting her 
light shine " in her family, in the social 
circle, in the chamber of the sick, and in 
the hovel of the ])oor. She was a wise 
counsellor, a warm-hearted friend, and a 
compassionate benefactor, and " her cliil- 
dren rise up and call her blessed." 

Goodwin, Nathaniel, Plymouth, ^lass., 
Feb. 13, iv. 86, for a long period cashier 
of the Plymouth ]5ank. 

Goodwin, Solomon, Rome, N. Y., 
June 21, oe. 45. He was a very worthy, 
intelligent, and highly res])ectable citizen. 

Goodwin, Cajjt. W. S., Manitowoc, 
Mich., , iv. 51. ' 

Gordon, Capt. William H., Oswego, 
N. Y., Feb. 10. a>. 07. Capt. G. former- 
ly resided at Middleville. in his county, 
where he was extensively engaged for 
many years in the cotton manutacturing 
business. 

Gordon, Mrs. Elizabeth, New York 
citv, Aj)ril 14,}P. 81, mother of the Rev. 
W. R. Gordon, D. 1). 

GoRRiK, Mrs. E. S., wife of Rev. P. 
J). Gorrie, Potsdam, N. Y., Oct. 31, 
ffi. 37. 

Goss, Charles F., M. D., Albany, 
N. Y., Jan. 28, aj. 41. 



Goss, Gen. Thomas, Rye, N. H., Oct. 

7, te. 90. 

GossARD, Philip, Ross Co., O., Jan. 
10, £E. 77. He was a native of Pennsyl- 
vania ; born Sept., 1780. He removed 
to Ohio in 1799. About 1824 he united 
with the Methodist Episcopal church, of 
Avhich he remained a consistent member 
to the close of life. In the death of 
Father Gossard the neighborhood has 
lost a highly respectable citizen, the 
church a valuable member, and his fam- 
ily have been deprived of a kind and af- 
fectionate husband and father. 

GovDY, George B., Olympia, W. T., 

, a". — . jNIr. G. was a native of 

Indiana, and was born in the now city of 
Indianapolis in 1828. When quite a 
child his parents removed to Si)ringfield, 
111., Avhere his youthful days were passed, 
and where he received an education as 
liberal in its character as that young 
state could then afford. In 1849 he emi- 
grated to Oregon, and for over one year 
had exclusive control in the publication 
of the Spectator, at Oregon City. He 
took up his residence in this place in the 
spring of 1855, having previously been 
elected territorial printer for one year by 
the legislative assembly, and ceased his 
connection in the publication of the Pi- 
oneer and Democrat Aug. 5, 1856. Mr. 
G. was a member of one of the most 
respectable families in Illinois, and his 
quiet, unobtrusive manners, integrity of 
character, and gentlemanly deportment, 
won for him that resjicct in community 
which the better qualities of head and 
heart command. 

GouGER, Joseph, Circleville, 0., Jan. 
4, se. about 00. Mr. G. was an old resi- 
dent of that county, and one of the most 
worthy and valuable citizens. He was 
an honest man. 

Gould, Major David, Sharon, Conn., 
Sept. 16, cT. 78. 

GocLD, Mary, Newport, R. I., Aug. 
12, IV. 84. She was a member of the 
society of Friends, and daughter of the 
late Thomas Gould, of ^liddletown. 

Goi'LD, Virgil I)., Cape EHzabeth, Me., 
, a\ 45. 

Goi'LDiNG, Miss Harriet. Sterling, 
Mass., A))ril 24, a?. 40, laljc missionai'y 
to the Choctaw Indians. 

GovviNG, George W., iM. D., Tully, 

N. Y., , IV. 67. He was one of 

the first settlers, and one of the oldest 
practitioners, in the comity. 



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Graff, Jacob F., Pittsburg, Pa., 

. , fp. — , a soldier under Napoleon 

at the battle of Waterloo. 

GRAiLiM, Dr. Asa, Portland, Me., 
Feb. 1, a?. 59. 

Grah.\m, Mrs. Catharine C, Newark, 
N. J., April 11, se. 48, wife of Edward 
S. Graham. 

Graham, John, Butler, Pa., , 

£6. — , clerk of the courts. 

Graham, Major Richard, St. Louis 
Co., Mo., July 27, fe. 77. He was a 
native of Virginia, was in the last war 
with Great Britain, was aid to Gen. 
Harrison, and after the war was Indian 
agent in Missouri, till 1829. He was 
one of the commissioners to establish 
the boundary line of Illinois. In the 
latter part of his life, with an ample for- 
tune, he has lived the life of a noble- 
hearted country gentleman. 

Gram, Peter, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., 
April 3, a-. — , a well-known theatrical 
scenic artist. 

Grammer, G. C, Wasliington, D. C, 
Jan. 14, se. 69. He was born at Lud- 
wisbevg, in the kingdom of Wirtemberg, 
Germany, May 10, 1787. He emigrated 
to America in July, 1807, and settled in 
Washington in 1809. 

Granger, Rev. James N., D. D., 
Providence, R. I., Jan. 5, fe. 42. He 
studied theology at Hamilton, N. Y., 
and preached in New York State. In 
1842 he became pastor of the first Bap- 
tist church in Providence, and died in 
its service. He received from Brown 
University the degree of A. M. in 1846, 
and that of D. D. in 1854, was chosen 
a trustee of the university in 1851, and 
a fellow in 1853. He was an eloquent 
and learned divine. 

Grant, Dr. A. Loring, Milo Centre, 
N. Y., Feb. 22, fe. 22. Mr. G. was born 
at Perry, N. Y, July 7, 1834. Some 
years since he removed to Detroit, Mich., 
and entered the office of Whiting and 
Benedict, dentists. Having thorough- 
ly acquired the profession, he started in 
business for himself with the highest 
prospects. 

Grant, Daniel, Buffalo, Butler Co., 
Pa., May — , a?. 80. Mr. G. was born in 
Virginia in 1777. In 1804 he settled in 
Westmoreland Co., Pa., where he re- 
sided until the spring of 1830. On the 
4th of March in that year, he removed 
his family to this county, and settled on 
the farm he owned at the time of his 



death. During liis residcTice in AVcst- 
moreland Co. he hold the olHces of 
sheriff, commissioner, coroner, and other 
county offices, and, although opposite 
in politics to the party in power, he was 
never defeated Avhen a candidate. 

Grant, Mrs. Jane E., near the Mouth 
of Coal, Va., June 13, an. — . She was 
born in Cincinnati about 1800, and first 
came to Charleston about 1828, since 
winch time, with occasional intermis- 
sions, she has lived most of the time on 
Kanawha, although she considered Cin- 
cinnati her home. In the spring of 
1850 she married Mr. G., moved to this 
county, and made it her permanent res- 
idence. 

Grant, Mrs. Martha M., Stoddard, 
N. H., June 10, se. — . Since the death 
of her husband, Mrs. G. has resided 
for the most part with her brother in 
Geneva. She there became a commu- 
nicant in the church, and died " in the 
comfort of a reasonable religious and 
holy hope, in favor M'ith God, and in 
perfect charity with all the world." 

Gratz, Hyman, Pluladclphia, Pa., 
, oe. — , an eminent citizen. 

Graves, Mrs. Eliza M., Sidney, N.J., 
March 20, se. 52. Mrs. G. was a wo- 
man of no ordinary cast of character — 
earnest, hopeful, kind, affectionate ; an 
ornament to the social circle in which 
she moved ; a tender mother, a devoted 
wife, and a true Clu-istian. 

Graves, Mrs. Mary, wife of Levi, 
Hatfield, Mass., March 23, as. 83. 

Graves, widow Rebecca, Montague, 
Mass., March 31, se. 88. 

Gray, Edward L., East Cambridge, 

Mass., Oct. 21, , at an advanced 

age. Thus has passed off another of 
the liberals who in former years were 
active in the cause of free inquiry in 
this city, and but few of whom are now 
remaining. Capt. G. was a worthy man, 
and deservedly respected by all who 
knew him. He had filled various sta- 
tions of responsibility and trust, and 
proved himself possessed of that integ- 
rity and uprightness of character which 
denote correct principles ; while in so- 
cial life, his unassuming manners and 
kind disposition rendered him a pleas- 
ant companion and a true friend. 

Gray, John, Embden, Me., April 13, 
se. 79. 

Gray, Sarah, widow of the late Capt. 
Joshua, Boston, Mass., , a\ 91. 



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GuAY, Rev. Vt'm., San Francisco, 
Cal., Oct. 22, ir. GiJ. 

Gkeaton, Miss Lucretia, Jamaica 
Plain, Mass., Oct. 12, ss. 88, daughter 
of the late Gen. John Greaton, of the 
revolutionary army. 

Gkeeley, Mary J., Manchester, N. H., 
April 20, IV. 3S. Mrs. G. was a daugh- 
ter of Mr. ]^aniel "\^'hceler, of this city, 
and a liuly of more than common natural 
and acquired attaiiunents, and possessed 
the best qualities of head and heart. 

GliEEX, Col. Barton, Cleveland, O., 
Jan. 30, IV. — . lie was route agent 
on the Cleveland and Toledo II. 11., 
northern division, and resided at Metli- 
na, O. 

GiiEEX, Mrs. EUza, Bath, Va., March 
31, a^. CO. 

Green, Felix, Danube, N. Y., July 
18, a?. 83. In the deceased, the com- 
munity loses a citizen whose name will 
long be remembered as a friend to the 
poor; a counsellor whose advice was 
always heeded ; and an advocate of hu- 
manity, progression, and industry. 

GliEEX, Mrs. ;Maria, Laurel, Del., 
Nov. 26, sd. 67. She was for many 
years an exemplary and worthy member 
of the Presbyterian chui-ch, a faithful 
wife, an affectionate parent, a kind 
neighbor, and a warm-hearted Clii'istian, 
beloved by all mIio knew her. 

Green, Dr. Milton, Cambridge, O., 
Julv 6, a>. 41. 

Green, General Moses, Fauquier 
Springs, , tr. — . Formerly ad- 
jutant-general of Virginia, and frequent- 
ly a member of the legislature from Cul- 
pepper Co. He was six feet four inches 
m height, and weighed nearly 300 
pounds. 

Greene, Charles W., East Greenwich, 
R. I., Dec. 24, a>. 75. He was a native 
of Boston, son of David Greene, and 
grandson of Thomas Greene, both emi- 
nent among the merchants of their day : 
the former was donor of the " Greene 
Foundation," so called, for the sup- 
port of the assistant minister of Trinity 
church. lie graduated at Harvard Uni- 
versity in the class of 1802, and for 2() 
y.nirs or more was ])rincipal of a pri- 
vate academy at Jamaica Plain. 

Greene, ilon. J. M., Alabama, April 
11, a'. 36. Mr. G. was, for many years, 
judge of the County Court, and ranked 
nigh as a lawyer. He was elected to 
the legislature in 1853. Of a sanguine 



temperament, he had many ardent 
friends, mIio join their sorrows with 
those of liis bereaved wife and orphan 
cliildren. 

Greenleaf, Mrs. Hannah, Cam- 
bridge, Mass., Jan. 13, w. 69, widow of 
the late Prof. Simon Greenleaf, of Cam- 
bridge. She was ]\Iiss Hannah King- 
man, of Bridgewater, Mass., and was 
married to Prof. G. in 1806, who died 
in Cambridge Oct. 6, 18o3, w. 70. He 
was born in Xewburyport Dec. 5, 1783, 
read law and settled in Maine. He was 
eminently a self-made man. In 1834 
he succeeded Prof. Ashmun, as lloyall 
professor of law in Harvard College, 
and, upon the death of Judge Story, 
took the chair of the Dane professor- 
ship, which he resigned in 1848. Bow- 
doin College conferred upon him the 
honorary degree of master of arts in 
1817, and Harvard that of doctor of 
laws, in 1834. She was the excellent 
wife of a most learned, benevolent, and 
pious man. Long Avill they be affec- 
tionately remembered in Cambridge. 

Greenleaf, Miss Mary C, at'NVapa- 
nucke Institute, June 26, a?. 57. Miss 
G. was nurtured and trained in a family 
of extraordinary piety, (see notice in 
this volume of Mrs. Dr. Codman,) and 
])roved herself a true and lovely repre- 
sentative. She joined Federal Street 
Church in Newbuiyport, then under the 
care of her uncle, the llev. Dr. Dana, 
when about 20 years of age. She spent 
a Hfe of religious service in the church, 
in circles of prayer, in comforting the 
sick and the poor, as a Sabbath school 
teacher, and every body's friend, coun- 
sellor, and comforter,' tiU, when more 
than 56 years of age, she went to the 
Chickasaws as a missionary, a teacher 
of the children gathered in Wapanucke. 
After a little more than a year's service, 
faithful and loving, she was suddenly 
smitten down by sickness and died. 
Her life and letters have been pul)lished 
by the Massachusetts Sabbath School 
Society. 

Greenleaf, Samuel E., Haverhill, 
]Mass., March 9, sc. 68. He was the 
father of INIoses P. Greenleaf, M. D., 
whose lamented death occurred in West 
Newton a few years since, and brother 
of Benjamin Greenleaf, Esq., of Brad- 
ford. As a kind neighbor, a worthy 
and upright citizen, a judicious coun- 
sellor, a firm friend, and an affectionate 



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husband and father, his departure _ is 
deeply felt. But it was his Christian 
character and example which, lay at the 
foundation of his other excellences, and 
which now render liis death so great a 
loss. He was an exemplary and de- 
voted member of the church of Cluist 
for more than 40 years. 

Gkeenough, Mrs. Betsey M., Sand- 
wich, Mass., , te. 80, wife of the 

late John Greenough, formerly of New- 
buryport, and daughter of Ur. Ichabod 
Weeks, of Greenland, N. H. 

Greer, Elihu Hall, Vicksburg, Miss., 
April 12, ve. 4o, brother of Major David 
B. Greer, Secretary of the State of Ar- 
kansas. 

Grexell, Michael, Clinton, Wayne 
Co., Pa., Feb. 14, se. 105. 

Grex.vell, Mrs. Anne Elizabeth, 
Greenfiild, Mass., May 15, se. — , wife 
of James S. Grennell, and daughter of 
the late Col. John Stanard. 

Gridley, Mrs. Clarissa, San Fran- 
cisco, Oct. 30, aj. 75, a native of Far- 
mington. Conn., and widow of the late 
Ansel Gridley. 

Grier, Rev. John M., Gibson Co., 
Tenn., Aug. 21, ae. 61. He was born 
in Caswell Co., N. C, Aug. 30, 1796, 
and emigrated with his parents to Wil- 
son Co., Tenn., when he was a boy, 
where he was raised and educated. It 
is due to the memory of brother G. to say 
that he was a patriot. He volunteei'ed 
in the service of his country before he 
was 18 years of age, and went with the 
troops to Xew Orleans, and was engaged 
in that ever-memorable battle fou2:ht 
between the British and the American 
army under the command of General 
Jackson, on the 8th of January, 1814. 
He was married April 10, 1817, to Ra- 
chel Thomas, daughter of James and 
Martha Thomas. He professed religion 
at a camp meeting at Smith's Fork, Aug. 
9, 1820, and shortly afterwards joined 
the Cumberland Presbyterian church. 
In the spring of 1822, he presented him- 
self to the then Lebanon presbytery, 
and was received by it as a candidate 
for the ministry, and was licensed by 
that presbytery in the fall of 1823. For 
a time he was engaged in travelling and 
preaching on the circuit, and apart, 
preaching in destitute neighborhoods 
on the Sabbath, until the fall of 1830, 
during which time he attended a great 
many camp meetings, at which he was 



truly an efficient laborer. In the fall of 
1830 he emigrated with his family to 
Gibson Co., and put himself luuler the 
care of Hopewell presbytery, and was 
set apart by that presbytery to the 
whole work of the ministry in the fall 
of 1832. Brother G. was an humble and 
faithful minister of the gospel. 

Gries, Dr. William, Reading, Pa., 
April 12, a?. 60. 

Griffix, Mrs. Minerva A.,Washington, 
Ark., Feb. — , a?. 34. Mrs. G. was born 
Jan. 21, 1823, in Robertson Co., Tenn., 
removed from thence with her parents 
to Hardeman Co., Tenn., and from thence 
to Mississippi, and was married Oct. 1, 
1846, in Tippah Co., to Mr. G. 

Griggs, Col. John, Charlestown, Va., 
Oct. 4, ve. 62. Col. G. was a gentleman 
of kindness and amiability, and will be 
remembered for his many good traits of 
character. He was colonel of cavalry 
of the 55th regiment of Virginia miHtia. 

Grimes, S.I)., Georgia, , re. 110. 

Grimes, Hon. Thaddeus, Littleton, 
Mass., Feb. 8, «. 75. 

Grimke, Mrs. Julia Emma, Charles- 
ton, S. C, May 25, s. 23, wife of E. Mon- 
tague Grimke, and diughter of James 
Hibbard, of Northampton. 

Grixdal, Capt. James, Penobscot, 
Me., Aug. 31, te. 83. 

Griswold, Purser George R., on 
board the United States brig Dolphin, 
west coast of Africa, April 5, se. 45. He 
leaves a wife and children in Detroit. 
Mr. G. had been an editor at Detroit, 
clerk of the Michigan House of Repre- 
sentatives, state senator, &c. He went 
into the navy in 1852. 

DR. RUFUS W. GRISWOLD, 

New York city, Aug. 27, ae. 42. 

" He was born in Rutland Co., Vt., 
Feb. 15, 1815. The early years of Dr. 
G.'s life were given to travel. Before he 
was 20 he contrived to see nearly all in 
this country that was worth seeing, and 
explored Southern and Central Europe. 
On his return he found in an eastern 
lady the qualities which make a married 
Hfe attractive. So he married. The 
attachment appears to have been warm 
and lasting. The fruit of this marriage 
was two daughters, both of whom survive 
him. One of these daughters, it will be 
remembered, narrowly escajjed death, a 
few years since, at the time of the dreeid- 



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GRISWOLD 



fill accident wliich occurred on the New 
Haven It. It., near the town of Norwalk. 

" Soon after his marriage, Dr. G. en- 
tered upon the profession of a man of 
letters. The doctor was 'cut out,' as 
the saving goes, for a litterateur. The 
peculiar cast of his intellect gave him 
facility in collecting, shaping, pruning, 
and regulating, lie decided rapidly, 
wrote readily and well, was somewhat 
tainted with prejudices, as most men are, 
but gave to the pubhc freely from his 
stores of knowledge, and made himself 
a name that will not be forgotten. 

" He first tried his hand at editing a 
country newspajier. Not liking it, he 
then became associated with ]Mr. Greeley 
in the conduct of ' The New Yorker.' 
He was then associated with Park Ben- 
jamin and Epes Sargent in the pubhca- 
tion of ' The Brother Jonathan ' and 
' The New World.' 

"In the winter of 1842, Dr. G. ac- 
cepted the ])osition of editor of ' Gra- 
ham's Monthly ^Magazine,' and removed 
his residence to Philadelphia. During 
the time he occupied this position, the 
Magazine underwent a marked improve- 
ment. The new editor M'as profoundly 
impressed with a sense of his duty to 
American authors. He urged their claims 
on all occasions, and battled sturdily for 
them. Tlirough the force of his re])re- 
sentations, a more liberal policy towards 
native writers began to prevail. In its 
pages there began to aj^pear contributions 
from Richard Henry Dana, Washington 
Allston, Coo])er, Bryant, Longfellow, 
Hoffman, and Willis ; and tlie circulation 
went up at least irom 17.000 to 29,000. 
It was a new era for magazine literature 
in America. 

"In 1842 the first of Dr. G.'s admira- 
ble ' Histories of American Literature ' 
was issued from the American press. 
'The Poets and Poetry of America' was 
a work upon which the doctor bestowed 
a wonderful amount of careful research 
and critical analysis. That the Uterature 
of the country demanded such a labor 
was his firm conviction ; and it was with 
no little love and enthusiasm that he 
assumed the task of i)re])aration. 

" The warm reception wliich awaited 
. ' The Poets and Poetry ' led to the ])ro- 
duction of another work, of a similar 
character, ' The Poets and Poetry of Eng- 
land in the Nineteenth Century,' pub- 
lifihed in 1844. 



" Two years afterwards (1846) ap- 
peared a third volume, the second of the 
American series, entitled ' The Prose 
Writers of America.' In this volume, 
which had a success second only to that 
of ' The Poets and Poetry,' Dr. 6. struck 
sledge-hammer blows in defence of our 
native literature from the overwhelming 
Hood of foreign works which poured in 
upon us in the absence of an international 
copvright. 

"In 1848 'The Female Poets of 
America,' a work similar to the three 
volumes which preceded it, was issued. 
It has scarcely met with the degree of 
success which attended its predecessors. 

" ' The Sacred Poets of England and 
America ' was a later publication, edited 
by Dr. G., but bearing fewer indications 
of his peculiar genius. 

" In the year 1847 he engaged (still 
residing in Philadelphia) in the prepara- 
tion of a series of biographies, one enti- 
tled ' Washington and the Generals of 
the American Revolution,' the other 
' Na])olcon and the Marshals of the 
Empire.' He also prepared, about this 
time, an Appendix to the American edi- 
tion of DTsraeli's ' Curiosities of Liter- 
ature,' wrote numerous miscellaneous 
magazine articles, and prepared elaborate 
newsjmper criticisms, with an industry 
that was perJ'ectly indefatigable. The 
doctor was a good worker. 

" In 18o0, having resumed his resi- 
dence in New York, he projected 'The 
International ^Monthly Magazine,' five 
volumes of which were published by 
Messrs. Stringer & Townsend, under his 
editorial supervision. 

" The latest com])lete work from the 
pen of Dr. G. was his ' Republican 
Court ; or, American Society in the Dajs 
of Wasliington.' This was intended as 
a holiday gift book, and was issued by a 
New York house in 1854, in s])lendid 
style. It is attractive, alike in style and 
manner. 

" After the publication of this work. 
Dr. G. undertook the pre])aration of an 
' Illustrated Life of Wasliington.' Sev- 
eral numbers of this work were issued. 
But, while engaged in this effort, his 
labors were suddenly susjiended. 

" In ])ersonal ajijiearance Dr. G. was 

above the medium height, spare, light 

complexioned, Mith hazel eyes and dark 

I lirowii hair. Ho had a laugh tliat was 

I contagious, a voice that was pleasant, 



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167 



and a manner peculiarly earnest. In 
social circles he was full of life, over- 
flowing with anecdote, and given to a 
joke. No better dinner companion could 
be found than he. In the pulpit his 
manner was sedate, with no alfectation | 
of solenniity ; and his discourses were 
orthodox and able. A volume of his 
Sermons, and a Discourse on Philosophy, 
have been published." — N. Y. Times. 

GmswoLD, Nelson A., Racine, Wis., 
Feb. 19, cc. — . The unexpected death 
of Alderman G. has filled our citizens 
with tlie deepest regret ; for in him the 
city has lost a wise counsellor, an active, 
upright man, whose sympathies were 
never withheld from any enterprise to 
benefit our city, a man of Avarm, gen- 
erous impulses, whose benevolence and 
genuine qualities had drawn around him 
a large circle of warm friends. 

Griswold, Normand, Avon, Conn., 
Feb. 8, a;. 99. 

Grivat, Judge William, New Orleans, 
La., July 17, ai. 71. 

Gross, lieut. Michael S., Indianapolis, 

Ind., , a?. — , late of the Nicara- 

guan army. He i-esigned his commis- 
sion, and returned in feeble health, some 
months before his decease. He was a 
gallant fellow, and his friends lament his 
death. 

Grosvenor, Dr. Lemuel P., Pomfret, 
Conn., Dec. 19, te. 73. 

Grosvenor, Mrs. Lydia A., Freedom, 
0., Dec. 26, se. 89. The deceased was 
the mother of Rev. Mason Grosvenor, 
of Medina, and mother-in-law of Rev. 
William Potter, of whose family she had 
been a cherished member for several 
years previous to her death. Mrs. G. 
was born in Canterbury, Conn., and was 
the daughter of Dr. David Adams. Her 
mother was a Fitch. She was descended 
from a highly respectable parentage, and 
favored with the best education of her 
day, which she imjjroved by much read- 
ing and mature reflection. 

Grouard, George M., Washington, 
D. C, Aug. — , EB. G7, a veteran printer, 
who went to Washington about 43 years 
ago. Up to the day of his death the 
deceased had been in the em])loyment 
of the National Intelligencer ofhce, and 
for aliout 20 years was its active manager. 

Grout, Dan, Cavendish, Vt., April 16, 
86. 64. 

Giiow, Dr. James R., Holyoke, Mass., 



Feb. 12, a). 80. Dr. G. was bom in 
Fitzwilliam, N. H., Sept. 2, 1776. His 
father was one of the early settlers of 
Ilartland, Vt., having moved there in 
1785, when his son was nine years of 
age. Upon having attained his 16th 
year, James was apprenticed to the 
button-making trade, which he followed 
for two years, when he determined to 
enter the medical profession, and ac- 
cordingly commenced his studies under 
the tuition of Dr. Williams, of Deerfield, 
Mass. These he pursued with great 
diligence until his 24th year, when he 
commenced practice in Hinsdale and 
Chesterfield, N. H. Shortly after, he 
married the daughter of Benjamin San- 
ger, Esq. After practising for nine years, 
he received and accepted an appointment 
as surgeon in the United States army 
stationed at Detroit, which post he re- 
tained two years, after which he returned 
to his former field of practice at Hins- 
dale, where he remained, in the success- 
ful pursuit of his profession, until 1816, 
when he removed to Browington, Vt. 
He remained at B. for a period of 29 
years, achieving for himself a rejjutation, 
both for ability and success, such as is 
obtained by few of his jjrofession. Since 
1845 Dr. G. had relinquished the active 
duties of his profession, and spent most 
of his time with his children at Chelms- 
ford and Holyoke, Mass. The life of a 
medical practitioner is not made up of 
bi'illiant efforts and erratic displays of 
genius ; but it consists rather of daily 
toil and gentle ministrations, resting nei- 
ther day nor night without feeling that 
he is constantly on duty, and subject to 
frequent interru])tions. Such was the 
life of Dr. G. Living at a time when the 
medical profession was striving to dis- 
seminate greater intelligence among its 
members, by his own personal character 
and efforts, with such compeers as Dr. 
Twitched and Dr. Nathan Smith, he 
accomplished much towards making the 
name of physician worthy of respect and 
esteem. As a practitioner, he was quick 
in perceiving the origin and value of 
symptoms as they presented themselves 
at the bedside, and judicious in the 
exhibition of the a])i)ropriate remedies. 
His was not routine ])ractice, but one in 
which his originaHty was made apparent, 
so that long after he had retired from 
active practice his counsel was eagerly 
sought for by liis younger professional 



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HALE 



brethren, and unhesitatingly ado])ted. It 
is to such men tliat the profession are 
indebted for the rich fund of practical 
observations which has l)een left them 
as a valuable legacy. As a citizen, he 
was upright and esteemed by all who 
knew him, and ever ready and wilHng 
to assist, both with his money and ad- 
\-ice, any plan for the welfare of the com- 
munity in which he resided. Ever ready 
with a joke, and quick at rcjjartee, he 
was an acquisition to the social circle, 
and formed and retained many lasthig 
friend>hijjs, though he lived to see nearly 
all the h-iends of his youth fall in the 
conflict of life. 

GutST, Kev. Job, Baltimore, Dec. — , 
cc. — , of the Methodist Episcopal con- 
ference. 

GuFFY, Elinor, McEwensville, Pa., 
Feb. o, le. Go. 

Guild, Mrs. Betsey W., Eagleville, 0., 
May 14, a*. o3. She was born in Cole- 
brook, Conn., June 13, 1803. She was 
the daughter of Mr. John Phelps of that 
])lacc. At her first marriage (to Mr. 
Jeremiah Wadsworth) she moved to 
Hartford, Conn., where she lived till the 
death of her husl)and. Subsequently 
she returned to her father's, in Cole- 
brook, and made her home with him up 



I to the time of her marriage to Col. 

I Guild, Nov. 3, 1844, who took her to 
his home in Eagleville, O., where she 
spent the remainder of her life. Mrs. G. 
was a woman of the Connecticut or New 
England type of character. She pos- 
sessed a large share of native good 
sense, a clear and discriminating intel- 
lect, and a sound moral constitution and 
culture. 

GuKCKLE, Michael, Germantown, O., 

, a\ 70. At an early day he 

represented Montgomery Co. in the 
legislature. He was a hardy pioneer in 
the protection of the frontier during the 
war of 1812-13. 

Guthrie, Ca])t. P. S., Newjiort, Ky., 
Dec. — , a?. — . Capt. G. served through- 
out the Mexican war w ith the Du Quesne 
Guards, of Pittsburg, and was breveted 
major for his bravery and service during 
that campaign. After his return from 
Mexico he took up his residence in Cin- 
cinnati, and was elected to the command 
of the " Guthrie Grays," one of the finest 
military companies in the state. Subse- 
quenth' he went to Washington Territory 
in command of a comjiany of regular 
government troops, and at the time of 
his death was remaining at home on 
furlough. 



H. 



H.\CKST.\FF, Capt. Jesse Lyman, Ro- 
sario, La Plata, South America, Dec. 31, 
1856, a'. — , of the bark Elizabeth Lea- 
vitt, of Boston. 

Hagkk, Capt. Lemuel, Woodstock, 
Vt., Aug. 9, X. 91, was one of the first 
settlers of Hartford. 

Haines, Henry, West Union, O., Jan. 
7, a?, over 70. 

Haiustox, Col. John Tyler, Henry 
Co., Va., Jan. 13, a>. 45. He was edu'- 
cated as a lawyer. Possessing a will 
strong and inflexible, talents of a supe- 
rior order, an imagination l)rilliant and 
fertile, he combined every quality neces- 
sary to make an ornament to his profes- 
sion and an honor to his country; but 
being of a disposition reserved and mod- 
est, he jireferred to walk " the cool, se- 
questered vale of life," surrounded by 
family and friends, to encountering the 
troubles of forensic disputations or polit- 
ical strife. 



Hale, Capt. William, Newburyport, 
Mass., June 30, ae. 61. 

Hale, Miss Ann Elizabeth, Newbury- 
port, Mass., June 30, a>. 31, only daugh- 
ter of Capt. William Hale. 

Hale, Joseph W.. Conway, N. H., 
Feb. 22, a^. 58. 

Hale, M. M., Wilmington, O., Mai'ch 
23, a\ 39. 

Hale, Obed, Hampden, Geauga Co., 
Dec. 24, a). 78. He emigrated from one 
of the New England States at an early 
day, and was one of the first settlers in 
Geauga Co., bearing with vuiusual forti- 
tude the hardships, privations, and dis- 
a))pointments attendant on a life in the 
uncultivated wilds of a new country, and 
in his ])ilgrimage of 41 years in Hampden 
necessarily witnessed many changes, but 
amid them all was ever found at his post 
firm and active, esjjeeially in advocating 
and sustaining the ])rinciples of the dem- 
ocratic party, to which he was devotedly 



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169 



attached, and which he never forsook for 
aiiv other. 

Hale, Thomas, Sheboygan, Wis., Dec. 
16, c-e. 55. Mr. II. left Rutland, Vt., 
where he had long lieen known by many 
of the inhabitants, and known only as a 
Christian. For 24 years he had there 
been a membor of the Congregational 
church, and had walked and talked with 
the people of God. 

Hale, William P., Hollis, N. H., May 
27, aj. 59. 

H.ALE, William, Corinna, Me., Aug. 
20, a?. 100. He, with a few other dar- 
ing spirits, in open boats, attacked a 
British merchantman in Boston Bay, in 
the commencement of the revolutionary 
war, and succeeded in capturing her. 
She proved a valuable prize. He after- 
wards served thi-ee years in the revolu- 
tionary war. 

Haley, Thomas, Portland, Me., 

— , ae. 72. He was one of the oldest 
citizens of Portland, and for a long series 
of years one of the principal dealers in 
the furniture line. For several years 
past he had withdrawn from active busi- 
ness. He was an honest man, and an 
upright and worthy citizen. 

Hall, Mrs. Lucy M., St. Paul, Minn., 
, ae. 27, wife of Amos W. Hall. 

H.ALL, C. S., Esq., prosecuting attor- 
ney for Barbour Co., Va., June 10, ce. — . 

Hall, Caleb, Clarendon, Vt., , 

ae. 78. His birthplace was Dunbarton, 
N. H. When a boy of 14 years he 
came to Clarendon, where he resided un- 
til his death. For more than 50 years 
he was one of the most active and prom- 
inent men of the place. He was hon- 
ored with many and different offices in 
the gift of the people, and was the first 
and last postmaster on Clarendon Flats. 
He was naturally a man of strong pow- 
ers of mind, possessing in no common 
degree a most retentive memory, and 
well skilled upon general subjects, the 
politics of the day, and the different af- 
fairs of the state and nation — a man of 
good common sense and sound judg- 
ment, whose counsel and assistance was 
often sought by others in the commu- 
nity. 

H.\LL, Rev. George L., Mecklenburg, 
Tompkins Co., N. Y., Oct. 30, a?. 40. 
Mr. H. was a native of Augusta, Oneida 
Co., and for several years principal of 
the academy in that town. He was a 
thorough scholar, though enth'ely self- 
15 



educated so far as his literary and sci- 
entific com'se was concerned. He was 
a graduate of the Auburn Theological 
Seminary. Modest and unpretending in 
his manners, he was a man of independ- 
ent opinions and vigorous intellect. He 
was a pi'eacher of solid but not showy 
qualities, a faithful pastor, and a sincere 
Christian. He was greatly beloved in 
the congregation at Mecklenburg, enjoy- 
ing their confidence as scarcely any 
other man had done before him, and is 
now mourned by them as one whose 
place cannot easily be made good. 

Hall, Mrs. Hetty W., Alexandria, 
Va., Feb. 5, ae. 71, widow of the late 
Major John Hall, of the United States 
marine corps. 

Hall, Mrs. Martha Ann, Portsmouth, 
N. H., March 28, «. 82, widow of the 
late Job Hall, Esq. 

Hall, Welthany, Newport, R. I., 

, ae. 86, a worthy member of the 

society of Friends. 

Halladay, Capt. Theodore, Middle- 
bury, Vt., March 30, ;e. 75. 

Hallam, Mrs. ^lary, Xew London, 
Conn., Nov. 18, ae. — , widow of the late 
Edward Hallun. 

Halsey, Daniel W., Hamilton, O., 
Nov. 4, ae. 34. He commenced his edi- 
torial career about 1845 on the Spring- 
field Republic, and continued with that 
journal until 1850, when he came to 
Hamilton, and purchased the Intelli- 
gencer establishment. He was an amia- 
ble gentleman, whose courtesies and af- 
fabiUties to the many li-iends who daily 
thronged his sanctum attested that gen- 
uine manliness does not always deterio- 
rate in the perjjlexing duties attending 
the conducting of a newspaper. But it 
was in his private and personal relation, 
in the social and domestic circle, in home 
Hfe, and in the companionship of friends, 
in the "unreserve of mingled being," 
that his best aspects and phases were 
seen. Here he was felt and shown to 
be a man of estimable and Manning qual- 
ities, a kind husband, a cordial friend 
and companion, a generous, manly man, 
and exemplary citizen. 

Halsted, Philemon, Rye, Westches- 
ter Co., N. Y., May 16, a>." 79. 

Haji, John, Esq., , a?. — , one 

of the oldest residents and most respect- 
ed merchants of Bangor, Me. 

Ham, Judith, Lidianapolis, Ind., March 
6, ae. 73. 



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[1857.] 



HAMILTON 



Ham, Mrs. Lydia H., Portsmouth, 
N. II., March l', vc. 83, •widow of the 
Hon. William Ilam. 

Hamkr, Gcorj^e W., of Georgetown, 

O., at llari)cr's Ferry, Va., , a?. 

— , only son of the lute Gen. Thomas L. 
Hanu'r. 

Hamer, Frances, Skippackville, !Mont- 
gomery Co., Pa., April G, vs. G-1, wife of 
Dr. James Hamer. 

Hamku, Dr. James, Skippackville, 
Montgomery Co., Pa., May 6, a-. 77. 

Hamilton, Mrs. Petsey, Bernardston, 
Mass., April 18, a^. 83. Mrs. H., whose 
maiden name was Betsey Farrill, has re- 
sided in Bernardston from the date of 
her marriage, a period of more than 60 
years, and has raised a family of nine 
children, of whom six sm-vive their moth- 
er. She was born before the declaration 
of independence by the United Slates, 
and was among the very few who have 
experienced the vicissitudes of more than 
fourscore and three years. Since her 
eyes first o])ened on the light of day, our 
country has assumed its ])Osition as one 
of the independent nations of the earth, 
and has increased from 13 feeble colo- 
nies, with a population of 3,000,000, to 
a family of 31 powerful confederated 
states, with a population of more than 
25,000,000 of souls. From 1773 to 1857, 
the period of her life, what immense 
changes have come over the human race ! 
More than twice the number of all the 
people now living in the world have died 
since she was born, and a progress has 
been made in every de])artment of hu- 
man affairs \vjiich almost defies an esti- 
mate, hnd which even astonishes those 
who have been the chief actors in the 
great life drama of the last 84 years. 

GEN. JAMES HA^HLTON, 

Oct. 15, n>. Go, who was once familiar 
to the ])ul)lic in connection with nullifica- 
tion in South Carolina, lost his life ])y a 
collision ])etween the steamers Galveston 
and Opelousas, in the latter of which he 
was a passenger, near the coast of Texas. 
He was a native of South Carolina, and 
at the time of his death was on a \isit 
to Texas, where he owned considerable 
pro])erty. He came from a family dis- 
tinguislicd in the revolutionary history of 
the south, and served during the war of 
1812, at the close of which he com- 
menced the practice of the law in Charles- 



ton, of which city he was elected mayor 
for several successive years. About 
1822 he entered the state Icgislatui-e, 
and in 1825 was elected to fill the va- 
cancy in Congress caused by the death of 
"\\'illiam LoMudes. He remained in Con- 
gress until 1829, and was known as an 
ultra advocate of free trade and southern 
rights. Upon the passage of the tariff 
bill of 1828, he announced his intention 
to resign his seat, and during the sum- 
mer of that year advocated the doctrine 
of armed resistance to the act. He re- 
tm-ned home, was elected governor of 
the state, and recommended the legisla- 
ture to pass the celebrated nullification 
act, which placed the state in collision 
with the general government. His suc- 
cessor, Gen. Hayne, appointed him com- 
mander-in-chief of the troops raised for 
the defence of the state. Since the close 
of this struggle he has been less promi- 
nent in public life. He took a warm in- 
terest in the afiairs of Texas, of which, 
while an independent state, he acted as 
the representative in England and France 
in 1841, and was instrumenlal in pro- 
curing her admission into the Union. 
He was a prominent candidate for the 
vacant seat from South Carolina in the 
United States Senate. 

Hamilton, Joseph, Columbiana Co., 
O., Nov. 14, a\ 72. The memory of 
few is more blessed than that of Mr. H., 
for few were more just. He was born in 
New Jersey, Nov. 6, 1786. AYhile quite 
young his father's family moved to West- 
ern Pennsylvania. At the age of 16 
(1802) he united with the Presbyterian 
church of New Salem, then under the 
pastoral care of Rev. Thomas E. Hughes, 
during the great revival in the western 
country. In 1807 he moved to Colum- 
biana Co., O., and at that time united 
with the first Presbyterian church of 
New Lisbon, O., of which he was a mem- 
ber when he died. In 1836 he was or- 
dained and installed a ruling elder in 
the church of New Lisbon. 

Ha;miltox, Hon. John, Sugar Grove, 
Pa., Oct. 27, w. 76. Judge IT. was one 
of the early settlers of this county. He 
was a native of York Co., Penn. In 
1803 he settled in Cherry Tree, Venango 
Co. He removed to Franklin soon after. 
He filled the office of commissioner and 
sheritt' of Venango Co., of whicli War- 
ren was then a part. In 1846 he was 



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[1857.] IIARDCASTLE 171 



appointed judge of the County of War- 
ren, which office he held until 18j1. 
Judge H. possessed in an eminent de- 
gi-ee the characteristics that mark the 
true Pennsylvanian. He was honest in 
his intercourse with all persons, kind 
and friendly to all. He was inllexible 
in the maintenance of his ])rinciplcs, 
and could always give a reason in sup- 
port of the same. He scorned mean- 
ness and hypocrisy in all their forms, 
and was frank and open in all things. 
He died as he had lived, at peace with 
all the world. Surrounded by his fam- 
ily and friends, his spirit peacefully took 
its flight to a better world. 

Hamilton, Mrs. Mary Ann, Apple- 
ton, Wis., May 30, se. — , wife of Rev. 
Alexander Hamilton, and daughter of 
the late James W. Porter, M. D., of 
Port Washington, Wis. 

Hamlin, Mrs. H. M. L., Constanti- 
nople, Turkey, Nov. 6, se. — , wife of 
Rev. C. Hamlin, missionary of the 
American Board. 

Hajiling, Major W. H., Mount Mor- 
ris, Utica, N. Y., Nov. 24, tr. — . He 
was a native of South Lapham, Eng., 
where his aged mother still resides. He 
removed to this country about 26 years 
ago, and resided in Mount Morris the 
whole of this period, with the exception 
of one year, spent in the city of New 
York. The great distinguishing feature 
of his character was its strict integrity. 
A clear, vigorous mind, unwearied in- 
dustry, and eminent skill as a builder, 
combined to place him in the first rank 
of his trade. The new church in Mount 
Morris is a monument of his fidelity and 
abihty. 

Hajdiond, Adeline, Groorae, Kent 

Co., Md., , a'. — , wife of Rev. 

Wra. S. Hammond, of the Maryland 
annual conference. 

Hancock, Dr. R. C, De Soto, Miss., 
, a?. 55. He frequently repre- 
sented the people of his county in the 
legislature, and was esteemed by all 
for his many excellent qualities of head 
and heart. 

Hanna, Mrs. Martha, June 1, ae. 77, 
and Major John Hanna, June 13, se. 82, 
husband and wife, Fidton township. 
Pa. Major H. cast his first electoral 
vote for Mr. Jefi"erson, in 1800, and his 
last for Mr. Buchanan, in 1856 — hav- 
ing voted at every intermediate presi- 
dential election for the democratic can- 



didate. He was one of the oldest and 
most respected citizens, and died uni- 
versally regretted by all his relatives 
and acquaintances. He was a subscriber 
to the Intelligencer for more than 50 
years, down to the day of his death. 

Hannah, Dr. Charles, Salem, N. J., 
April 20, w. 75. 

Hannegax, Mrs., Terra Haute, 

— , se. — , wife of ex-Senator Hanne- 
gan. 

Hansbrough, Sarah, Stevensburg, 
Va., March 23, s). 98. Although she 
had nearly reached the age of 100 years, 
yet she retained full possession of all 
her faculties up to the hour of her 
death. 

Hansbury, Mrs. Margaret, New Or- 
leans, March 22, se. 70. 

Hardcastle, Dr. A. H., Florence, 

N. Y., , se. — , Dr. H. was a 

native of Ohio, and son of Mr. Hard- 
castle, of the firm of Hughes and Hard- 
castle, New York. He was a graduate 
of the University of New York, served 
as surgeon on the emigrant ship Great 
Western, and aftei'wards joined General 
Walker in Nicaragua. His disapproval 
of some of the movements of Walker 
caused his arrest and reprimand ; after 
which he was appointed first lieutenant 
in Green's company, and made an at- 
tack upon Massaya with a force of 65 
men, against a battalion of nearly 1000. 
After forcing their way to the Plaza, 
they had access to a house, which they 
defended nobly for about ten hours, 
when, having lost nearly all their force, 
they returned with 35 men. At the siege 
of Granada he acquitted himself nobly, 
and was created captain. His disapprov- 
al of the manner in which the Avar was 
conducted, however, caused him to 
apply for the office of surgeon, which 
Avas conferred upon him ; and he en- 
tered upon his duties, having in charge 
the hospitals at Virgin Bay, Serapiquis, 
and San Carlos. While at San Carlos, 
in company with Capt. Tyler, they were 
captured by the Costa Ricans, endured 
a short imprisonment, after wliich they 
Avere brought forAvard as game to be 
shot at. The intervention of Col. CaAV- 
ty, hoAvever, an English officer in the 
Costa Rican service, and who is noAV 
: minister from Great Britain to Costa 
Rica, resulted in their release, and they 
returned to the United States. After 
resisting death under all the phases of 



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[ 1857. ] 



HARPER 



Xicarap^ian existence, Dr. II. came to 
his cud while participatinji: in a jniblic 
exuhation upon the election of Ju(lj;je 
Ferguson, and when death and solem- 
nity were most forfjotten. 

ilAKDiNCi, ^Irs. Mehnda, Globe Vil- 
lage, Southbridge, Mass., Jan. 3, a?. 74. 
She was a native of Sturbridge 40 years 
ago, and lived such a benevolent and 
exem])lary life as to secure the esteem 
of all her acquaintances. 

IlAuniNG, Thomas M., Social Bend, 
Mississip])i Co., Ark., March 13, te. — , 
representative from that county in the 
legislature. 

Haudy, Dea. Enos, Westminster, 
Mass., May 17, ae. 85. 

Haudy, E]ihraim J., Hanover, N. H., 
March 3, iv. 27, a member of the senior 
class in Dartmouth College. A meet- 
ing of the class having been called, the 
following resolutions were reported and 
adopted : — 

L'esolved, That we have learned with 
the deepest sorrow of the death of our 
beloved classmate, Ej^hraim Jewett 
Hardy. 

Resolved, That while our dcjjarted 
brother was so well fitted, by his cordial 
friendslii]), by his disinterested kindness, 
his thorough mental discipUne, his man- 
ly and decided character, and by liis 
devoted and consistent piety, to fill and 
adorn any situation in life, and especial- 
ly that profession for whose duties he 
was preparing himself, we should yet 
bow in submission to the will of God, 
who has taken him thus early from the 
toils of earth to the rewards of heaven. 

Hakdy, Mrs. ]\Iaria P. 11., Kingston, 
Ulster Co., N. Y., Sept. 3, se. 83, a na- 
tive of France. 

Haudy, Dr. Miles, Salem, Washing- 
ton Co., Ind., Sept. 2, a>. 53. 

Hark, Lieut. Geo. H., Philadelphia, 
Pa., July 24, a>. — , of the United States 
navy. 

IIaugis, Mrs. Eliza1)eth, Lewis, Del., 
June 3, a'. — , wife of Kcv. James Har- 
gis. 

ILarlan, Joseph, LoAver Marion 
township. Pa., Nov. 12, a'. — , ])rinci- 
pal of the Haverford College, in Dela- 
ware Co. 

Haui'KU, 'Mrs. Jane, Carmichaeltown, 
Green Co., Pa., Feb. 3, a-. S(l, widow of 
the late Samuel llar])er, l'",sq., and eld- 
est (huigliter of the late Pev. John Mc- 
Millan, D. D., of Wasliington Co., Pa. 



She was born near Fagg's Manor, in 
Chester Co., Pa., May 6, 1777, and was 
about 18 months old Avhen her father 
removed thence to his almost wilderness 
abode, in Chartiers, in the fall of 1778. 
She was twice married. She and her 
younger sister, Margaret, (afterwards 
wife of Rev. Moses Allen.) were mar- 
ried on the same day. in ISOO, by their 
father — she to Kev. Wm. Moorehead; 
her sister to llev. John Watson, the 
first president of Jefierson College, Can- 
onsburg, Pa. Both husbands died on 
the same day, — Nov. 30, 1S02, — and 
were buried in the same grave, in the 
old Chartiers churchyard ; where repose, 
after more than 50 years of eminent 
pastoral labor, the remains of Dr. Mc- 
Millan, his wife, and a son. Dr. McM. 
died Nov. 16, 1833. In 1811, she be- 
came the wife of Samuel Harper, Esq., 
of Green Co., a citizen of distinction in 
church and state — being an elder in 
the Presbyterian church of New Provi- 
dence, near his residence, and having 
been sherift' of the county soon after its 
erection. He died in June, 1839. Mrs. 
H. had one child by her first marriage, 
and four by her second, — two daughters 
and two sons, — John McM. Harper and 
H. llar])er, well-knoAvn and worthy cit- 
izens, who yet occupy the old homestead. 
Mrs. H. was a woman of vigorous body 
and mind. So late as October last, she 
■was able to attend to the labors of her 
house, which was ever the home of hos- 
pitality, and to wait upon her table with 
almost as much ease as she did 40 years 
ago ; and her mind and memory seemed 
to have yielded but little to the attacks 
of time. In steady energy of character, 
she is said much to have resembled her 
illustrious father. Mrs. II. passed 
through eventful times in the civil and 
rehgious history of AVestern Peiuisyl- 
vania, of much of which her mind was 
an accurate repository. Her conversa- 
tion on these topics was rich and reha- 
ble. Indian incursions and alarms, in- i 
ducing frequent flight to forts ; the 
constant readiness of the loaded rifle in ^ 
tlie cabin ; settlers attending church 
Mith guns on their shoulders and knives 
in belt, — these, and their attendant 
perils and privations, were well known 
to her. She had herself learned the 
use of the rifle. She had a kind re- 
membrance of James Ross and James „ 
McGready — the former of whom be- ' 



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173 



came an eminent lawyer and statesman, 
the latter a renowned evangelist and 
pastor in Kentucky. They had lived in 
her father's family, and had been her 
teachers. The former had taught_ a 
Latin and English school in a log cabin, 
near her father's house, while he was 
pursuing his legal studies ; Avhich, of 
course, was prior to 1784, for in that 
year he Avas admitted to the bar, and 
entered at once upon a large practice. 
Mrs. H. always asserted that those an- 
nalists of the western church, who 
postpone her father's log cabin school 
to a later date than those of the llev. 
Joseph Smith, on Buffalo, and Rev. 
Thaddeus Dodd, on Ten Mile, are in 
error. She said her father's was started 
before either of them, in a rude log 
cabin, near the house, which was soon 
afterwards accidentally burned down ; 
whereupon Mr. lloss left, and all the 
pupils, except Mr. McGready, who re- 
mained in the family, and worked on 
the farm, until Mr. Smith started his 
school, when he went there. A few 
years afterwards, another log cabin for 
the school was erected, and its labors 
resumed — this being the one upon 
which the chroniclers referred to base 
their statements. Such, briefly, is her 
explanation of the current anachronism, 
as given to the writer of this a few 
months before her death. She confuted 
the historical statements referred to 
with some sensitiveness, as calculated 
to rob her father's memory of an honor 
to which he was justly entitled — of be- 
ing the founder of scholastic education 
of young men for the ministry in these 
ends of the earth. 

Harper, William, Augusta, , 

a". — . As a citizen and man of busi- 
ness, our contemporaries speak of liim 
in the highest terms. The Constitu- 
tionalist says, " He was one of our 
oldest, most enlightened and experi- 
enced merchants, having been engaged 
in business for about 40 years, and most 
of that time the senior partner in the 
bouse of W. & J. Harper." 

Harriman, Ira, Madison, O., July 7, 
8B. 63, was one of the first settlers of the 
town, and has left a large circle of friends 
to mourn his loss. 

Harrington, Elijah, Shrewsbury, 
Dec. 2, as. 77. 

Harrington, Mrs., , North 

Hadley, Mass., March 21, te. 83. 
15* 



Harris, Eliphalet, Berlinville, Erie 
Co., O., July 1(5, oi. 62. Thus has an- 
other of those who came to subdue the 
wilderness, for their descendants, been 
called to sleep Mith his early associates, 
in the soil commemorated by their joint 
sacrifices and labors. In the spring of 
1822 he assisted Mr. Campbell in put- 
ting up his printing press at Sandusky, 
being the first established in the north- 
western part of the state ; and during 
the entire 35 years that have since 
elapsed, and down to the day of his 
death, he has been a regular paying 
subscriber to the Clarion and its succes- 
sor, the Sandusky Register. In private 
Hfe, he was justly esteemed for his gen- 
eral intelligence and social qualities ; 
and he has held and discharged many 
offices of trust, with honor to himself 
and satisfaction to the public. 

Harris, Dr. E. B., New Orleans, 
Dec. 19, a;. 47. 

Harris, Jacob, Fairmount, 0., 

— , a>. 87. 

Harris, John A., North Scituate, 
R. I., Sept. 30, is. 65, for many years 
cashier of the Scituate Bank, and for- 
merly a resident of this city, where he 
leaves many friends. He was a man of 
unblemished integrity, and respected by 
all who knew him. 

Harris, Mrs. Rebecca, Millwood, 
Powhatan Co., Va., Aug. 20, a-. 79, rel- 
ict of the late Major John Harris, of 
Rattlesnake Spring, Chesterfield Co. 
Mrs. H. was an eminently active, intel- 
ligent, and industrious lady ; social, 
generous, and charitable. The poor 
have lost a kind friend, and her numer- 
ous posterity an example of virtue and 
usefulness never to be forgotten. 

Harris, Lieut. Reuben, New York 
city, , a". — . He had been con- 
nected with the U. S. navy for about 15 
years, and had improved his extensive 
opportunities for the acquisition of 
knowledge Avhich his position aff"orded 
him. He visited China, Jerusalem, the 
PjTamids in Africa, the ruins of Hercu- 
laneum and Pompeii, Rome, and almost 
all the celebrated places in the world. 
During the summer he was cruising in 
the ^Mediterranean, when his vessel was 
ordered to London to be employed in 
laying down the submarine telegraph, 
in which service he was engaged. 

Harris, Hon. Sampson W., Wash- 
ington, D. C, March 1, se. 48. "iVIi-. 



174 



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[1857.] 



HASKINS 



H. was the son of the Hon. Stephen W. 
Harris, formerly judj^e of the Sujjerior 
Court of the Ocmul^ee circuit, and was 
born in Putnam Co., Ga. After the 
death of his father liis family moved to 
Athens, where he was graduated from 
our state University. About 15 years 
ago he emigrated to "Wetumpka, Ala., 
and was soon after elected to Congress 
from the 7th district of that state, where 
he has been returned ever since." As 
an eloquent, able, and vigilant defender 
of southern rights and institutions, and 
a consistent and zealous democrat, the 
reputation he leaves behind is some- 
thing for his chikken and his children's 
children to prize and treasure for all 
coming time. His constituency have 
honored him, while living, with the full- 
est measure of their approbation, and 
will hold sacred, now that he is no more, 
the memory of one who served them so 
long and faithfully. 

ILuiKisox, Col. James, Lowndes Co., 
Ala., Jan. 7, a-. 49, long known as act- 
ing secretary of state, and as grand lec- 
turer of the Grand Chapter of R. A. M., 
of that state. 

Harkisox, Capt. Lemuel, Waterbu- 
ry. Conn., Nov. 25, fp. 92. He was 
born in Litchfield, in 17G5, and was at 
the time of his death the oldest inhab- 
itant, Avith one exception, in this town. 
The deceased enlisted in the revolution- 
ary army at the early age of 14, and 
served in the year 1780, for a period of 
about six months, in Capt. Smith's com- 
pany, wliich was stationed at Horse 
Neck. He was lieutenant of a compa- 
ny which served in what was called the 
John Adams war, and Avas afterwards 
ca])tain of the Old Light Lifantry, a 
comi)any which was organized soon af- 
ter the close of the revolutionary war, 
and which continued in existence for 
over half a century. He has always 
been held in high esteem by his fellow- 
townsmen, as a man of infiexible integ- 
rity, just and ujjright in all his deal- 
ings. He was buried with masonic 
honors, and is said to have been the 
first i)erson admitted to masonic orders 
in tlie town. 

Hart, Mrs. Cordelia, New Britain, 
Conn., June 1 1 , a^. 29, wife of ])r. S. \V. 
Hart, and daughter of \V. II. Smith, Esq. 

Hart, Kdmond, Harper's Ferry, Va., 
Dec. — , a;. 68, a soldier of the war of 
1812. 



I Hart, Mrs. Maria, Stonington Bor- 
ough, Conn., Sept. 21, ce. 83. She was 
the AvidoAv of the late Rev. Ira Hart, of 
Stonington, who died in 1829, and 
daughter of Hon. Roger Sherman, a 
signer of the Declaration of Lidepend- 
ence, Avho died July 23, 1793, a^. 72. 

Harty, Mrs. L.,' Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 
8, se. 55, widow of John D. Harty, avIio 
died in 1842, after a residence of over 
40 years in Buffalo. Mr. H. Avas one 
of the founders of the city, and among 
its earliest public officers. Their de- 
scendants living among us Avill receive 
the Avarmest sympathies of the large 
circle by Avhom their parents Avere be- 
loved and esteemed. 

Harvey, Levi, Sardinia, N. Y., 

— , se. 83, formerly of Ncav London, 
N. H. 

Harwood, Charles, Mottville, N. Y., 
April 21, a?. 42. ' He was a kind-hearted, 
benevolent neighbor, an honest citizen, 
and a loving husband and parent. 

Haseltox, Susan, Pembroke, N. H., 
Jan. 21, 0e. 84, AvidoAV of James Haselton. 

Haskell, Aaron, West Gardiner, 
Me., April 14, ss. 77. He Avas a native 
of Gloucester, Mass., Avhence, soon af- 
ter his marriage, or in the early part of 
this century, he removed to the town 
of Gardiner, in the then District of 
Maine. Being possessed of fine natu- 
ral talents, which had been duly culti- 
vated by an excellent common school 
education, and manifesting much de- 
cision and earnestness of character, 
together Avith great suavity and truth- 
fulness of purpose, he soon acquired 
the esteem, favor, and friendship of his 
acquaintance and toAvnsmen, and Avas 
elected to some of the first offices in 
the tOAvn for several years. 

Haskell, Col. Caleb, Tiswilka, Bu- 
reau Co., 111., INIarch 29, a^. 7(). 

Haskell, Dea. Elias, Boston, Sept. 
8, w. 88. 

Haskixs, Mrs. Elizabeth, Ncav York, 
Sept. 24, fe. 87, AvidoAv of the Rev. 
Thomas Haskins, of Philadelphia. 

Haskixs, George W., Esq., Buffalo, 
N. Y., March 7, a'. 32, associate editor 
of the Morning Express. He Avas bom 
in Buffalo April 7, 1825. His education 
Avas mainly acquired in the public schools 
of his native city, having been for a short 
time only a student at the Clinton Lib- 
eral Institute. In addition to a thorough 
knoAvledge of the branches of an English 



HASTING 



[1857.] 



HAWES 



175 



education, he made himself master of 
the French language. In the best ac- 
ceptation of the term, jSIr. H. was a self- 
educated man ; that is, his culture and 
scholarship were acquired by diligent 
reading, intercourse with refined minds, 
and determined effort. Early in life he 
manifested an aptitude and talent for 
writing ; and his contributions to the 
press were commenced when he was fif- 
teen years of age. A little later he was 
associated with his father, Mr. R. W. 
Haskins, a gentleman of marked ability 
as a writer, in the editorial conduct of 
the Bufflilo Pilot. From the writing of 
paragraphs of local news, and the con- 
densation of general intelligence, he soon 
began to give evidence of originality as 
a thinker, and to extend his range of 
subject. At this early ^Jeriod in his edi- 
torial career, his style was remarkable 
for its vigor, its terseness, and its genial- 
ity. Subsequently Mr. H. removed to 
New York, and was employed on the 
Spirit of the Times, and contributed 
many racy sketches to its columns, some 
of which are still current in newspaper 
literature. At the close of this engage- 
ment he was employed as associate editor 
of the Buffalo Courier, and continued to 
write for this paper more than two }ears. 
Diu-ing Mr. Fillmore's administration 
he received an ajjpointment in the post- 
office department at Washington, and 
was once, during its continuance, sent as 
a special mail agent to California. In 
the spring of 18>54, he was associated 
with Mr. Samuel Wilkeson, now editor 
of the Albany Evening Journal, in the 
management of the Buffalo Democracy ; 
and his ability, tact, and industry gave 
the paper a high reputation for literary 
excellence. It did not, however, prove 
financially successful, and was merged 
with the Express in the fail of 1855. 
After this, Mr. Haskins was, for a few 
months, engaged on the Detroit Adver- 
tiser ; but, in the spring of 1856, he was 
invited to an editorial chair in the office 
of the Buffalo Express, which position 
he held at the time of his death. His 
funeral, which took place on the 1 1th of 
March, was largely attended by citizens, 
and by the members of the masonic 
order, to which he belonged. It is sel- 
dom that a man so young succeeds in so 
strongly attaching a whole community 
to him as did ]Mr. H. Every one seemed 
to bear a silent and subdued testimony 



to his -sirtues, and many an honest and 
manlj' tear was dropijod at his grave. 
He had thought like a philosoj)her, writ- 
ten like a scholar, and lived as a man ; 
and, though mainly known to the ])ublic 
through his writings, the jniblic had 
learned to look beneath the writing, and 
to love the man. The literary produc- 
tions of Mr. H. which have been most 
widely appreciated and admired have 
been his " Christmas Stories," which are 
original in style, replete with sentiment, 
and bear favorable comparison vith the 
stories of the best novelists. But his 
shorter articles, upon a wide range of 
subjects, displayed equal taste, talent, and 
knowledge. All his writings were char- 
acterized by a genial temper, a lively 
fancy, a rich humor, and an accurate 
knowledge of human nature. A gentle- 
man in all his instincts, he never indulged 
in severe sarcasm or personalities ; and, 
as a consequence, he M'as always highly 
esteemed by his confreres of the press 
and the reading public. He cherished 
no hostilities, and he died without lea\ing 
an enemy in the world. 

Hasting, ]\Irs. Aurelia, Springfield, 
Mass., Feb. 14, a;. 85. 

Hatch, J. C, Esq., Janes^-ille, Wis., 
Feb. 24, fE. al)out 40. Mr. H. was sev- 
eral years since connected with tlie press 
in Watertown, N. Y., but more recently 
editor of the Pulaski Democrat, in Os- 
wego Co., N. Y. 

Hatch, Rev. T. P., Holly Springs, 
Miss., Feb. 3, a?. 29. 

Hatfield, Mrs. Sarah K., Red Bank, 
N. J., April 19, iT. — , widow of Richai'd 
Hatfield, of New York. 

Hathaway, Mrs. Susannah, Ports- 
mouth, R. I., April 8, ae. 69, widow of 
the late George Hathaway, of Middle- 
town. She was an esteemed elder of 
the society of Friends. 

Hatt, Rev. Josiah, Morristown, N. J., 
June 16, a?. — , pastor of the Baptist 
church. 

Havens, Thomas, Wethersfield, Conn., 
May 10, 86. 69. 

OLIVER S. HAWES, ESQ., 

Fall River, Mass., Sept. 19, se. 66. 

The close of his life was in accordance 
with its general current, calm, dignified, 
and a matter of public moment. Mr. 
H. was a native of Wrentliam. Mass., 
and was bom in June, 1791, of most 



17G 



HAWES 



[1857.] 



HAWKS 



religious parents, and was baptized in 
childhood. Ills education at school was 
chieHy acquired before the age of ten 
yearsj when he was sent on a fiirm to 
work, and remained until the 16th year 
of his age. He was then ])laced as an 
ajjprcntice to the wheelwright's trade in 
Boston ; but, after one year, he removed 
to the mill of Mr. George Blacklnirn, 
at Mcdway, where he spent some four 
years, learning the trade of a machinist. 
At the age of 21 he removed to Thom- 
aston, in the State of Maine, where he 
prosecuted his trade, and, in the course 
of some two years, accumulated a very 
handsome little saving, and then retiu'ned 
for em])loyment to the then growing man- 
ufacturing locality of Waltham. Here 
some six or seven years of his life were 
spent, and the experience obtained, and 
the acquaintances formed, which consti- 
tuted the basis of his future hfe and 
success. While living at Waltham, he 
was married to a Miss Polly Dean, and 
became the father of two children, this 
wife, however, dying before he left there. 

During his employment there, the old 
original factory on the dam, now occu- 
l)ied by the Troy mill, in Fall River, was 
burnt to the ground ; and, by a most 
singular coincidence, Mr. Hawes, Mr. 
Harris, Mr. Browncll, and ]\Ir. Fille- 
brown, then all workmen in the AA'altham 
shop, started together on an exjjcdition 
to Fall lliver to secure the job of con- 
structing the machinery for the mill tliat 
was to be erected in place of the one that 
was burnt ; and on the same day Mr. 
Oliver C'hace and Mr. Nathaniel Whee- 
ler, the projnietor and agent of the mill, 
started for Waltham to procure the con- 
struction of their machinery; and both 
these parties met and spent the night 
together at Taunton ; and, learning each 
other's purjjoses, an arrangement was 
speedily entered into, and the machine- 
shop enteri)risc of Fall lliver originated 
under the name of Harris, Hawes, iJc Co., 
and the machinery of the old Troy fac- 
tory was constructed by them. By them 
was introduced the custom of ])aying 
cash to their work peojile in the ])lace of 
barter, to the no little annoyance of 
those who were before accustomed to 
jxiy off their help from their stores — a 
custom tiien generally jjractised, but soon 
after entirely abolished. 

With these arrangements, Mr, H.'s 
residence was removed to tliat place ; and 



he commenced that career of enterprise L 
and successful endeavor, which, through r 
some 35 years, with many vicissitudes 
and changes, has made up the material 
period of his life, and identified him 
prominently and successfully with the L 
development of nearly every enterprise n 
which now characterizes and distinguishes 
this place. 

After the death of one of his earliest 
partners, and the removal of another to 
Lowell, ^Ir. H. for a jear or two carried 
on the machine business on his own ac- 
count, then organized a firm composed 
of himself, Mr. William ]\Iarvell, and 
Mr. Joseph Rice, under the title of O. S. 
Hawes &: Co., in which form the business 
was conducted until 1839, when the late 
firm of H., M., & D. was org-anized, and 
an enterprise undertaken, and an amount 
of intelligence, and industry, and practical 
power ap])lied, which, like every thing 
else in that border city, has been a 
matter of observation and admiration to 
all the country around. The estates 
now assessed by the city authorities to 
the three associates in that firm, when it 
is known that neither of them has ever 
in the least departed fi'om the legitimate 
pursuits of their calling, is evidence suffi- 
cient of their ability, integrity, and success. 

In the year 1828 Mr. H. was married 
to Miss Patience Cook, of Fall River, 
by whom he became the father of a nu- 
merous and hai)py family, who have for 
a generation been respected and honored 
in this community, and now live to revere 
his memory. 

Some years since, evidence of disease 
appeared in his hitherto massive and 
iron frame, and by insidious steps has 
steadily pressed its way and achieved its 
^■ictory. His two last years have been 
years of endurance, but sustained by 
personal fortitude and resignation, which 
forbade a murmur, and cast a smile of 
cheerfulness and courage over his family 
and attendants to the last. He was one 
of the very few bold, self-reliant, clear- 
minded, strong-willed, iron-nerved, and 
un\ iekling men, who laid the foundations 
and reared the su])erstructures of the 
thriAing city ; and his memory should and 
will be held sacred among its citizens. 

H.VWKS, Cejihas, Waterford, Ind., May 
17, le. 84. He was born in Deerficld, 
Mass., in 1773, and emigrated from there 
to Ontario Co., N. Y., more than half a 



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177 



century ago, being one of the pioneers 
of what was then regarded as the far 
west. Twenty-five years after, he re- 
moved to Washtenaw Co., Mich., and, a 
few years subsequently, to his late resi- 
dence in Waterford. In 1814 he served 
as a member of the New York miHtia 
on the frontier at Sodus Point, and at 
the close of the war found himself in- 
volved in the common ruin which befell 
so many business men of that disastrous 
period. For several years past he has 
been a faithful and devoted member of 
the Methodist church ; and his last hours 
were cheered with the consolations of 
the gospel. His end was peace. Few- 
men in any age have passed a life of so 
much energ}- and activity as the subject 
of this notice ; and fewer still, in a life 
of so many vicissitudes, ha-\e left so 
pure a record for integiity and honesty 
m all their business relations. Misfor- 
tunes foiled to depress his s])irits ; diffi- 
culties and impediments only developed 
new traits of energy and determination. 
He carried with him every where the 
spirit of enterprise ; and even at the age 
when the few who attain it withdraw 
from business, his hand was as active and 
his intellect as vigorous as ever. 

Hawley, Mrs. Harriet J., Fon-du-lac, 
Wis., ]May 13, se. 30, wife of Rev. Silas 
Hawley, Jr. 

HAYDEN',Mrs. Caroline, Saxton's River, 
Vt., March 24, ae. 46. 

Hayp:s, Elihu, Esq., West Lebanon, 
Me., June 1, ae. 92. Mr. H. has repre- 
sented his town in the legislature, and 
for many years received other marks of 
honor and distinction among liis towns- 
men. 

Hayxes, Charles, Terre Haute, Ind., 
Jan. 6, x. about 52. Mr. H. was one 
of the old citizens, and was respected by 
all who knew him. It will be a long 
time before his place can be filled with 
another as useful to Terre Haute. He 
was one of the most prominent boat 
builders on the Wabash, and had sup- 
plied that section of country with flat- 
boats for a number of years past. 

Haynes, Miss Abigail, Croton, Lick- 
ing Co., O., Jan. 15, ae. 75, formerly of 
Rockingham Co., Va. 

Hays, Dr. J. W., St. Joseph's, Mo., 
Nov. 8, 33. — , one of the oldest and 
most respected citizens. 

Hays, My. James, Covington, Foun- 
tain Co., Ind., March 31, a;. G6. Ha 



settled in that county in the year 1816, 
where he resided until the fall of 1852, 
when he removed to Clay Co., Ind., and 
from thence to Covington. He held the 
oftice of associate judge in his county 
for 14 years, and Mas well known to 
most of the citizens of the county. He 
was a member of the Christian church 
for more than 30 years, and died as he 
had hvcd — a Christian. 

HaYWARD, Mrs. Mary W., Boston, 
Mass., May 21, se. 24, wife of Isaac D. 
Hay ward, and daughter of the late Bishop 
Griswold, who cUed in Boston, Feb. 15, 
1843, a?. 76. 

Hazard, ]\Irs. Abby C, Newport, R. I., 
Oct. 2, a". 58. 

Hazard, Dr. John, Newport, R. I., 
May 10, a-, about 68. 

Head, Mrs. Drusilla, Albany, N. H., 
March 26, a>. 93, wife of the 'late Mr. 
Daniel Head, of Tamworth, and daugh- 
ter of Joshua and Thankful Nickerson, 
formerly of Harwich, Cape Cod, Mass. 

Head, James, Scott Co., Va., Oct. 4, 
se. (lO, a soldier of the revolution. 

Healey, Rev. John, Fox Lake, Wis., 
June — , a>. — . He was born in Ire- 
land, and educated in France. He was 
an accom]jlishcd scholar, and spoke with 
ease several modern languages. He 
came to this city about 12 years ago, and 
was the successor of Rev. Mr. jNIcKer- 
ney, the first ])crmanently settled Cath- 
oHc priest in this city. Mr. H. devoted 
his time and talents to the promotion 
of the si)iritual welfare of his people. 
Though quiet and unostentatious, he was 
active in doing good, and discharged 
every duty with strict fidelity. 

Healy, Dea. Ebenezer, Sennett, N.Y., 
Sept. 22, JT. 98, a pioneer in the settle- 
ment of Cayuga Co. 

Heap, Mrs. jNIargaret, Tunis, Barbary, 
Dec. 2, w. 66, widow of the late Dr. S. 
D. Heap, for many years consul of the 
U. S. for the city and kingdom of Tunis, 
and sister of the late Com. Porter. 

Heaton, James, Salem, Marion Co., 
III., Dec. 6, a?. 86. 

Heavner, Charles, Waldoboro', Me., 
March 19, £e. 97, He was a soldier 
of the revolutionary war, served under 
Capts. Hunt and Shaw, Col. Vose's regi- 
ment, Glover's brigade, was in the battle 
of Stillwater, and witnessed the surren- 
der of Burgoyne at Saratoga. He was 
also in the battle of IMonmouth, and in 
the engagement on Rhode Island, be- 



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sides numerous skirmishes. He enlisted 
for the term of three years, served over 
his time, and received an honorable dis- 
charge. 

HiiCTMVx, Henry, Erie, Pa., Jan. 27, 
ce. 78. As a citizen he was upright, as 
a friend sincere, and as a husband and 
fether faithful and kind. 

Hedge, Mrs. Miry, Yarmouth, Mass., 
Feb. 27. vc. — , widow of the late Dr. 
James Hedge. 

Heme.wvay, Dea. Francis S., Grand 
Detour, March 20, a;. 73, formerly of 
Shoreham. 

Hemitiill, James, Huntington, Pa., 
March 2d, iB. 93, was one of the earliest 
settlers in this borough. He was a mm 
of integrity, honesty, and energy, and 
known and esteemed in all parts of our 
county. 

Hexderson, Mrs., "Washington, Ark., 
Oct. — , iB. 60, widow of the late Col. 
John Henderson. They were among 
the first settlers of Western Arkansas. 
She was a good neighbor, a kind mis- 
tress, and died in the possession of the 
Christian faith. 

Henderson, Gen. John, Pass Chris- 
tian, La., 16, ic. 62. Gen. H. was 

formerly a senator in Congress from 
Mississippi, and has lieen for some years 
in the practice of the law in New Or- 
leans. 

Henderson, Capt. Thomas, Piquea 
township, Lancaster Co., Pa., Oct. 7, te. 
84. Something more than a mere rec- 
ord of the decease of this good old man 
seems to be due to his memory. Born 
on the spot where he died, at a time 
when the district now considered the gar- 
den of Pennsylvania was almost a wilder- 
ness, and at the most eventful period in 
the history of the country, he was, of 
course, familiar with every thing of inter- 
est, whether connected with the progress 
and growth of the county, the state, or 
th J Union ; and many a yoimger man has 
often listened with delight wiiile he re- 
counted the hardships and trials of the 
earlier settlers, and the scenes through 
whicii he and others of his day passed. 
In his intercourse with his fellow-men he 
was always urbane and kind, ever willing 
to oblige a neighbor or a friend, while in 
his de dings with mankind he was sti-ict- 
Iv honest and fair, so that when he re- 
tired from active business, from the pur- 
suit of gain, no man could say aught 
against his integrity. No man could say 



that he ever wronged another out of a 
dollar, or was guilty of a dishonorable 
act. Through life he was remarkable for 
his habits of industry, and in this respect 
was a model for those around him. The 
dawn of day invariably found him up and 
prepared for its labors. This trait con- 
tributed greatly to the remarkable health 
which he enjoyed through hfe, for he 
never was confined to bed by sickness for 
a day, and, accompanied by reasonable 
frugality, enabled him to amass a large 
estate, and to say, long before life's close, 
that he owed no man a farthing. Thus 
he lived, a quiet, unobtrusive, honest, 
upright farmer, universally respected by 
all classes of society, by rich as well as 
poor. 

Hendrie, Mrs. Ann, Doyleston, Pa., 
July 30, cB. 51, wife of Dr. William S. 
Hendrie, and daughter of the late James 
Dunlap. 

Henry, Capt. Henry, York, Pa., July 
26, ag. 67. He entered the navy in 1812, 
and served during the war with Great 
Britain, when our infant navy won its 
lirightest laurels. His last service was 
performed as captain of the sloop-ol-war 
Plymouth, about 10 years ago. He was 
placed upon the retired list, among many 
others, when the authorities at Wash- 
ington determined to attempt the reform 
of the navy. 

Henry, Dr. John "W., Washington, 
Mason Co., Ky., Nov. 6, se. 49. Dr. H. 
Avas born in Lexington, and educated 
at the University of Transylvania. He 
placed himself under the tuition of Drs. 
Pindell, Svtterwhite, and Ridgeley, and in 
due time graduated with marked distinc- 
tion. About 1830 he settled in Wash- 
ington, where he resided to the hour of 
his death, pursuing his arduous profes- 
sional duties with unusual success. 

Henry, John, Richmond, Va., July 
— , fE. — , an old seaman, was drowned 
from the brig Athens. He was one of 
the sailors deputed to exhume the body 
of Napoleon at St. Helena, and took | 
part in the subsequent ceremonies. \ 

Henry, Sn-ah, Auburn, N. Y., July 6, , 
ae. — , wife of cx-]Mayor S. H. Henry. s 

Henry, Kev. Svmmes C, D.' D., j 
Cranberry, N. J., March 22. se. — . He 
was the oldest ])astor in the presbytery 
of New Brunswick. His loss is a serious 
one, not only to his large congregation, 
of which he had been pastor since the 
commencement of his muiistry, more 



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179 



than 30 years, but also to the church, 
especially that portion of it adjacent to 
him, in M'hich he was so well known and 
exerted so important an influence for 
good. 

Henry, William, Jr., Porter township, 
Pa., March 9, se. about 65, was beloved 
for his virtues by all who knew him. 
Whether in public or private life, his 
dealings with his fellow-men were with 
marked fairness. While in public office 
his opinions were highly resjjected, and 
his decisions seldom reversed by judicial 
authority. 

Henry, Rev. Wm. Henrv, Henry Co., 
Tenn., Sept. 26, iv. 72. "Mr. H. was 
born in South Carolina, May 3, 1784, 
and with his parents emigrated to Chris- 
tian Co., Ivy., where he remained for 
several years. He was married Dec. 20, 
1804, to Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. 
John Wheeler. He was licensed to 
Ijreach the gospel in the fall of 1819, 
and soon after ordained to the whole 
work of the ministry. In 1833 he re- 
moved to Henry Co., Tenn., where he 
remained until the day of his death. Mr. 
H. was one of the few Cumberland Pres- 
byterian ministers then residing in the 
county. He Mas a humble, devoted, 
and faithful minister of Jesus Christ, ])os- 
sessing the entire confidence of all who 
knew him. He was much beloved and 
greatly respected by his neighbors and 
acquaintances. In the spring of 1833, 
by order of the West Tenn. Synod, the 
Obion Presbytery was constituted. It 
held its first session in Feliciana, Graves 
Co., Ky. The ministers appointed to 
constitute said jn-esbytery were Rev. 
James Farr, Benj. Lockhart, and William 
Henry. Mr. H. was an active member, 
an able and an efficient minister for some 
15 years or more, always filling his seat 
in presbytery, and his ])]ace at camp and 
protracted meetings, doing efficient work. 
He was very punctual in attending the 
judicatures of the church. No distance 
was too great, no labor too oppressive, 
no sacrifice too costly, if God could be 
glorified and sinners saved. 

Herman, Henry, at the Farmer's 
High School, Aug. 11, ss. 63. He was 
born in Adams Co., Sept., 1794, of Ger- 
man parentage. While he Avas quite 
younji; the family moved to Longreach, 
Lycoming Co., and were in 1810 among 
the first settlers on Lycoming Creek, 
where in 1816 Mr. H. "was married to 



! his now surviving and sorrowing widow, 
Margery Clendennin, daughter of a 
farmer and a re^■olutionary ])atriot of 
seven years' service. In 1838 they 
moved to witlun four miles of Williams- 
port, and five jears afterwards went to 
reside with their eldest son, John, in 
Centre Co., where they together cleared 
and farmed 200 acres of the present 
school farm, between the years 1843 and 
1853. He was well known, and every 
where respected for his industry, correct- 
ness, and faithfulness to all the duties of a 
man. His death is a loss to the institu- 
tion where he resided, for even when 
able only to walk slowly around, his care, 
and oversight, and practical ex]:erience 
were always in useful exertion. He was 
a sincere, faithful, and exemplary Chris- 
tian, a pattern to all around. 

LIEUT. HERNDON", U. S. N. 

Very great is the genei'al sorrow at 
the untimely loss of Lieut. H., who com- 
manded the Central America, and per- 
ished with her. It is fit that a man thus 
mourned, who had done so much good 
work for his country, should not jiass 
away without some record. It is fit that 
the leading incidents of his eventful ca- 
reer should be related, not only to his 
honor, but to the advantage of other 
men, and more particularly those who 
are now entering life, unmindful of the 
duties which, whether in a public or 
private sphere, they have to perform. 

William Lewis Herndon was a Vir- 
ginian, born at Fredericksburg in 1813, 
and at his death was within a few weeks 
of the age of 44. At the age of 15 he 
entered the United States navy as mid- 
shijjman, and was three years on his first 
cruise, in the frigate Guerriere, to the 
Pacific. Three more years he was in 
the Constellation, on the Mediterranean. 
Afterwards he went on a cruise to the 
coast of Brazil, in the Independence. 

The Florida war had commenced by 
the time of his return, and among the 
naval officers who volunteered for active 
ser\ice was Mr. H., who was placed in 
charge of a small brig at Indian Key. 
He remained in this service for _ two 
years, and was attached to the National 
Observatory at Washington soon after 
his return. ' Lieut. Maur}', now so justly 
world famous for his practical applica- 
tions of science to the purposes of navi- 



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HERNDON 



gi\tion, was then in charge of the Ob- 
servatnrv, and certainly did not ])ermit 
Mr. II. (who was his brother-in-Liw) to 
make a sinecure of the situation. He 
was constantly occupied, and his labors 
often extended tar into tiie night, from 
the necessity of having astronomical ob- 
servations accurately made. He was 
comi)elled, by the overwork it tasked 
him with, to resign the office, after hav- 
ing held it tor three years. 

The Mexican war sprung up, and 
Lieutenant H. apjjlicd for employment. 
He was commissioned to the frigate 
Cumberland. Ere he could act in this 
c.ipacity, he was detached on the appli- 
cation of Com. Perry, and appointed to 
command the small steamer Iris, his 
duty being to keep up communication 
between the United States squadron and 
the United States soldiers on shore. His 
familiarity with the Spanish language, 
which he had acquired in South America, 
made him very ethcient in this position, 
in which he continued until the end of 
the war. He then returned, for another 
year, to the Observatory at Washington, 
and went on foreign sernce after that. 

Wliile Lieut. Herndon was attached to 
the United States ship Vandalia, of the 
Pacific squadron, he received a commu- 
nication from the superintendent of the 
National Observatory, informing liim 
that orders to explore the valley of the 
Amazon would be sent to him by the 
next mail steamer. At the time he re- 
ceived this notice, Aug. 1850, the Van- 
dalia was at anchor at the harbor of Val- 
jmraiso, but was about sailing for the 
Sandwich Islands. He was allowed to 
leave the ship, and await instructions 
at Valparaiso. The death of President 
Taylor, and the cibinet chixnges which 
followed, delayed the transmission of tlie 
promised instructions to Lieut. H., who 
filled up the time advantageouslv enough, 
by improving his knowledge of the Span- 
ish languige, by studying such accessible 
works as treated on the country he was 
to explore, and liy conversing \nth well- 
informed and intelligent peoj)le on the 
8ul)JL'Ct of his futin-c journey. 

h\ Jan., IH.jI, Lieut. II. received in- 
structions, dated Oct., 1850, from Mr. 
\Vm. \. Graham, secretary of the navy, 
directing him to proceed to Lima, " for 
the j)urj)osc of collecting from the mon- 
asteries, and other authentic sources that 
may be accessible to you, information 



concerning the head waters of the Ama- 
zon, and the regions of country drained 
by its Peruvian tributaries." He was 
directed also to visit the monasteries of 
Bolixia foi- a like purpose, touching the 
Bolivian tributaries of that river, if he 
thought fit. He was informed that the 
object of the department in assigning 
him this service was " with the view of 
directing him to explore the valley of 
the Amazon, should the consent of Bra- 
zil therefor be obtained." He left Li- 
ma, on this mission, Jan. 26. He was 
employed on the ex])loration of the val- 
ley of the Amazon and its tributaries in 
conjunction with Lieut. Lardner Gibbon. 
The instructions were dated Feb. 15, 
1851. Lieut. H.'s report thereof was 
printed, with illustrations and a fine map, 
by order of Congress, in 1856, and is as 
lively and entertaining as it is accurate 
and instructive. He threw much light 
on a hitherto almost unexplored region, 
and closely obsen'ed, not only the geo- 
graphical features of the districts he trav- 
ersed, but the natural history, products, 
and the moral as well as the j)hysical con- 
dition of the inhabitants. He noticed, 
also, the commercial capabilities of the 
Amazon, the condition, working, and 
yield of the silver mines, and made nu- 
merous and valuable scientific observa- 
tions. The report is as mteresting as a 
romance, and fully justified and fulfilled 
the very high expectation formed of 
Lieut. H. It was prepared for the j^ress 
by himself at Washington. 

This labor ended, he was ordered to 
proceed to the Baltic, (while the allied 
fleets were cruising there;) but the San 
Jacinto, to which he was appointed, meet- 
ing some accident, put into Soutiiam|>- 
ton, England, and finally conveyed Mr. 
Soule to S])ain. Returning home in the 
San Jacinto, Lieut. H. was made com- 
mander, after a brief stay on the Poto- 
mac, of the mail steamer George Law, 
which changed her name to the Central 
America last June. He had been some- 
what under two years in command of 
this vessel when the sad catastroi)he oc- 
curred which de]M-ived him of life. 

He was married to a Virginia lady, by 
whom he leaves one daughter, about 18 
years old, who has the re])utation of be- 
ing one of the best amateur pianists in 
America. 

His courage and his coolness were 
great under the most difficult circum- 



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181 



stances, and it is mainly owing to his 
humanity and gallantry that so many 
women and children were saved. 

In him the navy has lost a distin- 
guished officer, and society mourns an 
exem])lary member. With the greatest 
propriety may we write for him the no- 
blest epitaph : " Peace to his ashes ! he 
hath served mankind ! " — Phil. Press. 

Capt. Herndon, who had the com- 
mand of the Central America, is well 
known to the country, as well as to the 
navy, and for the misfortune that has be- 
fallen him the regret will be profound, 
amid a wide circle of admiring friends, in 
all parts of the country. 

Capt. H. is from Virguiia, near Fred- 
ericksburg, and has been in the na-\y 
from his boyhood, without a blot upon 
his career as a gentleman or an officer. 
He must be now about 45 years of age, 
and in the navy he has been employed 
continually from his boyhood up to the 
present time, for his position on the 
Central America is naval as well as mer- 
cantile. He rendered the country gal- 
lant service in the Florida war, off the 
coast and in the lagunes of Florida, and 
suffered severely in his health from the 
pestilential miasma of that ser\'ice. He 
■was under Com. Perry during the Mex- 
ican war, and off Vera Cruz during the 
gi-eater part of that war, where, as an of- 
ficer, for activity, energy, and fearless- 
ness, he was amongst the ver\' first. 

The government of Mr. Polk so high- 
ly appreciated his services, that, in look- 
ing about for a gallant, efficient, and 
hardy man to explore the Amazon, they 
selected him for that dangerous service. 
He entered South America by the way 
of Peru, and crossing the Andes came to 
the sources and branches of the Amazon, 
and in his bark drifted or rowed down 
its immense length to Pera, in Brazil, to 
the delight and amazement of his friends, 
who, from his long stay on the upper 
waters, had almost given him up for lost. 
His admirable and instructive rejDort to 
the government, of this exploration, is 
known to every body in this country, and 
it has been read and re-read with Uke de- 
light in all parts of the world. Congress 
cheerfully awarded him a gratuity of 
some .$8",000 or $10,000 for his courage, 
perseverance, and heroism amid all his 
trials and difficulties. We had hoped 
and prayed that he was among the saved, 
but we see he is not, and he is the last 
16 



man who would give up or abandon his 
ship. Now, the loss of such a man is to 
be deplored, not only by his friends, but 
by his whole country. 

As a naval officer he never shirked nor 
avoided a duty, but always courted dan- 
gers in war, in climate, and on land as 
well as on sea. In every quarter of 
the globe he has served his country, 
and in almost every ])ort where our na- 
tional flag has floated he has been under 
it, and in its service. He leaves a wife 
and daughter now in this city, and among 
his relatives is Lieut. Maurj-, of Wash- 
ington. — New York Express. 

Congress, by special act, gives his 
widow three years' full pay, amounting to 
$7,900, in token of his country's regard 
for his services. 

Hekr, Col. Daniel, Harrisburg, 



se. about 65, proprietor of Herr's 
Hotel, in that borough, and some 12 
years ago proprietor of the public house 
in Philadelphia now known as the United 
States Hotel, in West Market Square. 
Mr. Herr took possession of this hotel 
immediately after it was built by the late 
Riah Gilson, and kept it for many years 
with a great deal of success. It was 
known by travellers throughout the state 
as one of the best hotels of the day. His 
house at Harrisburg also enjoys a high 
reputation. He had many fiiends in 
Reading, who will receive the intelli- 
gence of his death with sorrow. 

Hersey, Clara, South Hingham, April 
30, ae. 70, wife of Caleb Hersey. 

Hersey, CoL James, Sumner, Me., 
April 2, a?. 73. 

Hess, Alexander, Waj-ne township, 
Ohio, July 1, se. 81, was always regarded 
by all his acquaintances as an honest and 
upright citizen. 

Hewitt, John, Trenton, N. J., 

— , SB. 81. 

Hewitt, Mrs. Lucinda, Ann Arbor, 
Mich., March 12, ee. 56, formerly of 
Norvnch, Conn. 

Hewitt, Mrs. Susan, Bridgeport, 
Conn., May 1, ae. 66, wife of Nathaniel 
Hewitt, D. D. 

HiBBARD, Samuel, Pompey, N. Y., 
Feb. 1, ss. 78. Mr. H. was born in 
Kinderhook, Columbia Co., N. Y., Jan. 
25, 1779. He came to Pompey with 
his father in 1793, at the age of 14, 
and has ever since Uved on the same 
farm — consequently he has grown up 



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HILLIARD 



>nth the country from its organization, 
and has witnessed all its advancement 
and jjrosperity from the beginning. He 
was one of the last of that noble band 
of hardy men who were the pioneers of 
tliis country, and Avho endured its 
perils, its hardships, and its conflicts. 
He was a man of sterling integrity, just 
and upright in all his dealings, and one 
most truly entitled to the appellation of 
" an honest man." The ])oor always 
found in him a warm friend, with a 
hand ever ready to distribute to their 
necessities. His virtues are his monu- 
ment. He leaves a reputation unsul- 
lied, and a name above reproach. 

HiCKS, Daniel, Boydton, Meck- 
lenburg Co., Va., Dec. 12, ae. 99, a sol- 
dier of the revolution. 

HiGLEY, Homer, Painesville, Ohio, 
Aug. 7, a?. 60. He had a just and high 
notion of integrity, and was honored 
by our citizens with public trust and 
official station, which he never abused 
or betrayed. He was born in Winsted, 
Conn., emigrated to Ohio in 1830, and 
died universally respected by all. All 
classes and ages acknowledge and feel 
his loss. He was buried by the order 
of Masons, of wliich he was a worthy 
and honored member. 

HiLDRETH, James T., Davenport, 
Iowa, , ae. — , editor of the Dav- 
enport Democrat. He was a ready 
wTiter and estimable citizen. 

Hill, Dr. J. S., Sacramento, Cal., 
April 22, se. — , formerly of Mass. 

Hill, Solomon, Elba, Genesee Co., 
N. Y., Sept. 11, a^. 103. Mr. H. was 
one of that nol)le band of revolutionary 
soldiers and patriots whose honored 
presence is fast disajipearing from 
among us. It is doubtful if there is 
another living who particii)ated in those 
trying times to the extent as did the 
subject of this notice. He was born in 
Westchester Co., N. Y., Sept. 23, 17-53, 
and enlisted as a substitute for his father 
in the second year of the war. He was 
present at the burning of Danbury, 
Conn., by the British troops, and was 
also in the battles of White Plains, 
Trenton, Monmouth, and at the taking 
of Lord Cornwallis, at Yorktown. Like 
many others of those devoted men, Mr. 
H. was in humble circumstances, re- 
ceiving from his country the pittance of 
$96 per year, only, for his long and ar- 
duous services. 



Hill, Thomas, Fayette Co., Tenn., 
Oct. 1, Fc. 74, was born in Dinwiddle 
Co., Va., June, 1784, and resided in that 
county until about 20 years since, when 
he removed to Fayette Co., Tenn. For 
many years before his decease he had 
retired from the world for the most part, 
and amused himself in hunting, fishing, 
gardening, but mainly in reading well 
selected books, of which he was passion- 
ately fond. Few men had read more 
extensively, particularly of the old Eng- 
lish classics, than the deceased. They 
Avere a Pierian fount Avhither he ever 
repaired with increased pleasure and 
delight. They formed the staple of his 
conversation, which was often amusing 
and instructive, and frequently enliv- 
ened with Attic wit. 

Hill, Maj. Thomas, Culpepper C. H., 
Va., Jan. 5, a^. 66. Mr. H.'s character 
needs no comment. As a gentleman he 
was always honorable and respectful; 
as a friend, warm and firmly attached ; 
as a Christian, unassuming, but devoted 
and earnest. He has been a consistent 
member of the Baptist church for more 
than a quarter of a centuiy. 

Hill, William, Raleighj N. C, Sept. 
— , se. 84. In Oct., 1811, he was elected 
secretary of state, and filled the office 
to the day of his death, a period of 46 
years. In all mutations of party, and 
in times of extremcst proscription for 
])olitical opinion's sake, no party in the 
legislature of Xorth Carolina, whether 
whig or democratic, ever laid the hand 
of proscri])tion on William Hill. 

Hill, Zaccheus, New York, Jan. — , 
ae. — . He came to Oneida Co. when 
it was a wilderness, and with such men 
as the late Geo. Brayton, Henry Wager, 
and David Brown, was a pioneer, and 
they lived to see the jn-int of their toil 
in the richest agricultural county of 
New York. The memory of these men 
is fast passing away, and it would be 
well if our people could be made to cher- 
ish the virtues of the men whose ])lighted 
word was as good as the sealed bond. 

HiLLEN, Mrs. Frances A., Baltimore, 
Md., March 17, a?. 76, widow of the late 
Solomon Hillen. 

HiLLEN, Mrs. Robina Kennedy, Bal- 
timore, Md., March lo, .t. 83, widow of 
the late Col. Thomas Hillen. 

HiLLlAiU), "\^'m. Henrv, Hanover, 
N. IL, Oct. 18, a^. 24, a member of the 
senior class in Dartmouth College. 



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183 



HiLLiARD, Wm., Montgomery, Ala,, 
Jan. 24, x. 78. He was the father of 
Hon. H. W. Hilliard. Those who knew 
him regarded him as a man of fine 
mind, varied information, and most 
agreeable manners. He has departed 
ill the ripeness of his age. 

HiLLALVN, Henry, Williamsburg, L.I., 
Sept. 11, te. 87. He was among the 
most esteemed and respected citizens of 
New York, where he resided the greater 
part of his life. Having been engaged 
in superintending the erection of the 
Capitol at Washington, and other im- 
portant works under the United States 
government, he discharged the duties 
devolving upon him with the utmost 
fidelity and acceptance. At the time of 
his death he was a member of the Re- 
formed Dutch church of Lee Avenue. 
Formerly he had been a deacon in the 
session in the church under the pastoral 
care of the late Rev. John M. Mason, 
D. D., and an elder in the Franklin 
Street Dutch church, under the minis- 
try of Rev. Mr. Barke, and for many 
years he was an efficient elder in the 
church of which the late Rev. Eli Bald- 
win, D. D., was the pastor. Liberal in 
his gifts of benevolence to the church 
and to the poor, faithful in his visitation 
of the sick, the uniform consistency 
of his Christian deportment was the 
best commentary on the genuine nature 
of his piety, and the best evidence of his 
preparation for death. 

Hillock, Dr. T., Austintown, O., 
March 21, a?. 41. 

Hills, Mrs. Almira, Buffalo, N. Y., 
Oct. 2.5, te. 67, wife of Horace Hills, 
and mother of the Rev. Horace Hills, 
Jr., of Middletown, Conn., and the 
Rev. George Morgan Hills, of Syi'acuse, 
N. Y. 

HiNE, Elkanah, La Fayette, Onon- 
daga Co., _N. Y., Aug. 9, ge. 80. He 
was born in Sheffield, Mass., and was 
among the pioneer settlers of Onondaga 
county, having located there in 1802. 
He was one of the most active and vig- 
orous of that bold and enterprising class 
who ffUed its huge forests, and convert- 
ed what they found a dreary wilderness 
into a blooming garden. "VVTien he first 
passed through the county, there was 
but one house in the swampy tract 
which is now covered by the city of Sjt- 
acuse. He possessed the respect and 
confidence of the entire community in 



which he had resided for more than half 
a century. 

HlNKLEY, Israel, M. D., Union Vil- 
lage, Thetford, Vt., 'June 28, iv. 55. 

HiNMAN, Capt. Munson, Bridgeport, 
Conn., March 24, a-. G8. 

HoADLEY, George, Esq., Cleveland, 
0., Feb. 20, a?. 76. He was tutor in 
Yale College, where he graduated with 
distinction, from 1803 to 1806, and in 
the following year became the Washing- 
ton correspondent of the Philadelphia 
Gazette. After spending some years at 
the capital, he removed to Cleveland, 
where he passed the residue of his life, 
partly in the discharge of his duties as 
a magistrate, and partly in scientific and 
literary pursuits. 

HoADLEY, Mrs. Rachel, Hartford, 
Conn., April 12, se. 77. She was a firm 
believer in the religion of the cross. 
Though she was tenderly attached to 
her children and friends, her love for 
the Saviour made the attractions of 
heaven stronger than all earthly ties. 
Like the apostle, she desired to depart 
and be with Christ. Her amiable qual- 
ities as a friend won for her the affec- 
tionate regard of all who knew her, 
and those who knew her best loved her 
most. 

HoBART, Gideon, Homer, N. Y., 
April 30, 86. 76. Mr. H. was among 
the few remaining early settlers of Ho- 
mer, having removed from Massachu- 
setts in 1798, with his father, and set- 
tled on the farm where he died. His 
parents were among the first who lo- 
cated themselves in this then wilder- 
ness, and were always among those who 
took a deep interest in the reUgious 
affairs of the town, and the early estab- 
lishment of the Congregational clmrch. 

Hodges, Capt. Earl, Norton, Mass., 
April 3, se. 47. 

Hodges, Edmond, Holmsville, Miss., 
, ise. — . The deceased was high- 
ly respected wherever known, and the 
social qualities he possessed rendered 
him a pleasant and agreeable friend and 
neighbor. The intelligence of his death, 
by his own hands, is received on eveiy 
side where he was known with the 
most astounding effect. That such a 
good citizen, happy in his disposition, 
upright in his daily walk, surrounded 
by the comforts of life and the blessings 
of a large family that he has reared to 
positions of independence and respect, 



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— an offspring that cultivated the most 
filial respect for liim, and veneration for 
his declining years, — that such a man 
should desire to shorten the placid even- 
ing of a long and well-spent Christian 
life, is to us and all others here a mys- 
tery of the deepest depth, and painfully 
so to his numerous family, who, having 
no clew to the motive of his death in 
this violent manner, and being assured 
of the perfect sanity of his mind in all 
things, are stricken Avith the most deep 
and hopeless aiHiction. 

HoDsox, Mrs. Elizabeth, Pittsylva- 
nia Co., Va., June — , ir. 111. 

IIoiTMAN, Abraham, Kingston, N.Y., 
March 1 2, a?. 63. Mr. H. was the rep- 
resentative of one of the old families co- 
existent with Kingston. He was one 
of the few who kept up the old style of 
living in the venerable house of his 
fathers, and followed them in the thrifty 
culture of his ancestral acres. He was 
a frugal, industrious, and patiently per- 
severing man, an excellent citizen in 
everv relation of life, and leaves an un- 
spotted name and a memory without 
reproach. He was honored Avith the 
confidence of his fellow-citizens, and 
was always a consistent and reliable 
member of the democratic party. 

Hoffman, Rev. J. N., Reading, Pa., 
July 26, IV. 53, was born near Gettys- 
burg, Adams Co., Pa. He was twice 
married, and leaves now a disconsolate 
widow, and a family of sons and daugh- 
ters. He Avas a scholar of rigidly studi- 
ous habits, and a master of the German 
and English languages, in Avhich he 
preached with eloquence and power. 
His style of oratory Avas easy, graceful, 
and charming, and in his mental cul- 
ture, he Avas a shining light in the 
church. As a Avriter, he Avielded a 
strong pen — terse, pointed, and fear- 
less. He attacked error boldlv, and 
never tired until he had Avon victory 
for truth, virtue, and religion. Numer- 
ous are the Avorks on reHgious topics 
Avhich flowed from liis pen ; and in the 
literary Avorld, too, he had acquired dis- 
tinction. As a friend and Cln-istian 
brother, he Avas gentle, Avarm-hearted, 
and confiding. He entered the Luther- 
an ministry at an early age, and, until 
AA-ithin a fcAV days of his death, Avas ac- 
tively engaged in clerical duty. He Avas 
called to take charge of the Lutheran 
congregation of this jjlace, July 3, 1833, 



and faithfully presided over his flock 
until March 4, 1852, Avhen he resigned 
his charge here and removed to Carlisle. 
,He Avas subsequently in charge of a 
congregation at Lebanon, and on the 
death of Rev. J. W. Richards, D. D., at 
Reading, he Avas unanimously chosen 
pastor of Trinity Church at that i)lace. 
He was generally regarded as one of the 
ablest and most influential clergymen in 
the Lutheran church. 

HoFFSES, James, Waldoboro', Me., 
Oct. 18, a?. 58, one of the most Avorthy 
and respected citizens of that toAvn. 

Hogg, John, Mount Pleasant, Jeffer- 
son Co., O., July 14, sp. 68. He was^ 
born in Northumberland Co., England, 
and at the age of 18, came to this coun- 
try, on the invitation of his uncle, the 
late Wm. Hogg, of BroAvnville, Pa., 
Avith Avhom he continued connected in 
mercantile business until the death of 
the latter, in 1841. Mr. J. H. Avas one 
of the oldest merchants in the state, 
(probal)ly the oldest,) having continued 
in that business, in the same place, for 
a period of 48 years or upAvards, and 
until Avithin a very short period past, 
exhibiting an energy and business sa- 
gacity seldom equalled, and which, Avith 
the strictest mercantile integrity, and a 
character for probity Avithout reproach, 
constituted the foundation for his great 
success, and the large fortune of Avhich 
he died possessed. He Avas extensively 
connected in business in Ohio ; also in 
Western Pennsylvania, and Western 
Virginia, and Avill be long and gratefully 
remembered by many Avho have OAved 
their prosperity in business to his confi- 
dence and helping hand. But to his 
neighbors and relatives his best virtues 
Avere best knoAAn. With great kindness 
of heart, and liberality in the pubHc 
enterprises of his county, he at once 
endeared himself to a circle of Avarm 
friends, and to the community in Avhich 
he resided. 

HOLBROOK, Col. Daniel L., Seymour, 
Conn., Jan. 6, a\ about 64. Col. H. Avas 
a man of considerable prominence in 
the toAvn, had been frequently in the 
legislature, and Avas proverbial for his 
integrity and goodness. 

HoLiuiooK, Mrs. EmelineE., Fulton, 
N. Y., May 5, a;. 21, wife of M. R. Hol- 
brook, M. I). 

HoLBROOK, George W., M. D., El- 
mira, N. Y., Nov. 15, se. 38. 



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185 



- HoLBROOK, Israel, Sturbridge, Dec. 

7, a?. 89. 

HoLBROOK, Mrs. Sarah, East Abing- 
ton, Mass., Feb. 3, se. 90, wife of Mr. 
John Holbrook. 

HoLDEN, John, Dorchester, May 13, 
fp. 87. He was the second child of 
Jonathan and Mary Ann (Baker) Holden; 
was born at Djrchester, his father's na- 
tive town, Nov. 3, 1770 ; married, 1st, 
Sarah, daughter of Noah Clap, of Dor- 
chester. She died Nov. 21, 1806. He 
married, 2d, Rhoda Sumner, of Taunton, 
Sept. 9, 1811. The children of John 
and Sarah Holden were — 1st, Ann; 
2d, Miry Ann Baker; 3d, Ebenezer ; 
4th, John ; 5th, Sarah ; 6th, Beulah. 
The children of John and Rhoda Holden 
were — 1st, Frances Brewer ; 2d, Lydia 
Elizabeth; 3:1, Albert Pierce. About 
1795 John Holden set up a slaughter 
house near what is now called Boston 
Street, in Dorchester, whence he sent to 
the "Old Market," in Boston, regular 
supplies of beef. This business he jnir- 
sued without interiui-ision until 1837, 
when, having acquired a comfortable 
estate, he retired to enjoy that rest which 
he had so well earned by honest industry 
and the faithful stewardship of his mod- 
erate but steady accumulations. He was 
in no sense a public man, yet he is justly 
entitled to respectful and kindly mention 
for that humane and benevolent dispo- 
sition which showed itself through the 
whole course of his life in those quiet 
and unostentatious acts and sympathies 
which make a deeper impression on the 
memory and the heart than any inscrip- 
tion on brass or marble. — Hist, and 
Gen. Register. 

Hole, William, Corinna, Me., Sept. 
30. a3. 100. Mr. H. took a Hvely interest 
in the struggles of the patriots of '76 for 
the freedom of the colonies from British 
oppression. He, with a few other daring 
spirits in ojjen boats, attacked a British 
merchantman in Boston Bay, in the com- 
mencement of the revolutionary war, and 
succeeded in capturing her. She proved 
a valuable prize. He afterwards served 
three years in the revolutionary war, and 
was one of the jjioneer settlers of Co- 
rinna. 

HoLLEY, Newman, Salisbury, Conn., 
Sept. 11, se. 72. Mr. H. had been for 
many years a prominent citizen of Salis- 
bury, his native town. He was long one 
of its most efficient magistrates, and 
16* 



frequently re])resented the town in the 
General Assembly. 

Holly, Mrs. Sarah, Point Pleasant, 
N. J., April 25, as. 92 years 8 months. 
For 76 years this lady was a memljcr of 
the Methodist Episcoj)al church, having 
joined it when slie was about 16 ; and it 
is believed that during all these long 
years she walked with God. We have 
heai"d some of the oldest of her acquaint- 
ances say that they never heard a whisper 
against her character as a Christian ; but 
when her name was mentioned, it was 
with respect and love. 

HoLM.vx, Harrod, Frankfort, Ky., Aug. 
27, fe. — , formerly a ])rominont editor 
and politician in Kentucky. He was the 
man who shot Francis Waring, of Vir- 
ginia, a practised duellist, in a duel forced 
on him by Waring. Mr. H. served his 
country in the north-west war, and fought 
gallantly at the Thames, being attached 
to the mounted regiment from Scott, of 
Col. Johnson ; and some thought it was 
from his gun the bullet sped by which 
Tecumseh fell. He did not claim to 
have killed the chief, although he was 
satisfied he killed an Indian in autiiority. 
He once fought a bloody and fatal duel, 
and was himself a cripj)le for life from it. 
The duel took place 35 years ago. It 
grew.out of a militia training. Mr. H., 
who was commander of a company, was 
mimicked while on duty. Mr. H. re- 
marked that whoever would perpetrate 
such an act was a coward and scoundrel. 
A challenge to mortal combat was the 
consequence. It was accepted. They 
met near the State House, at Frankfort, 
Ky., and fought des])erately for two 
hours and upwards. The antagonist of 
Mr. H. was killed, the latter escaping 
with desperate wounds. Among those 
who witnessed the duel were Henry Clay, 
John J. Crittenden, and Jesse Bledsoe, 
the latter then one of the most brilliant 
and distinguished orators of Kentucky. 
Mr. H. was arraigned, charged with the 
crime of wili'ul murder, and, after a long 
and exciting trial, was acquitted. jSIr. 
Clay and Mr. Crittenden espoused the 
cause of Mr. H. 

Holmes, Capt. Christian, Winchester, 
Adams Co., O., April 9, fe. 82. He was 
a native of Denmark, and in early life 
shared the advantages of a good educa- 
tion and the associations of the refined 
and intelligent of his native country, and 
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his gentlemanly deportment and correct 
conversation, tliat he had not been for- 
getful of these advantages. About the 
beginning of the present century he 
immigrated to this country, of wliich he 
became an adopted citizen, and esteemed 
higlily his privileges as such. During 
the war of 1812, he engaged heartily in 
the naval sernce of the United Stiites. 
Forsaking the endeamients of his little 
family, he exposed lumsclf, amid the hor- 
rors of war and the storms of the ocean, 
in the defence of his adopted country. 
His promptness and integrity soon won 
the esteem and confidence of his supe- 
riors in oHice ; and he was advanced to 
the command of a vessel on Lake Cham- 
plain, to furnish supplies for the army on 
the frontier of New York. 

Holmes, Mrs. Elizabeth, Kenton, O., 
Jan. 28, iv. 84. ]\hs. H. was one of 
the pioneer women of Ohio, if not one 
of the heroines ; and, in illustration of 
this, the followmg brief sketch of some 
of her history might not be without 
interest : " On the last day of Se])tem- 
ber, 1790, she was married to Jacob 
Holmes, of Western Virginia. Oct. 17, 
same year, he euHstcd under Ca]jt. Ma- 
han, to guard the settlement about that 
time made at GaUipolis, on the Ohio. 
He was absent about six months, and 
returned in the spring, coming up the 
river in a pirogue. At this period there 
were no boats on the Ohio, except an 
occasional keel-boat. During his ab- 
sence she lived alone in a log cabin, one 
mile from the river, which she fortified 
every night as well as she could, and, 
taking her trusty rifle by her side, blow- 
ing out the lights, went to bed, expecting 
to be aroused at any hour by the shrill 
whoop of the Indians, the sound of which 
left l)ut one alternative — ' fight or die.' 
A few weeks after his return, he was 
drafted to guard the settlements east of 
the Ohio from the invasions of the hostile 
Indians, who frequently crossed the river 
and committed their bloody depredations 
on the settlers. His station was on the 
west side of the Ohio, where he stood as 
a lone sentinel and a sjjy, returning home 
onlv at intervals, until ]7i).j, the mem- 
oral)le l)attle of Mad .Vntiiony, with the 
treaty whicli followed it, causing his dis- 
charge. During the five years thus 
elapsed, the dangers and privations she 
endured were such as are only incident 
to ix settlement on the extreme frontier. 



I The almost daily incursions of savages 
1 made it a hfe of extreme peril. Taking 
her children with her daily into the field, 
and also her rifie on her shoulder, she 
: performed the double task of a laborer 
and a sentinel In 1796 she crossed the 
I Ohio with her husband, and settled down, 
I it is said, on the second section of land 
ever entered in Ohio. Her recollections 
were of astonishing accuracy, remember- 
ing the exact date of almost every im- 
I ])ortant event in her life, lleing thus 
! identified with the first settlement of 
j Oliio on its eastern border, she Mas also 
I a ])ioneer in a higher sense, and it throws 
a brighter lustre on her name. She was 
among the first ones Avho sang ' the 
Lord's song in a strange land.' " 

Holmes, Dr. Oliver, Baltimore, Md., 
Jan. 26, a?. — . 

Holmes, Mrs. Sarah, Pleasant Valley, 
Monmouth Co., N. J., April 28, a\ about 
85, wife of Samuel Holmes, daughter of 
Col. Asher Holmes, and sister of the late 
John W. Holmes. 

Holt, Mrs. Hannah, Beverly, ]\Iass., 
July 26, ge. 88, widow of the late Kev. 
Peter Holt, of Greenfield, N. H., who 
died March 25, 1851, a\ 80. He had 
been a minister in Ejjping 28 years, in 
Exeter 6, and in Pcterboro' 8. 

Holt, Martin jNIoodv, \A'ilton, Pike 
Co., Ark., Feb. 20, a>. 36. Mr. H. was 
born in Bedford Co., Tenn., Jan. 11, 
1821. He married Miss Louisa J. Mc- 
Failon, and emigrated to Pike Co., Ark., 
a few years ago. He participated and 
fought bravely in our late war with 
Mexico, facing the enemy in four engage- 
ments — Monterey, Cerro Gordo, Victo- 
ria, and Vera Cruz — under command of 
Capt. Frierson, of the Tennessee regi- 
ment. In the battle of Monterey he 
was the sixth man to enter the fort, and 
described the scene as horrible. All 
Mr. H.'s acquaintances concede that he 
was a good, true, and brave soldier, fight- 
ing alone for the love of his country. 
His remains Avere I)uricd by the masonic 
order, of which he was a worthy and 
honored member. 

Holt, Mrs. Nancy B., Ashland. Mass., 
Aug. 29, cT. 46, and Frederick O. Holt, 
Se])t. 2, wife and son of Kev. K. Holt. 

Holt, Mrs. Polly, Waterford, Conn., 
Oct. 17, a;. 94, widow of the late Asa 
Holt. 

HoLTON. :\lartin, Farmington, Fulton 
Co., 111., March 18, x. 80. 



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187 



HooFF, Mrs. Rebecca C, Buffalo, 
Putnam Co., Va., Sept. 13, ce. 24, consort 
of Dr. Edward Lee Hoofi', late of Jeffer- 
son Co., Va., and daughter of Reuben 
Miller, Esq. 

Hooker, Mrs. Maiy S., Watertown, 
N. Y., Jan. 4, a\ 77, widow of the late 
Joseph Hooker, formerly of Hadley, 
Mass. She had for many years adorned 
a Christian profession by a patient, hum- 
ble, and prayerful life, and at last was 
abundantly sustained by the consolation 
of her faith. 

Hooker, Rev. Richard, New Haven, 
Dec. 19, w. 49. 

Hooper, Thomas, Baltimore, Md., 
June 2S, ae. — . He was largely engaged 
in the shijjping interest ; and, as a mark 
of resjjcct, the Hags of the vessels in port 
had their flags displayed at half mast. 
The deceased was a kind, benevolent 
citizen ; and his death will be lamented 
by a large circle of friends. 

" Hopkins, Mrs. Abigail, Buffalo, N.Y., 
, 86. 90, relict of Dr. Asa Hop- 
kins, of Hartford, Conn., and mother of 
the late Rev. Asa T. Hopkins, D. D., 
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, 
also of Messrs. Edward and Charles A. 
Hopkins, merchants of that city. 

Hopkins, Mrs. Sophia W., Hopkinton, 
N. Y., Jan. 4, ;ie. — , wife of the late Hon. 
Isaac R. Hopkins, and daughter of Enoch 
Wood'nridge, Esq., of Vergennes, Vt. 

Hopkins, Dr. John Page, U. S. consul, 
Tabasco, Mexico, Oct. 18, fe. — . 

Hopper, Mrs. Maria, Paterson, N. J., 
Jan. 1, ae. 75, widow of the late John J. 
Hopper, of PoUifly, near Hackensack, 
N. J. 

HopwooD, Moses, Monroe, Pa., March 
21, ss. 85. 

HoRBACir, George L., Omaha, N. T., 
Oct. 16, IP. 21. He was one of the most 
promising young men in the territory. 
He was a lawyer by j)rofession, of a high 
order of talents, untiring industry, and 
strict integrity. He had been among us 
about one year ; and in that brief period 
his many estimable qualities won the 
esteem and respect of the entire com- 
munity. He had hut recently established 
himself in business at Decatur, Burnt 
Co., and was elected in August to the 
office of probate judge of that county. 

HoRNSBY, Thomas, Newport, R. I., 
Sept. 15, a?. 92. He was highly re- 
spected by all who knew him, and re- 
tained liis mental faculties to the last. 



MISS ANNA MARIA HORTON, 

Newburyport, Mass., Aug. 31, a\ 25, 
daughter of Rev. William and Mary E. 
Horton. 

She was a member of the fifth gen- 
eration of the Horton family which has 
resided in the old town of Newburv, her 
great-great-grandfather. Makepeace' Ilor- 
ton, being the first resident in this town, 
having removed hither from Dorchester, 
Mass., at the close of the 17th century, 
or at the very beginning of the 18th ; 
Capt. James Horton, 'of Newburyport, 
still H\ing, being her paternal grand- 
father. 

" Thus the last day of summer was 
the last day of the earthly Hfe of one 
who was truly beloved by all who knew 
her \vell. While her friends recall her 
vivacity of spirit, her generous and guile- 
less affection, her sincerity, her high 
sense of honor, her single-hearted purity 
of character, her benevolence to the poor, 
her dutiful and thoughtful allegiance to 
the relations of her life, they cherish 
with gratitude the pleasant memories 
that cluster around her. Although the 
only child and grandchild of those who 
delighted to minister to her gratification, 
this led her to no selfish indulgence of 
her own wishes, nor to any frivolous 
absorption in social pleasures ; but she 
enjoyed most the affectionate intercourse 
of tried friends, and the promotion of 
their happiness. Under the fostering 
influences and spiritual teachings of the 
church, her religious character unobtru- 
sively ripened. A childlike trustfulness 
in her Saviour, a consecration of her 
best affections to him, marked her feel- 
ings when sickness tested them. ' I 
have seen many happy days,' she replied, 
with a sweet smile, to a friend who ex- 
l)ressed regret at her illness. Through- 
out all the long hours of feebleness and 
pain she showed a cheerful acquiescence 
in the will of her heavenly Father ; and 
when her summons came, there was no 
painful abruption of hfe, but a ha])py 
transition to the eternal home. Her 
language was, — 

'.Tiist as I am, without one plea, 
But tliat thy hlooil was slied for me, 
And thou hast bid me come to thee, 
Lamb of God, I come.' 

It did not seem like the chamber of 
death, so loving, so jjeaceful, was the 
influence she imparted to the stricken 



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circle around her. The memorials she 

lias left, the favorite passaj^es she had 

pencilled in her books, all speak, the 

same language : — 

' Wliilu "luia L';irtlily tears and sighing, 
Still to praise lliot- ll-ebly trying, 

Still clinging. Lord, to theu, 
Quietly on tliy l<ive relying, 
lam thine; and living, dying, 

Surely all is well with me.' 

As the bishop of the diocese said of her, 
' With every thing in her circumstances 
to make life desirable to her, and with 
every thing in herself to make her life 
desirable to her friends,' she could yet 
depart in perfect peace, trusting in Jesus. 
Blessed indeed is that faith which gives 
new vision to the soul, that perfect love 
wliich casteth out fear." 

Hon. Ralph Hill Frexch, 

maternal grandfather of Miss H., died 
at Mmchester, N. H., Oct. 31, 18j-3, ve. 
79 years 9 inoiiths. He graduated at 
Hirvard College, a member of the illus- 
trious class of 1798. He read law at 
Amherst, N. H., in the office of the late 
Hon. William Gordon. x\fter the com- 
pletion of his legal studies, he entered 
U|)on the practice of law in the town of 
Mtrblchcad, Mass., the duties of which 
he discharged with great fidelity and 
success for a period of nearly 30 years. 
During this time he was chosen a mem- 
ber of the Senate of Massachusetts from 
Essex Co. After the expiration of the 
above period, he was with great unanim- 
ity chosen for four successive terms of 
five years each to the respon.sible office 
of register of deeds of Essex Co. To 
the duties of this office, he was es])ecially 
adaj)ted by his legal attainments, his ac- 
curacy of detail, and the suavitv of his 
manners and disposition. At the close 
of the foiu-th term of his office, on ac- 
count of liis increasing infirmities, he was 
constrained to decline a reelection, which 
was with great unanimity tendered him 
by his fellow citizens. His gentlemanly 
bearing and liigh sense of honor, as well 
as his generous hospitality, will long be 
remembered by a large circle of friends 
tint survive him. For many years he 
was a faithful communicant of the Prot- 
estant Episcopal church. He was one 
of those old-fishioned Christians who 
lived the t/o^/ii'l in the church, and was 
wirmlv attached to that sainted bishop, 
the Rt. Rev. A. V. Griswold, who so 
wisely administered the sjjiritual inter- 



ests of the Episcopal church, in the east- 
ern diocese, from 1811 to 1842. The 
suljject of this notice, as his infirmities 
multiplied, and the burden of his years 
increased, withdrew more and more from 
the world, till at length he retired to the 
bosom of the household of one of his 
younger sons, resident in Manchester, 
N. H. After a brief summons, he jjassed 
that " narrow stream " which " divides 
the heaverdy land from ours." " Blessed 
are the dead who die in the Lord." 

Hon. R. H. French married for his 
first wife Miss SaUie O. Lewis, daughter 
of Thomas and Sallie Orne. For his 
second wife he married Miss Elizabeth 
W. Atherton, sister of Hon. Charles 
Humphrey Atherton, of Amherst, N. H. 

HoRTON, Harry, Lyme, N. Y., Feb. 4, 
se. 86. He was the head of an unusual- 
ly large fimily, consisting of 18 children, 
80 grandchildren, and 20 great-grand- 
children, including those who were con- 
nected by marriage, nearly all of whom 
lived so near in his neighborhood as to 
see him in his last sickness, and ])artici- 
p!ite in his funeral solemnities. He was 
born in 1771 at Westchester, Dutchess 
Co., and of course remembered distinctly 
many of those stirring scenes Mhich were 
enacted, daring our revolutionary war, on 
the North River, among the forts and 
passes in the highlands — the iiavasion 
and subsequent cajjture of Burgoyne, 
the defection and treason of Arnold, the 
bloody inroads of savages and their more 
sanguinary allies, the tories, the return 
of peace, &c. In 1809 he removed his 
residence to the new town of Brownville, 
now Lyme, and purchased the farm upon 
which he lived almost half a century. 
He was among the number who were or- 
ganized into the first church, (Baptist,) 
in 1816, within the present limits of the 
town of Lyme. 

HoRTON, Mrs. J., Buns^^lle, Yancy Co., 
N. C, Aug. 13, se. 88, an exemplary 
meml)er of the Methodist Episcopal 
church for near forty years. 

HoRTON, Mrs. Mary, Woonsocket, 
R. L, March 28, iv. 95, a revolutionary 
pensioner and widow of the late Barna- 
bas Ilorton, of Bridgewater, Mass, 

HoiiTON, Valiant M., Four Corners, 
Huron Co., O., Aug. 21, iv. 49, sim of 
the late James Horton, first settler on 
Point Salubrious, Jeflterson Co., N. Y., 
where the deceased was born ]\Iav 14, 



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1808. He remained a resident of Jef- 
ferson Co. until 1838, when he removed, 
with his wife, accompanied by her father, 
Charles L. Cook, and family, to Hiu-on 
Co., O. 

HosKiN's, Hon. Timothy, Westmore- 
land, N. H., Sept. 24, se. 61. He was 
one year president of the State Senate. 
He had also served two years as insur- 
ance commissioner. 

HosKixsox, Andrew J., Canaan town- 
ship, O., April 5, a?. 62, was one of the 
early settlers of the township, and was 
highly respected as a worthy citizen. 

HouGHTALiNG, Rev. James B., West 
Troy, N. Y., Jan. 25, ve. 59. 

Houston, Mrs. Rachel L., Nashua, 
N. H., Aug. 11, a;. 73. 

Houston, Joseph, Belfast, Me., A])ril 
15, X. 82. Mr. H. was one of the first 
children born in Belfast, and resided here 
almost from the earliest settlement of 
the town. He was held in high esteem 
by his neighbors and friends, was honest 
and upright in his dealings, and a kind 
neighbor and a good citizen. 

HovEY, Otis Ellis, Crawfordsville, Ind., 
June 14, se. 25, was a native of Vermont, 
and a graduate of Wabash College. 

HovEY, Thomas, Hallowell, Me., May 
14, fc. 84. 

HoMLY, Wm., Springfield, 111., 

— , le. — , one of the old settlers of the 
city ; a man universally esteemed by all 
who knew him. He had resided in 
Sj)ringfield for a long time, and had seen 
the little country village grow up into 
the flourishing metropolis of the Sucker 
state. 

Howard, Rev. John, Staunton, Va., 
Feb. 27, ge. 37, the esteemed pastor of 
the Presbyterian church of Woodsocket. 

Howe, Mrs. Lydia V., Lowell, Mass., 
March 17, fe. 25, wife of Moses G. Howe, 
Esq., daughter of the late Hon. B. F. 
Varnum, of Dracut, and granddaughter 
of Gen. J. B. Varnum, a revolutionary 
officer and speaker of the United States 
House of Representatives. 

Howe, Epenetus, Niagara Falls, Oct. 
20. X. 84. 

Howe, George, M. D., Jericho, Vt., 
March 7, ae. 76. Dr. H. was born in 
Canaan, Conn., in 1781. He completed 
his course of medical study at Burling- 
ton, Vt., 1808, and immediately entered 
on the duties of his profession at Jericho. 
For nearly half a century he was one of 
the most reliable and skilful physicians 



in the town, or in that section of the 
state. To the duties of his profession he 
devoted himself with unwonted skill and 
assiduity until within about a week of 
his death. He was universally beloved 
and esteemed, not only for his medical 
skill, but for his great urbanity of man- 
ners, and liis true moral integrity. 

HON. LUTHER J. HOWE, 

Cambridge, Washington Co.,N. Y., Aug. 
9, £e. 59. 

Luther J. Howe was born Aug. 22, 
1798, in the town of Henniker, N. H. 
With many of our men of mark, he 
owed Httle to the influence of friends or 
relatives during his early life. In the 
very outgrowing years of his boyhood, 
Luther was thrown upon reliances al- 
together inherent and self-developed. 
Wliile yet very young he left his native 
place, having obtained a district school 
education, and resided for a short time 
in Pennsylvania. From thence he went 
to Hoosick Falls, N. Y., where he en- 
tered the office of the Hon. G. R. Davis, 
a distinguished jurist of that place, now 
resident in the city of Troy. 

After several intervals of teaching 
school and reading law, as his means 
and opportunities allowed, he M-as duly 
admitted to practise law in the Sujjreme 
Court of the State of New York, Jan. 13, 
1832. He was admitted to practice in 
the Court of Chancery in 1845. 

Within two years after his admission 
' to the bar, he was appointed, by Gov. 
Marcy, judge of the County Court of 
Washington Co. He filled this office 
during three successive terms, with credit 
to himself, as an able, impartial jurist, 
honoring his office rather than being 
honored by it, earning and enjoying the 
highest respect of his associates in office, 
and intrenching himself in the confidence 
of the community, whose interests he 
never ceased to guard and promote. 

Dm-ing the time he officiated as judge, 
he continued to practise as an attorney 
and counsellor in all the courts except 
those of which he was judge, and his 
professional business became, and con- 
tinued to the time of his death, very ex- 
tensive and profitable. His judicial ca- 
reer exhibited his desire to do full and 
speedy justice in all the cases committed 
to hisciiarge. He thoroughly examined 
the law and the facts in the case, and 



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^vo^lld always prepare his opinion in 
•writing. This was a rare virtue in his 
day in county judges, and was often the 
subject of remark to him, to which his 
answer always was, that " the defeated 
party iiad a right to know on what ground 
the judgment of the court was against 
him."" 

In 1S29 Mr. H. was married to Miss 
Corni'li \, daughter of Ira and Sarah P. 
Parmcley, formerly of Hebron, Conn., 
but for many years previous residents 
and estimal)le citizens of the old to'wn of 
Cambridge. In 1831 he became a spir- 
itually renewed man, embraced heartily 
the evangelical doctrines of the gospel of 
Christ, and united with the Presbyteiian 
church in Cambridge. 

Judge H. no sooner became socially 
and i)rofessionally identified with his fel- 
low-citizens, than he began to evince a 
decided interest in their moral and intel- 
lectual welfare. He early became a pa- 
tron of liberal learning, and devoted 
much time to the promotion of the cause 
of education in the county. Having 
learned by painful experience to prize 
the means of education, by obtaining his 
own under numerous disadvantages, he 
desired to do all he could to prepare the 
way more smootlily for those who were 
to succeed him in the battle of life. He 
was, at an early period in his profession, 
elected a trustee of the Cambridge AVash- 
ington Academy, located in his village, 
and thus bec.ime identified with its inter- 
ests in connection with that nolile patron 
of sound learning, that rijje scholar, and 
eminent divine, the Rev. Alexander Bull- 
ions, I). ])., who preceded him but a few 
weeks in his journey to the grave. While 
thus connected with many worthy citi- 
zens in the affairs of education, it is due 
to his memory to say, that to his per- 
sonal influence and pecuniary aid the far- 
famed Caml)iidge Washington Academy 
is indebted for much of its known useful- 
ness and continued prosperity. 

After a few days of pain, he died Sab- 
bath morning, Aug. 9, 1857. On the 
following diy, in ))resence of a large con- 
course of people, his personal friend, Ilev. 
Dr. Gillette, of the city of New York, 
preachetl a sermon, assisted in other ser- 
vices by Rev. W. B. Short, of Cambridge, 
and Rev. Mr. Xewton. 

Judge II. was honored and beloved 
by his ])rofessional l)rethren to an extent 
that made his loss severely deplored. 



At the next term of the Supreme 
Court held after his death, the members 
of the bar and the court held a meeting, 
at which several resolutions, expressive 
of the feehngs of the bar and court, were 
unanimously adopted ; and on their t)eina' 
presented to the court the next morning, 
they were ordered to be entered at larije 
on the records. This meeting was ad- 
dressed by several distinguished mem- 
bers of the bar, who illustrated his char- 
acter by relating many incidents in his 
life. Two of the resolutions are as fol- 
lows : — 

" Resolved, that, in the death of Judge 
Howe, society has lost a valuable citizen, 
the profession an able lawyer, an orna- 
ment to the bench, an u])right judge, and 
his family a kind husband and father. 

" Resolved, that the indomitable per- 
severance of our deceased friend, his 
punctuality, his faithfulness to his cHents, 
and his jmtient and untiring industry, are 
models for imitation to the bar." 

Judge H. leaves five children and the 
wife of his youth to mourn as they only 
do who know what it is to be bereft of 
such a fiiend, father, protector, counsel- 
lor, and husband. 

As a father he was kind, considerate, 
firm, and veiy affectionate. As a hus- 
band he was devoted and indulgent. As 
a man he was justly respected and es- 
teemed by all with whom he was as- 
sociated, either in public or in private 
life. 

The cause of temperance found in him 
an able, earnest, open exemplar and ad- 
vocate. In the political arena he exerted 
a decided and extensive influence. True 
to his party, but personally considerate 
towards those who chose a different side, 
with no mnkling asperities towards any 
man, he never aspired to official po- 
sition, he never became avaricious for 
partisan spoils. His opinions command- 
ed respect and attention on the various 
topics he presented. 

His name and memory are safe in the 
hearts and recollections of relatives, of 
his professional associates, and of the in- 
telligent citizens of his adopted town and 
county. Though dead, Judge H. still 
lives through the influences exerted by 
him while hving, and it will be long be- 
fore the impress of his diligence, learn- 
ing, and ability, on the profession and 
on the public, will cease to be knoTSTi 
and felt. 



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. Howell, Nicol, Tully, Onondaga 
Co., X. Y., <r. 74. Mr, H. was among 
the first settlers of the county, having 
settled on the farm where he died in 
1798. He was highly res])ected by all 
who knew him — a man of sterling in- 
tegrity, and highly honorable in all the 
relations of life. 

Howes, Sylvanus, Frankfort, Me., 
March 12, ac. 98. He removed to Maine 
about the close of the war, and has al- 
ways resided in the state since that time, 
and was esteemed by all who knew him. 
He and his wife, who surnves him. have 
lived together about 77 years, and were 
probably the oldest couple in the state. 

HoYLE, Andrew, Hoylesville, Gaston, 
N. C, Feb. 19, as. 87. Few men in any 
community have been more highly es- 
teemed, or gone down to the grave more 
venerated by his fellow-citizens, than the 
subject of this notice. He was distin- 
guished through life for those sterling 
virtues and remarkable traits of charac- 
ter which give a just claim to the confi- 
dence and affection of society. In early : 
life his opportunities of education were ' 
extremely limited, and yet his thirst for 
knowledge prompted him to educate j 
himself, and to acquire a large amount I 
of information of the most important 
kind. Commencing the world entirely ; 
poor, his untiring energy and judicious 
management led to the accumulation of 
a large fortune. This, too, was acquired 
by fair and honest means, without injus- 
tice or oppression to other's. Perhaps 
no honest man ever doubted his word or 
suspected his integrity. His ardent and 
generous affections led him to a deep 
and disinterested concern for the welfare 
of his country. The rights of others 
he regarded Avith uniform justice. The I 
wants of the poor he relieved with the 
most exem])lary benevolence. j 

HoYLE, Col.'Robert, La Colle, N. Y., \ 
April 13, a?. 75. Col. H. was one of the 
fii'st English settlers on the seigniority 
of La Cole, and the only M. P. P. bom 
in England when his famous 92 resolu- 
tions were passed. He was firm but lib- 
eral in his political principles ; frank in 
the expression of his opinions, and fear- 
less in the advocacy of them ; ever un- 
impeachable in the performance of his 
public duties, which were many and vari- 
ous. Mr. H. was the owner of Keeseville 
when a forest covered the land, and the 
place was known as the " Long Shoots." 



He left it in 1812. All that are alive 
who knew him will sincerely and grate- 
fully coincide Mith the- aliove tril)ute to 
his excellence as a man. When he Mas 
in Keeseville he Mas in the prime of 
manhood — a gentleman of nolle bear- 
ing, distinguished Mithout ostentation, 
self-reliant but not selfish, of high intel- 
lectual acquirements and integrity. 
• HoYSRADT, Adam A., Kindeihook, 
N. _Y., Jan. 8, se. OS, a director of the 
Union Bank of Kinderhook. Mr. H. 
M'as born in the toMn of Ancram, Colum- 
bia Co., N. Y., in 1789 ; removed to the 
north part of the tOMu of Kinderhook, in 
said county, about 40 years ago ; an 
early settler of that part of the town. 
He M'as a farmer, and OMncd a large 
tract of land, and Mas much respected 
by those M'ith M'hom he Mas surrounded 
— a man of influence, and mcII knoM-n 
throughout the county in Mhich he re- 
sided. In the fall of 1855 he M'as elect- 
ed a member of the legislature at Al- 
bany, and filled that oflSce in the Minter 
of 1856. His loss M'as deejoly felt by his 
neighbors and a large cii-cle of friends. 
Few men held that confidence and re- 
spect that he did throughout the county. 

HoYT, Challis, Southampton, N. H., 
Nov. 18, a?. 82. 

HoYT, Dr. David D., Palmyra,Wavne 
Co., N. Y., March 23, a?. 54. Dr."H. 
Mas born in St. Johnsbury, Vt. He 
came to Palmyra about 25 years ago, 
and commenced the practice of medicine 
in company with Dr. William IMay, Mho 
continued copartner for a number of 
years, since Avhich time he has been a 
practising physician there, having shared 
a large portion of the business of his pro- 
fession. In the death of Dr. H. the 
community lose a faithful friend, and the 
profession a conspicuous member. 

HoYT, Dr. Asa George, Framingham, 
Mass., Oct. 15, ae. 32. He Mas son of 
Dr. Enos Hoyt, noM' of Framingham, 
but for many years a laborious and skil- 
ful physician in Northfield, N. H. The 
father, M'hile in New Ham])shire, M'as 
called to preside over the District and 
State Medical Societies several years. 
He has had under his instruction 40 
young men preparing for the medical 
profession. His son M'as nurtured and 
trained wholly among doctors. His 
mother was the daughter of Dr. Asa 
Crosby, M'ho was so Mell knoM'n in all 
Northern New Hampshire for medical 



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and surgical ability and service, and 
whose sons, Dr. Josiah Crosby, of Man- 
chester, X. II., and Prof. Dixi Crosby, of 
the Dartmouth Medical College, are dis- 
tinguished living practitioners. The de- 
ceased graduated at Dartmouth College 
in the class of 1847, and in 1850 received 
his degree of doctor in medicine at Har- 
vard Uuiversitj". His father's practice 
had become so extensive at Framing- 
ham, that the son, buoyant with hope 
and professional zeal, entered at once 
into tlie business of his father, and made 
rapid progress in the science and practice 
of medicine. In diagnosis he had great 
tact and skill ; his perceptive faculties 
were rom-irkahly acute. He was hap])y, 
cheerful, and social in his intercourse 
with his patients, alleviating their sor- 
rows l)y tender solicitude and sympathy 
as M'eli as by remedies. He was civil 
and attractive in his personal relations 
with all classes of the people. He 
married Miss Maria F. Hemingway, 
daughter of Mr. Adam Hemingway, of 
Framingham, and seemed to have all 
the avenues of successful life before him, 
when suddenly and most unexpectedly, 
by brief but fotal sickness, he passed 
away from most devoted friends and an 
admiring community. He was a mem- 
ber of the Massachusetts Medical Soci- 
ety and a Royal Arch Mason. An un- 
usually large concourse of people at his 
funeral expressed the sorrow which per- 
vades a community when one in whom 
80 many hopes were placed, and who 
had so much apparent ability to answer 
those hopes, is taken away. 

HoYT, W\man, Craftsbury, Vt., March 
3, jp. 67. In 1818 Wilbur Fisk left his 
father's house for his first appointment, 
Craftsbury Circuit. • Mr. H. was con- 
verted during that year, and is the first 
of the Craftsbury class of 1818 that has 
died. The deceased was a brother of 
the Ilev. B. K. Hoyt, of the New Hamp- 
shire conference. He was a quiet, re- 
tiiing man. 

HON. HEXIIY HUBBARD, 

Charlestown, X. 11., June 5, ae. 73. 
When a person so widely known inul 
esteemed as the late Gov. Hubbard is 
suddenly taken away from those scenes 
in which the public, for more than half a 
century, have been accustomed to see 
him performing a prominent part, it re- 



quires some time, even for the most re- 
flecting, to reconcile themselves to the 
disruption of the numerous and long- 
existing ties M'hich bound the deceased to 
his fellow-men. It is difficult to realize 
that one Avith whose name and counte- 
nance thousands of persons in his state, 
many of them now past the middle ])eri- 
od of life, have been familiar from their 
youth upwards, will no more be seen, 
active, ardent, and sympathetic, with a 
kindly look and expression for the hum- 
blest and the highest alike, and carrying 
with him, after threescore years and ten, 
a youthful \igor and freshness of fceHng 
which seldom endure after the first trials 
of life. Man's existence may be but a 
'• bubble on the stream," but, unlike that, 
its colors do not fade, where the heart is 
large, and the character A-igorous, when 
the air which gave it its vitalit}- is with- 
drawn. Its qualities, as they are of good 
or evil import, brighten or darken the 
path of those who are to follow. No re- 
flecting man looks for perfection. No 
Christian or charitable man is willing to 
say that all who differ fi-om him are cor- 
rupt. In the bitter and debasing con- 
tests which deform, as they jn-obably al- 
ways will do, our political and social life, 
it is pleasant to reflect that there are 
some men who redeem the imperfections 
of our nature by the genial and kindly 
spirit \\hich softens and modifies their 
character. 

Mr. H. was born at Charlestown, 
N. H., May 3, 1784. He was the lineal 
descendant, in the fifth generation, of 
George Hubljard, who was settled at 
Wethersfield, Mass., as early as 1638. 
John Hubbard, the son of George, lived 
in Hatfield, in the latter part of the sev- 
enteenth century, upon a farm which is 
still in the possession of his descendants. 
Mr. H.'s paternal grandfather was the 
Rev. John Hubbard, minister of North- 
field, who died in 1794, in the 69th year 
of his age, and in the 4oth year of his 
ministry. In his funeral sermon, preached 
by the Rev. Dr. Lyman, he is styled 
*' that good man and f^iithful minister of 
Christ." His maternal grandfather was 
Capt. Phineas Stevens, who distinguished 
himself by his des])erate defence of the 
block-house in Charlestown, garrisoned 
by 34 men, against 400 French and In- 
dians, under the command of M. Debe- 
line, April 27, 1717. Capt. Stevens's 
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sunives to do credit to the name he 
bears. 

Mr. H., after graduating at Dartmouth 
College in 1803, studied the profession 
of the law in Portsmouth, in the office 
of the late Jeremiah Mason, so widely 
known as one of the acutest and most 
sagacious lawyers in New England, and 
entered upon the practice of his profes- 
sion in Charlestown. He soon became 
known as an active and successful prac- 
titioner. He took an efficient part in 
the affairs of his native town, and repre- 
sented it for many years in the legis- 
lature, of which body he was elected 
speaker in 1826. In that capacity he is 
remembered for the quickness of his per- 
ceptions, and his remarkable faculty for 
the despatch of business. In 1827 he 
was appointed judge of probate for Sul- 
livan Co., which office he filled until his 
election to Congress in March, 1829. 

In Congress he at once distinguished 
himself by the possession of those qual- 
ities which characterized him through 
life. Always willing to labor, never dis- 
posed to throw upon others the perform- 
ance of those duties which belonged to 
himself, indefatigable in the transaction 
of all business intri^sted to him, an ar- 
dent political friend, but a courteous an- 
tagonist, he had the entire confidence of 
Gen. Jackson, and the kindly regard of 
his opponents. He was a most active 
member of the committee of claims, upon 
whose decision such important inter- 
ests depended, and signalized himself by 
his untiring support of the pension act 
of 1832, which gave their long-delayed 
recompense to the soldiers of the revo- 
lution. In 1834 he was elected to the 
Senate, where, for the period of six years, 
he had the imj)licit confidence of the ad- 
ministration and the democratic party. 
He made himself acceptable to and es- 
teemed by all, and nothing could be 
more gratifying than the cordial manner 
in which not only President Buchanan 
and Gen. Cass, but his former poHtical 
op])onents, received and greeted him at 
Washington in the course of the past 
wmter. In 1842 and 1843 he was elect- 
ed governor of New Hampshire. With 
tills office his poHtical career closed, al- 
though at every successive election no 
one in the state rendered more efficient 
service to the democratic cause. 

In attempting to sketch an outline 
of the poHtical clnracter of an ardent 
17 



and enthusiastic man like Gov. H., we 
must premise by saying, that, however 
devoted he was to the cause he espoused, 
he was no political bigot. He passed all 
the earHer years of his Hfe in the society 
of those who were strongly attached to 
the principles of the federal partv, and 
he was educated to believe that 'theirs 
were the only doctrines by the dissemi- 
nation of which the country could pros- 
per. There is probably no member of 
the community, whatever may now be 
his views, -who cannot recall "the time 
when the political opinions of his imme- 
diate friends appeared to him to be hi- 
controvertibly true. Our poHtical as 
well as our social views are determined 
as much by temperament as by reason- 
ing. Some men, when they believe, or 
think they beHeve, in a certain formula 
of poHtics or religion, cannot, by the con- 
stitution of their bemg, entertain the idea 
of a change. It is of such men that po- 
litical, or religious, or social bigots are 
made ; but to none of these classes did 
Mr. Hubbard belong. With increasing 
years and experience, he sincerely be- 
lieved that the doctrines of the federal 
party were not exjsansive enough to em- 
brace the rapidly increasing interests of 
our country. The mere dignity of of- 
ficial position, the idea that there was an 
inherent divinity in the governing power 
as such, the feeling that the mere ma- 
chinery of government was a consecrated 
thing independent of its efi'ects upon 
the interests of the governed, — extreme 
points to which ultra federalism neces- 
sarily tended, — were alien from his tem- 
perament and turn of mind. Federalism 
in its day accomplished a necessary work 
by checking the tendency to ultraism in 
the opposite party ; for, democratic as 
our own views are, we believe it to be 
bad policy, to say the least, to underrate 
the capacity and integrity of our ancient 
poHtical opponents. If by the word de- 
mocracy, rationally interpreted, we mean 
to express the idea, that the people are 
the source of political power ; that the 
government is to be administered for 
their interests as they understand them, 
consistently with the constitution ; that 
pm-e Christianity is best advanced by a 
wide reHgious toleration ; that ample 
scope and verge should be given for the 
intelligence and capacity of every man to 
expand themselves ; that every citizen 
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free course upon a fair field for the prizes 
of life ; and that the Union and the con- 
stitution wlilch we have inherited should 
be preserved inviolate at all hazards, — 
then Mr. II. was always a democrat in the 
purest sense of the word. His spirit was 
too tolerant, his confidence in his fellow- 
men too great, ever to permit him to be- 
lieve that the cardinal doctrines of the 
democratic party would not triumph, 
however cloudy at times the political at- 
mosphere might be. He never hesitated 
at any time to defend his political faith ; 
but however im])assioned might be his 
manner in controversy, no one was more 
susceptible to courtesy in his political 
opponents. Political enemies, of course, 
he had many ; but during his long and 
fearless defence of Gen. Jackson and his 
measures, while he was in Congress, his 
kindness of heart and agreeable manners 
placed him on terms of personal in- 
timacy with the most distinguished whigs 
of the time. Tlie Senate then contained 
a variety and an extent of political ca- 
pacity to which hardly an ajjproximation 
has since been made. Webster, Clay, 
Crittenden, and Davis, Buchanan, Cass, 
Calhoun, Van Buren, Benton, and Wright, 
and others whom to name only were to 
praise, adorned it by their vigorous elo- 
quence and administrative ability. To 
have been the associate and friend of 
such men is something on which any one 
may look back with pride. 

In S])eaking of Mr. H. as an advocate 
engaged in the management of trials be- 
fore the jury, we shall state only what 
we believe will command the assent of 
the numerous persons who were ob- 
servers of his long career. He was not, 
nor did he assume to be, a learned law- 
yer, so far as legal learning depends on 
the examination of authorities. His tem- 
perament, both mentally and physically, 
was too vivacious and impulsive to per- 
mit that continuous apj)lication which is 
necessary in order to know what books 
cont;\in. But he had in his mind all the 
elements of a lawyer, and long practice 
and exj)erience had made him ftimiliar 
with the ])rincij)les which are applicable 
in the administration of justice. His 
logical powers were excellent. No one 
could make more conclusive deductions 
from his premises. His appreciation of 
the true points of his case resembled in- 
tuition, and he jiosscssed a wonderful 
dexterity and acuteness in the applica- 



tion of the principles of law to the case 
of his client. He had the faculty, if it 
may be so called, of confining his own 
attention and that of the jury to the vital 
and turning points of his case, and of dis- 
regarding all that was merely collateral 
and secondary. In the conduct of trials 
he never committed the mistake of per- 
mitting the jury to lose sight of the 
strong points of his case, by dwelling at 
too great length on matters w^hich, how- 
ever important in the eyes of a discrim- 
inating and logical observer, would not 
be likely to be carefully weighed by the 
jury. In this power of placing himself 
in the position of the jury, and of looking 
at the case from their point of \ie\\, Mr. 
H. was unrivalled in the state, except by 
President Pierce while at the bar. Their 
quick sympathies told them how the jury 
reasoned, and these gentlemen reasoned 
as they did, and thus they immediately 
established a community of feeling be- 
tween the jury and themselves. Mr. H. 
was indefatigably devoted to the cause 
of his client. He met unforeseen difficul- 
ties with marvellous acuteness. He had 
no stereotyped formulas, by the applica- 
tion of which he solved all questions, and 
reached his conclusions ; but he adapted 
himself with admirable readiness to the 
emergencies of the case ; and could proph- 
esy with singular judgment the result of 
the trial. His habits of mind had not 
accustomed him to technical niceties and 
objections which were aside from the 
merits of his case ; but when he was met 
by obstacles of this kind, interposed, as 
he thought, in a narrow temper and 
spirit, he rarely failed to retort upon his 
antagonist, upon a fitting occasion, with 
an acuteness which showed how well fit- 
ted he was for such contests if he had 
thought them worth his while. No one 
ever conducted a trial against him with- 
out discovering that he had a most dan- 
gerous antagonist, and while professional 
rivals out of the comt house might atiect 
to deny his legal powers, they never met 
him without feeling that they were called 
uj)on to exercise their utmost \'igilance. 

But whatever professional rivalry or 
political hostility might find to censure in 
jNIr. H.'s career, in that ]nn-er, and lof- 
tier, and nobler s])here which embraces 
the duties of the citizen and the neigh- 
bor, he performed his duties with a kind- 
ly and generous spirit not often equalled. 
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and grace which placed him at his ease 
every where, and made every one easy in 
his society. He was never obsequious 
to the lofty, nor arrogant to the humble ; 
for he felt that he was a man, and he 
met every fellow-being with a kindness, 
the result of no predetermined plan, but 
of his own kindly nature. In the quiet 
village in which so much of his hfe was 
passed, he was the most obliging and ac- 
commodating of men. In all the little 
offices of friendship he was ever ready 
with his ad%ice and assistance. If any of 
his neighbors were in trouble of what- 
ever kind, he was ever ready to come 
forward with a helping hand, even in 
cases where he was called upon to exer- 
cise a spirit of forgiveness. Sensitive as 
his temperament was, he was a stranger 
to that rancorous and degrading bitter- 
ness of which, at times, he was the sub- 
ject. To any project for the interest and 
welfare of the community, he freely gave 
his aid, vdth an open palm and in the 
most liberal spirit. He did not believe 
that the circle of life should be filled up 
with sordid personal cares, beginning and 
ending with the individual, and no plan 
for the public good, no scheme for the 
advancement of the society to which he 
belonged, ever failed to receive his most 
ai'dent support. His warm and gener- 
ous feelings were not limited to his own 
religious or political party, for some of 
his most ardent friends were among 
those to whom, on these subjects, he had 
been invariably opposed. The easily 
besetting sin of all of us who spend our 
lives in the uneventful routine of a coun- 
try \-ilIage is a narrowness of view in re- 
gard to our political, personal, and social 
relations. Small things are exagger- 
ated, by brooding upon them, into great 
events ; and Httle diff"erences of opinion 
are magnified into enmities. From this 
tendency Mr. H, was preserved, not only 
by his temperament, but by his extensive 
acquaintance with the world at large. 
The man wlio knows that there is a world 
beyond the visible horizon, and has acted 
his part therein, is too often disposed to 
criticise severely the defects in the little 
circle of men and things which surrounds 
his home. This disposition in Mr. H. 
was hap])ily modified by his ready sym- 
pathies and genial disposition, and, how- ■ 
ever engrossing were his pursuits, and 
extensive his acquaintance elsewhere, he 
always returned to his home Avith as 



eager an interest in the pros])erity of his 
native town as if attention to its affairs 
had constituted his exclusive occupation. 
We have no disposition to pry into the 
relations between a man and his Maker, 
but of him it may be said that the 
religious sentiment was strong within 
him, and that he manifested, throughout 
his life, the deepest interest in the pros- 
perity of the church to which he be- 
longed, and in the propagation of what 
he believed to be the true doctrines of 
toleration and Christian charitv. 

We have endeavored to give a truth- 
ful sketch of Mr. H.'s character, as he 
appeared to the numerous friends of all 
parties to whom for years he was inti- 
mately known. His death has created 
a void in society which will not soon be 
filled up. He was one of the few con- 
necting links between the present and 
what seems to us to be almost ancient 
times. His remarkable physical energy 
and determination were a]jpreciated by 
all. His perseverance was indomitable. 
Few ardent young men of 25, in the 
glow of youthful \igOT, ever brought 
such a fixity and earnestness of purpose 
to the accom])lishment of their objects 
as characterized him throughout his life. 
He will long be remembered by the old, 
who were his contemporaries, and by the 
yoimg, for whom his manners had a pe- 
culiar charm. Both friends and oppo- 
nents were deeply impressed by his force 
of character, and all who knew him will 
unite in saying that few men possessed 
more agreeable and attaching qualities, 
or displayed them in a more liberal spir- 
it. In all the relations of life he will be 
kindly thought of, and the numerous 
])ersons of all parties who have ever 
found in him a symjjathetic friend. Mill, 
in reflecting upon the imperfections of ' 
our common humanity, cheerfully admit 
that he contributed his full proportion to 
the happiness and well being of his fel- 
low-men. 

Hubbard, Piev. Augustus, Liming- 
ton. Me., , fe. 39. 

Hubbard, Erotus W., Williamsburg, 
Mass., May 14, a?. 36. 

Hubbard, Dr. E. A., Hickman, Ky., 
Nov. — , ae. 29, of Columlnis, Ky. 

.Hubbard, Mrs. Julia Ann, Crafts- 
bury, Vt., Aug. 7, 86. — , wife of Rev. 
A. 0. Hubbard. 

Hubbard, Mrs. Persia Emily, Hick- 



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man, Ky.. March 3, a-. — , wife of Dr. 
Charles Hubbard, formerly of Concord, 
Mass. 

HrnBAiiD, Hon. Thomas H., Utica, 
Oneida Co., N. Y., May 21, a?. 75. 
" Another of our prominent citizens 
has p;one to his rest. Thomas Hill 
Hubbard, Avhose death it is our painful 
duty to announce, was a native of ^New 
Haven, Conn. He was born Dec. 6, 
1781, and was the son of Rev. Bela 
Hubbard, D. D., for many years, and 
until his death, the rector of Trinity 
Church, in that city. Mr. Thomas H. 
Hubbard graduated at Yale College, in 
the class of 1799. Among his contem- 
poraries at that institution were Dr. 
Silliman the elder, the distinguished 
professor, still attached to the college, 
the llev. Dr. Lyman Beecher, the late 
Judge Baldwin, of the Supreme Court 
of the U. S., and Judge Oakley, of New 
York, lately deceased. Immediately after 
receiving liis degree, he commenced the 
stud)- of the law with John AVoodworth, 
of Troy, attorney general of the state, and 
afterwards a judge of the Supreme Court, 
who was a family connection of Mr. H. 
This venerable gentleman, who has 
outlived nearly all his professional and 
official associates, yet survives in ap- 
parent health and vigor, and liis com- 
manding figure is often seen by those 
who attend the courts at the state Cap- 
itol, a silent but not uninterested spec- 
tator in those halls of justice where 
he so long filled a conspicuous place. 
As soon as he was admitted to the bar, 
now more than 50 years ago, Mr. Hub- 
bard proceeded to Hamilton, Madison 
Co., to commence the great struggle of 
life, — without fortune, or any other 
advantages except strong natural tal- 
ents, a careful education, correct habits, 
sterling principles, and high hopes. 
He remained at Hamilton until 1824, 
when he removed to this city. It was 
at the former jilace that the more ac- 
tive portion of his professional and po- 
litical life was spent. The present gen- 
eration of men have scarcely known 
Mr. Hubbard as a lawyer; but those 
who are old enough to have been con- 
versant with the courts 40 years ago, 
have assured us that his standing Avas 
in the first rank of his ])rofession, and 
that liis business was large and jjrofita- 
ble. As an adviser in questions of dif- 
ficulty, and as a correct and intelligent 



man of business, he had no superior, 
and as an advocate he was higlily per- 
suasive and successful. At an early 
period he was appointed the prosecut- 
ing attorney of a district embracing, 
not, as at present, a single county, but 
several adjoining ones, and in this char- 
acter it became his duty to conduct 
several trials for capital offences. He 
held the office of surrogate for ten 
years, from 1806 to 1816. In 1817 he 
was chosen a representative in Con- 
gress, and after one term had inter- 
vened he was again chosen, thus serv- 
ing four years. In 1812 he was chosen 
an elector of president and vice president, 
and voted for Mr. Madison at his elec- 
tion for the second term. On coming 
to this city he formed a professional 
connection with Greene C. Bronson ; 
but he was soon called to serve in 
other official positions, and definitively 
abandoned his practice of the law. He 
became the first clerk in equity, by the 
appointment of the late Judge Wil- 
liams, under the new arrangement of 
the courts by virtue of the constitution 
adopted in 1822. On the death of the 
late Arthur Breese, Mr. Hubbard was 
appointed clerk of the Supreme Court, 
(an office then in the gift of the judges 
of that court,) and continued to hold 
that situation until he resigned it in 
1837, when he was succeeded by Judge 
Savage. At this time he designed final- 
ly to relinquish the employments and 
duties of public Hfe. He was after- 
wards, however, twice chosen to cast 
the vote of his district as an elector of 
president and vice president of the 
United States, upon the occasions of 
the election of Mr. Polk and of Gen. 
Pierce ; and when the New York State 
Lunatic Asylum was organized, Mr. H. 
was made a member of the first board 
of directors, and was chosen its presi- 
dent. A marked trait in his character 
was the habitual kindness and courtesy 
of his manners. No one who had any 
intercourse with him could fail to be 
agreealjly attracted by this peculiarity. 
It was what we are apt to denominate 
the manners of the old school of gen- 
tlemen. In private life the excellences 
of his character and disposition were 
not less conspicuous. From his retire- 
ment from public business, now 20 
years ago, he has devoted himself to 
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and the enjoyment of the pleasures of 
domestic life, for which he had the 
keenest relish. At an early period he 
married an estimable woman from his 
native state, and bearing his own fam- 
ily name, who survives him. They 
have reared a numerous family, all of 
whom, who now survive, are settled in 
life. ^Ir. H. was eminently a liberal 
and public-spirited, benevolent, and 
charitable man. No reasonable appeal 
for these purposes has ever been re- 
fused, and his contributions have been 
at all times large. Educated in the 
Protestant Episcopal church, he was 
warmly attached to its doctrines and 
services, was a communicant at our 
Lord's table, and died in a confident 
belief in the saving efficacy of the great 
atonement." — Utica Daily Observer. 

HuBBELL, Mrs. Mary, wife of 

HuBBELL, Col. John A., Otsego 
Co., N". Y., Sept. 11, re. 79, formerly of 
Roxbury, Delaware Co., being one of 
the first settlers upon the head waters 
of the Delaware River. 

HuBBELL, H. N., Columbus, Ohio, 

, ap. — . Thirty years ago Mr. 

H. opened an institution for the educa- 
tion of the deaf and dumb. He gath- 
ered a few pupils in an obscure room, 
taught them tlie language of signs, and 
created intelligent minds out of mental 
chaos. His school was the nucleus of 
the asylum which has already proved a 
beneficent blessing to 638 of the deaf 
mutes of that commonwealth. For 
about a quarter of a century Mr. H. 
devoted his heart and his energies to 
the superintendency of the Ohio Insti- 
tution, with an eye single to its ad- 
vancement, and the widest diffusion of 
good to the recipients of the noble state 
charity. His sudden decease will carry 
sorrow to many a heart, and the silent 
and expressive tribute of affection will 
steal from many an eye that has been 
brightened with intelligence, and lifted 
by the kind instructions of their de- 
parted friend to our common Father. 

Huffman, Benjamin, Washington 
township. Pa., April 19, je. 78. He 
served a six months' term with the mili- 
tia in the war of 1812, and was a good 
citizen, a kind and affectionate father 
and husband, a worthy member of the 
Bethlehem Baptist Church on Ruffs- 
creek, and has left a lai-ge concourse of 
friends and relations to mourn his loss. 
17* 



Hughes, Dr. H. F., Canton, Mo., 
-, ae. — , a gentleman of brilliant 



talents, and one of the best physicians 
in INIissouri, was found dead in the road, 
by some teamsters, near St. Louis. It 
is supposed he died wliile laboring un- 
der mental aberration. 

HULBARD, Ebenezer, Stockholm, 
N. Y., Feb. 2, a;. 82. He was one of 
the first settlers of the town, and long 
its foremost man. 

Hull, Mrs. Aletha, Buff'alo, N. Y., 
April 9, ge. 84. She was born in Wil- 
ton, Conn., Feb. 29, 1774. About 25 
years since, she removed, being then a 
widow, to Buffalo, and has since resided 
mainly in the families of her children. 

HULLIHEN, Dr. S. P., WhceUng,Va., 
March 29, a^. 45. It is with no vain 
expectation of doing justice here to the 
merits or the worth of our lamented 
friend, whether as a man or a surgeon, 
that we Avould seek to pay tribute to 
his memory; the legitimate records of 
medical history will do just honor to the 
great abilities, the eminent sldll, with 
which he practised his profession in 
Wheeling for about 25 years ; the 
greater records of life, as they are hon- 
estly carried from man to man, will, for 
yeai's to come, unceasingly tell of lais 
benevolence, his generous and practical 
mind, in his unwearied efforts to do 
good to others, with no selfish thought 
of himself. And yet we cannot resist 
the desire to utter something that the 
heart prompts at this mournful moment 
of separation, in all earthly ties, from 
one we knew so well and appreciated 
so fully. Dr. H. Avas both a gentleman 
and a man of genius, possessed of 
elevated and natural feelings of 
right and charity, a strong sense of 
justice, a heart filled with warm im- 
pulses towards his fellows, and all the 
best attributes that develop into a 
good and glorious manhood. That he 
nobly fulfilled his mission on earth 
has been demonstrated by his life, not 
merely in the duties of the arduous 
profession to which he devoted himself 
with untiring Zealand assiduity that lit- 
erally exhausted his feeble frame, but 
by the countless acts of humanity, and 
courageous maintenance of the high and 
just principles of his nature. His un- 
erring eye and reliant judgment were 
backed and sustained by the nicest me- 
chanical invention and delicate manip- 



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ulation : by his own sanguine hopes he 
at once inspired his patients with a 
well-founded confidence, and few men 
have won for themselves such an 
amount of faith, love, and admiration. 
The annals of the first eye infirmary 
and hospital of Wheeling, (originating 
in his enterprising spirit,) when they 
are made known, will exhibit an aggre- 
gate of good deeds performed, of victo- 
ries aciiiuved, by one man, such as have 
very rarely distinguished even a much 
longer life. Wheeling was proud of 
him, and well she might be, whether 
on the score of his private and per- 
sonal worth, or the benefits he has be- 
stowed by his prompt and energetic 
usefulness. — Daily Int. 

Hume, David, Alexancb-ia, Virginia, 

, a?. — . He was of a strong and 

vigorous intellect, pure and exalted 
morality, with a heart filled Avith gen- 
erous impulses ; he was respected and 
loved by all who knew him. 

Hi'MPHREY, Benj., Boston, Mass., 
Jan. 28, ae. 76, one of the oldest mer- 
chants and wealthiest citizens of 
Boston. 

Hl'.mpiireys, Mrs. Mary, Charles- 
town, Va., , a?. 54, wife of Col. 

John Humphreys. 

HECTOR HUMPHREYS, D. D., 

Annapolis, Md., Jan. 25, se. 59, was 
born at Canton, Hartford Co., Conn., 
June 8, 1797, the youngest member of 
a family of ten children. His ftither, 
George Humphreys, was the fifth of a 
long-lived family of five sons and five 
daughters, and held several public offices 
with credit, liaving been a judge of the 
Court of Probate, and a representative, 
for nearly 20 years, of his native town 
in the General Assembly. His mother, 
Rachel Hiiini)hreys, of Simsbury, was 
a woman of long-tried piety and great 
personal worth. She was sister-in-law 
to the Rev. Mr. Hallock, familiarly 
known in tlie Congregational commun- 
ion to which he Ijclonged as " Father 
llalldvk" wiiose memoirs have been 
■WTitten by the Rev. Cjtus Yale. In 
the home of this venerable minister, 
the grandmother of Hector spent the 
last portion of her life, and died at the 
age of 100 years, retaining her faculties 
in an extraordinary degree. The reten- 
tive memory of tlus remarkable woman, 



going back to an early period, was stored 
with incidents characteristic of the life 
of the hardy settlers of our country. In 
the subject of our memoir, she found a 
constant and eager listener ; and her 
thrilling narratives of border life and 
Indian warfare, of the sufferings and 
privations of the sturdy men vhose vigor 
of arm and heart subdued the savage 
wilderness, and conquered the yet more 
savage foe, must have exerted a con- 
siderable influence in forming in his 
mind the elements of that character of 
hardihood and persevering energy which 
distinguished him through life. The 
leading incidents of the struggle for In- 
dependence must also have been early 
familiar to his mind, since the Colonel 
David Humphreys, who Avas so distin- 
guished an officer of that war, was his 
uncle. 

His preparatory studies were finished 
at Westfield Academy in ^lassachusetts, 
under the care of the Rev. Francis L. 
Robbins ; and he entered Yale College 
a freshman, in September, 1814, as one 
of a class of 100. He graduated at the 
commencement of 1818, taking the first 
honors without a rival, in the estimation 
of the fliculty or his classmates. While 
having charge of the Hopkins Academy 
in New Haven, he read law in the office 
of Seth P. Staples, Esq., and having 
been admitted to the bar, opened an 
office in New Haven, and was appointed, 
by Gov. Walcott, judge advocate for 
the state. He now changed his doc- 
trinal views and purposes of life, and 
resolved to become a candidate for the 
ministry. He removed to New York to 
pursue liis theological studies, and was 
admitted to the order of deacon, ^larch 
21, 1824, in Trinity Church, New Ha- 
ven, by the now venerable Bp. BroAvnell; 
having previously, on the same day, re- 
ceived the rite of confirmation at the 
hands of the same estimable prelate. 

Washington (now Trinity) College, 
Hartford, had just been organized, and 
he was immediately appointed tutor, 
and in the following year, professor of 
ancient languages in that institution, 
and soon became a leading member of 
its faculty, which — ])resided over by 
Bishop Brownell — numbered among 
its members the present Bishop Doane, 
of New Jersey, Bishop Horatio Potter, 
of New York, the Rev. J)r. Hawkes, and 
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merits. Perhaps no American college 
ever commenced its career with an abler 
corps of instructors. During his con- 
nection with Washington College he 
officiated with great acceptableness and 
■with marked success, as rector of St. 
Luke's Church, Glastenbury, about eight 
miles from Hartford, and in which 
church he was ordained presbjter, Mar. 
6, 1825, by Bishop Brownell. 

The reputation and prominence which 
Dr. Humphreys attained during his 
seven years' connection with Washing- 
ton College, pointed him out as a suit- 
able person to fill the vacancy which had 
occurred in the presidency of St. John's ; 
to which position he was called in the 
spring of 1831, while yet only in the 34th 
year of his age. From that time to the 
day of his death, in January last, a pe- 
riod of 26 years, his name and fame, 
his talents and best energies, are iden- 
tified with the history and progress of 
our alma mater, and have worked out 
for him a monument more enduring 
than marble, more noble than " storied 
urn or animated bust." 

During all this time he was laborious- 
ly engaged in various duties of the col- 
lege ; hearing several recitations each 
day, and preparing lectures at night on 
different branches distinct from his 
proper chair. 

Now, those who have ever been 
brought into the relation of pupil to 
Dr. Humphreys know that this varied 
course of instruction was something 
more than merely nominal. Each of 
the enumerated studies had its own 
text book, which was thoroughly exam- 
ined, explained, and illustrated. Be- 
sides the oral and experimental lectures 
elicited by the daily recitations, there 
were stated courses of written lectures, 
each an hour in the delivery, illustrat- 
ing with severe and faithful minuteness 
the several branches taught. His dis- 
cipline was kind and parental, and his 
ready sympathy with his youthful charge 
never failed to win their esteem and 
affection. 

Although, from circumstances and the 
bent of his mind, his time was chiefly 
employed in the cause of science, he 
never forgot the sacred obligations 
which were upon him as a clergyman. 
In the way and at the times before re- 
ferred to, he performed no smaU amount 
of clerical duty. In these, his personal 



ministrations were gentle and consol- 
ing, while his sermons were earnest 
and forcible in style and delivery, and 
marked by solemn fervor and depth of 
religious conviction. 

As a man and a citizen, how exem- 
plary were liis life and conversation ! 
His stores of varied knowledge, liis re- 
fined wit and keen sense of the humor- 
ous, combined with a happy blending of 
dignity and afi'ability, imparted a pecu- 
liar charm to his conversation. Few 
men have had warmer friends, and few 
have retui'ned affection with a warmer 
sympathy. His heart was the home of 
every kindly impulse, and he ever took 
a Avarm interest in what concerned the 
welfare and happiness of his friends. 

In short, we may sum up his charac- 
ter by describing him as a noble exem- 
plar of that highest type of man — an 
accomplished Christian gentleman. He 
died Sunday morning, the 2.jth of Jan- 
uary last, the Feast of the Conversion 
of St. Paul. While the church bell was 
summoning the Avorshippers to prayer, 
his spirit heard another summons, to 
join the innumerable company of "just 
men made perfect," and to swell the 
triumphant notes of praise in that tem- 
ple not of earth — that " house not made 
with hands, eternal in the heavens." — 
Proud 's Eulogy. 

HuNGERFORD, Timothy, Watertown, 
N. Y., Nov. 14, 86. 75. He was a pio- 
neer in the settlement of the county, a 
man of business and respectability, who 
trusted in the universal goodness of God 
through the Redeemer. 

HuNSAKER, Samuel, Esq., Union Co., 
lU., March 20, oe. — . He was a prom- 
inent man, was a member of the con- 
stitutional convention, and has held sev- 
eral other offices of public trust. 

Hunt, Mrs. Emily C, Norfolk, Va., 
May 12, se. 25, wife of Major H. Hunt, 
U. S. A., and daughter of Col. R. E. 
DeRussy, U. S. A. 

Hunt, Col. Harry W., Sag Harbor, 
L. I., May 31, a^. 83, for the last 36 
years editor of " The Corrector." 

Hunt, Hon. James B., Pontiac, Mich., 
Aug. 15, se. 58. He was a native of the 
State of New York, and for several years 
the law partner of Michael Hoffman. 
He removed to Michigan about the pe- 
riod of its admission into the Union, 
and was very soon called to places of 



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public trust and high resjionsibiHty. 
He was elected from the third district 
to the 2Sth Congress, and again to the 
29th, and served through l)oth, main- 
taining there, as ho ever did in what- 
ever capacity called to act, a high repu- 
tation for ])robity and usefulness. By 
all vho know him intimately Mr. H. 
Mill be long remembered as a true man, 
an estimable gentleman, and an unob- 
trusive and sincere Christian. 

Hint, Dr. Oliver II., Juda, Wis., 
March 20, te. 37, formerly of Fairport, 
Monroe Co., N. Y. 

IIiNTEK. Kev. Eli S., D. T)., Milwau- 
kie, Wis., April 2(5, jt. 61. ])r. H. was 
one of our most esteemed citizens. He 
was known as a gentleman of Christian 
integrity and purity. Notwithstanding 
the retirement in which he lived, his 
acquaintance was sought as that of a 
most cstimal)le man. Dr. H. has been 
in failing health for some time past. In 
order to add to the vigor of his consti- 
tution, he devoted a good portion of his 
time to the noble science of horticul- 
ture. Few gentlemen in our vicinity 
have been more successful in cultivating 
the finest varieties of fruit, and he has 
led the way in showing that notwith- 
standing our cold winds we can rear 
the most delicious varieties of fruit. 
We are one of those who believe that 
men in this unassuming way of living 
can show themselves more really useful 
than in a more ostentatious manner of 
life. When his health would permit, 
he would occasionally relieve his friend, 
the Kev. J. M. Buchanan, of the Second 
Presb}terian Church, and give his hear- 
ers a sensible discourse, filled with the 
practical duties of Christianity. 

HrXTEU, Thomas, Rockville, Md., 
May ID, a'. 4'). Mr. H. was a native 
of Baltimore Co., but became a resident 
of Montgomery in 1S;>1 ; he was one of 
our most energetic and useful citizens, 
and gi-eatly esteemed by all who knew 
him. He leaves a large ftimily and 
numerous friends to mourn his death. 

HlNTI.NO, Mrs. Carrie E., 13rookficld, 
Mass., Feb. 12, a-. 2:J, wife of Rev. S. S. 
Hunting. 

HiNTiNfiTON, Elisha H., Chicago, 
111., Jan. \'>, ii'. fhi. He was president 
of the Mercantile Bank of that city, and 
fallicr of M'ni. S. Jluntington, cashier. 

Huntington, John, Sunderland, 
Mass., May 21, a-. 84. 



I Huntington, Matthew, Rome. N. Y., 
I Jan. 11, a?. 85. He went from Shafts- 
j burj' some 30 years ago, and settled in 
the town of Rome. He united Mith the 
Baptist church in Shaftsbury over 63 
years ago, and was respected and loved 
for his integrity and Christian life. 

Hunton, Arial, M. 1)., Hyde Park, 
Vt., Nov. 25, a. 68. He was liorn in 
Groton, N. H., and had been a jn-actis- 
ing physician for 43 years, and resided 
in Hyde Park for the last 39 years. He 
was well read and skilful in his profes- 
sion, was a good citizen and neighbor, 
a kind husband and father. He was 
honest in his dealings, and punctual in 
his engagements ; kind to the ])oor, and 
manifested a deep interest in the cause 
of education. 

HuRD, Dr. E. F., Gilmanton, N. H,, 
Jan. 24, a. 36. 

HuRD, Joseph, Maiden, Mass., Mar. 
19, a?. 78. Mr. H. graduated at Har- 
vard College, with distinguished honor, 
in the class of 1797. In early life he 
was a merchant, but soon after the war 
of 1812 commenced, he retired from 
the hazardous pursuits of commerce to 
a farm Avhich he bought in Stoneham, 
beautifully situated on the eastern shore 
of Spot Pond. To his original pur- 
chase there he often added adjoining 
lots, until the estate finally comprised 
in all about 300 acres, including a wa- 
ter power at the outlet of the pond. 
On that estate he resided, in a secluded 
sort of manner, about twenty-five or 
thirty years, and distinguished himself 
as a liberal patron of ever}- project cal- 
culated to improve agriculture or the 
arts. There he had a flock of merino 
sheep, planted orchards and forests, 
quarried marble, drained the Avet lands, 
built substantial walls, invented water 
wheels, kept a diary of the weather, 
&c.. Sec, usually keeping in his service 
from 10 to lo persons. He experi- 
mented largely, especially with a view 
to economize heat, and made many im- 
provements in cooldng stoves, &c. 
" The Yankee Baker," so common 25 
years ago, was of his invention. In 
fact, he was all the time experimenting 
about sometliing, and appears to have 
been, in tliis respect, and in his general 
character, like Benjamin, Thom])son, 
otherAvise known as " Count Rumford." 
He ex])erimented many years in the 
groAvth of sugar beets, and the manu- 



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facture and refining of sugar, and ac- 
quired more knowledge respecting that 
subject than any other American, and 
probably more than any other person in 
any country. As a proof, he invent- 
ed a way of refining sugar, for which he 
took out a patent, and sold it, without 
any exertion on his part, for the sum 
of $3o,()00. The fortunate purchaser 
acquired an immense profit by its use 
and the sale of patent rights. Mr. H. 
was a bachelor, and during the last 15 
years of liis Hfe was away from Stone- 
ham most of the time, residing in the 
winter at the Merchants' Exchange in 
Boston. 

HuRD, Samuel F., Bridgeport, Conn., 
March 24, a>. — . He was one of the 
aldermen of the city, and president of 
the Bridgeport City Bank at the time 
of his decease, and his loss wiU long be 
seriously felt. 

HuRD, Samuel W., Peekskill, N. Y., 
March — , a^. — . He was a resident 
of Peekskill for more than 20 years, 
and during that period held at various 
times nearly all the more important 
town and village offices. He was justice 
of the peace for several terms, and cor- 
oner for four or five years. 

HusE, Enoch, Newburyport, Mass., 
Jan. 15, m. 61, extensively known as a 
manufacturer of cigars, wliich business 
he conducted for nearly half a centu- 
ry, employing constantly a large num- 
ber of hands, mostly females and chil- 
dren, who were dependent on him, in a 
measure, for support. 

HusKiNS, George W., Buff"alo, K Y., 
March 8, a?. — , editor of the Buffalo Ex- 
press. 

Huston, Gen. Felix, Natchez, Miss., 

, a?, about 5o. In years gone by 

he was one of the most prominent and 
distinguished lawyers of the Natchez 
bar. Having a strong predilection for 
military tactics, he made it a study, and 
was the second captain of the Natchez 
Fencibles, the first military company 
organized west of the Alleghanies. In 
the struggles of the Texans for freedom, 
the sympathies of Gen. Huston were ! 
strongly enlisted. Raising a company, 
he proceeded to Texas to help fight \ 
her battles of freedom ; but, ere he ar- 
rived, the decisive battle of San Jacinto 
had been fought. As a poHtician, Gen. 
Huston has ever held a high position. 
Though never occuppng any office, yet 



his^ voice has ever had weight with 
whichsoever party he was connected. 
In early life he was attached to the 
whig party, but in the memorable cam- 
paign of '44 he came over to the dem- 
I ocratic ranks. At the time of his 
j death he was a southern rights man, of 
I the strictest scliool. As a Mriter he 
was fluent and forcible, as the columns 
of this paper have on several occasions 
borne testimony. Earnest in his desire 
to see Kansas a slave state, he com- 
menced a series of articles with that 
view for this journal — one or two of 
which only appeared, when he was pre- 
vented from the further prosecution of 
his design by the illness which has 
called him to the grave. He was a na- 
tive of Kentucky, and emigrated to 
Mississippi at an early age. His remains 
were interred near his late residence, 
his funeral being attended by a large 
concourse of friends. ISIinute guns 
were fired in this city as a last token of 
respect, by the mihtary company he for- 
merly commanded. — Natchez Courier. 

HuTCHlxsox, Mrs. Susanna, Guil- 
ford, Conn., Oct. 30, a^. 90, Midow of 
the late Daniel Hutchinson, M. D. 
^ HuTCHlxsox, Hon. Titus, AVindsor, 
Vt., July 24, jp. 86, formerly chief jus- 
tice of the Supreme Court of Vermont. 

HUTTON, Samuel, Quincy, 111., 

— , a?. — , a man of kind heart, and 
universally esteemed for his many vir- 
tues by all who knew him. His funer- 
al was attended by the masonic frater- 
nity, of which he was a most worthy 
and highly esteemed member, and by 
a large concourse of friends and ac- 
quaintances. It can be said of him, as 
it can be said of but few others that 
have mingled in the great duties of 
life and gone before him, that he leaves 
not an enemy behind. At the time of 
his death he was police magistrate of 
this city, an office to which he had been 
elected two or three years since by a 
handsome majority. 

HuxFORD, Hughey, Baltimore, Md., 

, ae. 101, having been born in 

Martha's Vineyard, Mass., in the year 
1756. He served under Gen. AVarren 
at Bunker HiU, and was also at the 
battle of Lexington. 

Hyde, Dr. Charles C, Savannah, 

Geo., , a>. 23, of Rockbridge Co., 

Va., a graduate of the University of 
Virginia. 



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I. 



Inches, Henderson, Esq., Boston, 
Mass., Sept. 9, a\ 8;}. He was born in 
Boston, Feb. 7, 1774, graduated at 
Harvard College in 1 792, and was the 
last survivor of his class. He was for 
many years widely known as an honora- 
ble, intelligent, and ujiright merchant in 
that city, but retired from active busi- 
ness several years since, with an ample 
fortune. He was highly respected, a-nd 
liis death will be deeply regretted, not 
only by his family, but by the commu- 
nity of which he was so long an hon- 
ored and respected member. 

Inskip, Abram H., Esq., New Or- 
leans, La., March 22, a'. 78. He was 
a native of Philadelphia, but had resid- 
ed at New Orleans for 38 years. He was 
api)ointed a])]n"aiser of customs for the 
last-named city by President Mom-oe, 
which office he held until the incoming 
of Jackson. In 1841 he was again ap- 
pointed to the same office, which he 
held until the demands of commerce 
pressed too heavily upon his declining 
years. From this time till the close of 
his life he lived as a private citizen, uni- 
versally respected and esteemed by all 
his friends and acquaintances, enjoying 
the society of his children, grand and 
gi-eat-grandcliildren, like the patriarch 
of old. In fine, in all the various relations 
of life, as husband, father, and citizen, 
he was a good man. 

Ikons, L)r. A., Sheridan, N. Y., June 
22, !(•. — . 

luviNK, Ilev. Matthew, Bedford, Pa., 
April 21, a?. 39, a much beloved minis- 
ter of the German lleformed church. 
He was bom in Cumlierland Co., Pa., 
Dec. 22, 1H17. Having lost his fother 
at an early age, he was brought up, 
nrincii)ally, in the family of Mr. Gra- 
nam, residing a few miles west of Har- 
risburg, where his religious education 
also was ])r()])erly cared for. In I3ec., 
1837, he was married to Miss Catharine 
Ann Fetter, of Orrstown, Franklin 
Co., Pa., where he continued to reside 
till .'Yprij, 1843. He pursued a course 
111' theological study under the care of 
Kev. A. H. Kremer, then pastor of the 
Ship])ensburg and Orrstown congrega- 
tions, and was licensed to preach the 
guspcl by an action of the classis of the 



German Reformed Church of !Mercers- 
bui-g, in special session, at Chambers- 
burg, Pa., March, 1843. During the suc- 
ceeding April he removed to Bedford 
Co., as pastor of the Bloody Kun charge. 
Here he continued to labor with much 
acceptance and great success for 12 
years. In May, 1855, his health failed, 
and he removed to Bedford, where he 
had the attendance of kind physicians 
and friends ; but so deeply had the 
disease taken hold upon his sys- 
tem, that to radicate it was beyond 
the skill of man. Mr. Irvine was a 
zealous minister of the gospel. He la- 
bored with great zeal among the peoijle 
of his charge, and much success at- 
tended his labors. He was instrumental 
in doing much good in building up his 
church. He considered no sacrifice, or 
labor, or exposure too great for him to 
endure, if he could only thereby pro- 
mote the spiritual interests of his peo- 
ple. He also possessed much of a 
missionary spirit, and always showed a 
strong desire to seek out destitute 
places, and supply them with the 
preaching of the word of God. He was 
engaged in the active duties of the 
ministiy 12 years and 2 mos. During 
this time he solemnized 79 marriages, 
baptized 328 infants and adults, and 
received 330 members into the church 
by rite of confirmation. His labors on 
earth are now over, and he has gone to 
receive the recompense of his reward, 
leaving a bereaved wife and eight chil- 
dren to mourn his departure. H. n. 

IsHAM, Asher, Hartford, Conn., Nov. 
20, CO. 92. 

Ives, Lieut. Braj-ton C, Fort Clark, 
Texas, June 27, se. — . He was a son 
of Gerrett Ives, Esq., of AVatertown, 
N. Y., graduated at AVest Point in the 
class of 1856. In September of that year 
he was ordered to Newport, Ky., and on 
the 18th of February following left that 
post to join his company ( 1 st Infantrj') 
at Fort Duncan, on the Kio Grande. 
On his way there he was attacked with 
typhus fever, and detained at Fort 
Clark, where he remained till his death, 
never having sufficiently recovered to 
allow his removal. He was a stout- 
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dowed with strong intellect and a culti- 
vated mind. 

Ives. Moses Brown, Esq., Potowomut, 
Warwick, 11. 1., Aug. 7, x. 63. He was 
well known as one of the most promi- 



nent and estimable citizens of Provi- 
dence. By his will he left the sum of 
$50,000 to be devoted to charitable pur- 
poses, in accordance with instructions 
which he gave to his executors. 



J. 



Jack, Mr. Samuel, Salem, Pa., March 
30, 83. 66, " one of the most ])rominent 
and best farmers, a man of sound judg- 
ment and liriijjht understanding." 

Jackson, Prof. James, Gains ville, Ala., 
March 2(), iP. 68. Few men have lived 
in the quiet, unobtrusive walks of private 
life, whose death will awaken in more 
bosoms grateful remembrances with feel- 
ings of sadness than that of this trul)' 
good man. He was born in Savannah, 
Ga., in 178S, was the second son of Gov. 
James Jackson, belonged to the first 
gi'aduated class of Franklin College of 
1804, of which there remains now but 
one survivor. He was elected to the 
professor's chiir of chemistry and modern 
languages in said university in 1823, and 
remained connected with the institution, 
filling the chair of natural philosophy, 
chemistry, &c., for over 27 years. As 
an urbane gentleman and successful teach- 
er, few indeed have been more extensively 
or lovingly appreciated. The alumni and 
former students of the Georgia Univer- 
sity, scattered as they now are, and filling 
honorable positions over our whole south- 
west, will remember with grateful recol- 
lections their ever kind and genial-hearted 
professor. 

Jackson, Mr. Leonard, West Newton, 
Mass., April 1, se. 65, son of Major Dan- 
iel Jackson, formerly of Watertown. 

Jackson, William Arthur, Esq., Phila- 
delphia, Jan. 10, te. 28, counsellor at law. 

Jacobs, Mrs. Esther, Richmond, Va., 
Xov. 2 1, iE. 66, widow of Solomon Jacobs, 
late mayor of Richmond, and daughter 
of the late Major Benjamin Nones, of 
Philadelphia. 

Jacobs, Dr. Henry, Waynesboro', Pa., 
June 20, ae. 30, after a lingering illness. 

Jacobs, Mrs. Kate B., Louisville, Kv., 
Feb. 11, wife of Dr. William R. Jacobs. 

Jameson, Hon. John, Fulton. Jan. 
24, 8B. 56. He was elected speaker of 
the Missouri House of Representatives, 
I and served several sessions in Congress. 

Jamison, Mrs. Rebecca, Frankfort, 



Ross Co., O., May 13, a?. 60, mother of 
Hon. William Jamison, judge of probate. 

Jarvis, Samuel, Nor walk, Conn., Oct. 
29, as. 78. 

Jarvis, Mrs. Sarah, Milan, O., April 
3, oe. 88, at the residence of her son 
William. The deceased was a member 
of the Protestant Episcopal church, and 
adorned her profession by an exemplary 
and Christian life. She was universally 
and deservedly beloved by a large circle 
of friends and relatives. 

Jarvis, Mrs. Sarah, Claremont, N. H., 
July 3, 86. 31, wife of Dr. Samuel G. 
Jar\ds, and daughter of Hon. Wilham 
Jarvis, of Weathersfield, Vt. 

Jenkins, Mrs. Emile, Galveston, Texas, 
April 13, {E. — , wife of Capt. Thomas 
Jenkins, of Arkansas, and only daughter 
of Lorenzo de Zavalla, first vice presi- 
dent of the late republic of Texas. 
" We deeply sympathize with the rela- 
tions, particularly the mother and consort 
of the decaised. Our first arrival in 
Texas, in 1835, was in company with the 
mother (now Mrs. E. D. Hand, who 
resides at the beautiful ])lace of her for- 
mer husband, Gen. Zavalla, between the 
junction of the San Jacinto and Bufflilo 
Bayou) and her then almost infant daugh- 
ter, whose death in the early bloom of 
womanhood she is now called upon to 
mourn. Well do we remember the ec- 
stasy of joy with which the noble patriot, 
Gen. Zavalla, received his consort and 
child, who then came from New York to 
join him in Texas. It was but a short 
time previous that Gen. Zavalla himself 
had arrived here to aid Texas in her 
struggle for liberty, having found by sad 
ex])erience that his own countrymen in 
Mexico were utterly unworthy of his 
confidence in such a glorious cause." 

Jennings, Mollie, Pittsylvania, Va., 

, EE. 107. She was a grown woman 

before the declaration of independence. 

Jennings, Mrs. Nancy, Cleveland, O., 
Jan. 27, re. 70. M-ife of Dr. Isaac Jennings. 

Jermain, Mrs. Cornelia, S. Lockport, 



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Spi)t. 6, w. 62, wife of Hon. G. W. Jer- 
nxiin, and sister of Mrs. John A. Kice, 
nf Adrian, Mich. 

Jkwki.l, Mrs. Caroline A., New Lon- 
don, Conn., Nov. — , w. 41, wile of Dr. 
O. H. Jewell. 

Jf.well, llev. William, Pou<rhkee])sie, 
N. Y., a member of the New York Con- 
ference of the Methodist Episco])al church. 

Jewetp, Jeremiah, Esq., Alna, j\Ie., 
Dec. 20, se. 76. He was many years an 
csteemod member of the Congregational 
cinn-ch in that place, of gentle disposi- 
tion and manners, and high moral i)rin- 
ciple. He was ever ready to contribute 
his jiart to the jiromotion of every worthy 
o!)ject. He held the oihce of selectman 
several years ; and his official acts met 
the general approval of all parties. About 
sixty years ago he Mcnt to reside in the 
fimiily of Daniel Carlcton, Esq., and, 
having never married, continued to dwell 
under the same roof as a boarder until 
the time of his decease. 

jEWETf, N. G., New York, So]it. 8, a?. 
64, formerly of Portland, and late a 
merchant of New York. 

Joiixs, Hon. Ivensey, New Castle, 
Del., March 28, a>. 6o. He was born 
Dec. 10, 1791, graduated at Princeton, 
1810, studied law with Nicholas Van 
Dyke, and was admitted to practice in 
1813 ; was elected to Congress in 1826; 
reelected in 1828; a])pointed chancellor 
Jan., 1832, in which high office he served 
with fidelity till the day of his death, 
having, like his predecessor. Chancellor 
Itidgcley, sat in court the same day he 
died. As a judge, he was distinguished 
for learning, firmness, and impartiality ; 
as a man, for honesty of purpose, purity 
of chanicter, and kindness of heart ; and 
as a Christian, for devoted zeal in the 
maintenance and propagation of his faith 
through tlie church of his choice. He 
was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian 
church for many years, and a rejjresenta- 
tive in all its general councils, where his 
voice was always heard with instruction 
an<l effect. 

Johnson, Mrs. Elizabeth, Newhury- 
))ort, Mass., Aug. 24, te. 80, widow of 
the late Eliezer Johnson. 

Johnson, Mrs. l''lizal)eth. , 111., 

Oct. 12, a: 3S, wife of ]{ev. J. P. Johnson, 
j)resi(lent of the Illinois annual confer- 
ence of the Melliodist church. She was 
the daughter of Mr. John Connelly, Sr., 
of S])ringfield, 111., wao born in George- 



town, D. C, Oct. 21, 1819, and in 1837 
emigrated with her jjarents to their pres- 
ent residence. 

Johnson, Francis U., M. D., New York 
city, , X. 63. 

Johnson, George W., ♦-, a?. — , 



one of the largest sugar ])lanters of the 
^lississippi below New Orleans, leaving 
an estate valued at $7,000,000. He 
has, by his will, manumitted all his slaves, 
1200 in number. 

Johnson, Jeremiah, Indianapolis, Ind., 
Ajiril — , tp. — . He was eccentric and 
humorous ; and the old residents have 
still many a story to tell of his Avit and 
oddity. But the queer outside of the 
man covered a mine of sterling worth 
and honesty ; and he will be lamented 
by all who knew him. 

Johnson, Hon. John, Baltimore, Md., 

, 8C. 58, late chancellor of the 

state. ■ - 

* Johnson, Elder J. Y., Lexington, Mo., 
Dec. 18, ae. — . He was a brother of 
the late vice president, Richard M. John- 
son, of Kentucky, and formerly a judge 
of the Court of Appeals of that state, 
and for four years a member of Congress. 
For 30 years he has been a jn'eacher of 
the gospel Mithout fee or salary. 

Johnson, Mrs. Julia, Vergennes, Vt., . 
March 11, .-e. 33, wife of H. C. Johnson, ij 
editor of the Vei'gcnnes Citizen. 

Johnson, Nathan, Slatersville, R. I, 
April 3, ae. 85. He was a native of 
Canterbury, Conn., and had passed much 
of his life in Jewett City, Conn. He 
was a man of the most rigid conscien- 
tiousness, and a humble believer in Jesus. 
His death occurred at his son's residence 
in Slatersville, where the last months of 
his hfe were spent. 

Johnson, Osgood, Cambridge, iMass., 
April 13, a\ 26, late jjrincijjal of the 
Cambridge High School, was born at 
Andover, ]\Iass., July 31, 1831. His 
father, Prof. Osgood Johnson, for several 
years the principal of Phillips Academy, 
was a distinguished scholar, an eminently 
successful teacher, a warm-hearted phi- 
lanthro])ist, a devoted Christian, a kind 
husband, father, and friend. He was a 
graduate of Dartmouth in 1828, and 
died May 9, 1837, je. 33. The subject 
of this sketch, from his earliest child- | 
hood, enjoyed the benefit of Christian \ 
instruction, with the advantages of a ( 
thorough course of scientific and classi- \ 
cal training. He possessed an active, ] 



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searching intellect, which never could 
be satisfied with superficial acquire- 
ments. He had a strong physical con- 
stitution, and -vras distinguished as a 
gjTnnast at an early age. At the age 
of 16, he entered Dartmouth College as 
freshman, though prepared for an ad- 
vanced standing. He maintained a su- 
Serior rank as a scholar, won the confi- 
ence of his classmates, and the highest 
regard of his instructors. In the sum- 
mer of 18.52, he was ap])ointed princi- 
pal of Wai-ren Academy, at Woburn, 
Mass., where he established a firm rep- 
utation as a faithful teacher and a rare 
disciplinarian. He was soon after ap- 
pointed to the mastership of the Worces- 
ter high school. Here he labored 
with great success, winning the love of 
his pupils, and the entire confidence of 
the committee of education for the city 
of Worcester. In their recent public 
report, the labors of Mr. J. were noticed 
with the most flattering commendation. 
In August, 1855, in consequence of the 
resignation of Mr. Elbridge Smith, as 
principal of the Cambridge high school, 
Mr. J. was invited to the responsible 
vacancy. 
Joiixsox, Mrs. Robert, Newark, 

, a\ — , of the disease contracted 

during the short sojourn at the National 
Hotel, Washington. 

JoiixsoN, Capt. R. W. M., Jackson- 
\'ille, FL, Jan. 25, ae. 34, of the U. S. 
array. He was a native of Fredericks- 
burg, Va. He was in nearly every 
hard-fought battle in the valley of Mex- 
ico, and was distinguished for his gal- 
lantry and good conduct, the command 
of his regiment having devolved upon 
hira after his superior officers were dis- 
abled. 

Johnson, Simon, Brownfield, Me., 
April 4, ce. 83. He was among the first 
settlers in the town, and was always a 
firm and consistent democrat, having 
voted for every democratic president 
from Thomas Jefferson to Franklin 
Pierce. 

Johnson, Hon. Wm., North Ando- 
ver, Mass., Sept. 21, ae. 80. He Avas an 
elder brother of the late James Johnson, 
an eminent merchant of Boston, and 
brother of Mrs. Dr. Asa Cummings. 
The Salem Register says, ISh: J. was 
one of the most estimable men in the 
county, and uncommonly athletic and 
vigorous, exhibiting, in his personal ap- 
18 



pearance, even at a very recent period, 
scarcely a sign of the infirmities wliich 
generally indicate a ripe old age. Tlij 
deceased was a son of the late Capt. 
Wm. Johnson, a revolutionary patriot 
who fought at Bunker Hill, and died at 
Andover, Sept. 13, 1821, much respected 
for his many virtues. 

Johnston, Dr. Z., Louisville, Ky., 

, IE. — , the eldest son of Dr. J. 

C. Johnston, one of our oldest and best 
known citizens. He was born in this 
city, and was remarkable as he grew up 
to manhood for liis gentlemanly dispo- 
sition and his fine personal appearance. 
Determining to devote himself to med- 
icine, he had all the advantages afforded 
among us, and, after graduating, re- 
sorted to Paris, Avhere he prosecuted 
his studies in the hospitals of that city, 
for two or tliree years. Returning 
thence he opened an office in this city, 
and evinced both skill and judgment in 
the treatment of disease. 

Johnstone, Rev. W. G., Gap Grove, 
111., Sept. 23, ae. 56. He was born in 
Edinburgh, Scotland, Jan. 27, 1801. He 
there graduated and entered the minis- 
try, and came to New Brunswick in 
183 1 , where he labored six years. In the 
city of New York, he labored four years, 
and in Upper Canada, six years. He 
removed with his family to Lyndon, 111., 
in 1852, where he labored three years, 
and moved to Gap Grove in May, 1855, 
where he labored till disabled, nearly a 
year since, by the disease which caused 
his death. Mr. J. possessed a very 
strong and vigorous mind, a warm and 
sympathetic heart. He died leaving a 
widow with an infant, which is the only 
child of the deceased. He had reared 
14 orphan children, most of them able 
to provide for themselves. 

Jones, Abraham, Charleston, S. C, 
Jan. 20, a?. 74. As an old and respect- 
ed citizen, he was too well knoAvn in his 
community to need eulogy. He was an 
honest and upright man, a devoted hus- 
band, an affectionate father, a kind and 
true friend, and an indulgent master. 
For 23 years he had charge of the Ma- 
rine Hospital, and by his courteous man- 
ners won the respect of all connected 
with that institution, and the inmates 
Mill miss his many acts of kindness, and 
liis cheering and encouraging voice. 

Jones, Hon. Charles Ben-ien, Savan- 
nah, Ga., May 5, se. 37. He was a sou 



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of the late Capt. Joseph Jones, and a 
native of Liberty Co. A graduate, at 
an early age, of Franklin College, he 
entered" at once with characteristic assi- 
duity upon the study of law, and became 
a pupil of Hon. Matthew H. McAllister. 
His profession completed, he pursued 
the practice of it with success, until 
forced by ill health to resign its tri- 
umphs and its cares for the more quiet 
and active business of agriculture. But 
the energies of liis mind, too active for 
such retirement, impelled him to the 
adoption of a public career — and 
whether before the civil tribunal, upon 
the political rostrum, or in the halls of 
the state legislatui-e, his courteous and 
polished elocution, and perspicuity of 
thought, won for him a respect and pop- 
ularitv seldom enjoyed by one of his age. 

Jones, Dr. Caleb, Massillon, O., May 
11, 8P. — . As a man and physician he 
was highly esteemed, and his death wiU 
prove a loss to the profession. He was 
son of CatUt Jones, one of the brave 
Carolinians who accompanied Col. D. 
Boone into Kentucky to form a settle- 
ment there; and when Col. Boone's 
daughter and another young lady were 
captured by the Indians, and the colonel 
had summoned his men in council, say- 
ing " If 12 of you are brave enough to 
volunteer, without hope of remunera- 
tion, to go in pursuit of the Indians, to 
rescue those captives, I want you to do 
it," he was the first man to offer. 
Thcv went, and succeeded. He died in 
1820. 

Jones, George H., Washington city, 
Dec. 4, to. 50, late secretary for the 
signing of land patents. 

JoNKs, Col. Henry P., Bartholomew, 
Ark., April 6, a*. — . Col. J. was a gen- 
tlemen in the broadest acceptation of 
the term, and his death will be deeply 
dc])l()red by all who had the pleasure of 
lus acquaintance : he was plain and un- 
pretending in his habits, and a better 
heart never warmed the bosom of any 
one. His memory will long be cher- 
ished l)y Ijoth friends and relatives, and 
his many generous deeds will continue 
to shine as bright and living monuments 
to liis memory. 

JoNKs, Kev. Isaac D.. South Dans- 
villc, .\. Y., July 27, w. 26. 

JoNKs, Dr. .y. G., Columbus, O., 
March 14, a;. 48, a physician of long 
standing. 



Jones, Prof. Lacy, with his wife, was 
lost in the burning and wreck of the 

Louisiana, , w^ — , the son of 

Kev. Wm. D. Jones, D. D., formerly of 
Hopkinsville, Ky., but at the time of 
his loss, of Kogersville, Tenn. The body 
of Mr. J. was buried at Galveston, Tex., 
but that of liis wife has not been found. 
He was professor in the East Tennessee 
University at Knoxville. 

Jones, Rev. Philip H., Wilmington, 
Del., Aug. 20, EC. 55. 

Jones, Roys, Claremont, N. H., April 
16, ae. 72, one of the most prominent 
and useful citizens. 

Jones, Rev. Simeon R., Southport, 
N. Y., , se. 84. 

Jones, Mrs. Sarah, Lancaster Co., 
Pa., May 10, ae. 75. This aged servant 
of God was the mother of the Hon. J. 
Glancy Jones, and leaves a large circle 
of relatives and friends, who revere the 
virtues of her valuable life, and now 
mourn her departure. 

Jones, Silas, Jay, Me., June 13, ae. 
89, was born in Berlin, Worcester Co., 
Mass., Feb. 12, 1769; he married ]\Iiss 
Ann Powers, Sept. 16, 1794, with whom 
he lived 57 years and 10 months. At the 
time of his death his family consisted of 
six children. He bared his breast to 
his country's foes in the darkest hours 
of her peril in the war of 1812. He 
lived to see the dark cloud pass away 
and a glorious sun arise and send down 
its cheering beams upon a mighty na- 
tion of freemen, causing peace and pros- 
perity to take the place of oppression, 
war, and gloom. 

Jones, Dr. Wm. L., Natchez, ^liss., 
March 6, a-. — . Dr. J. was a Mary- 
lander by birth, and although INIississip- 
pi has been a long time the home of his 
adoption, yet we have often heard him 
express his veneration for the institu- 
tions of his early childhood. 

JUDD, Dorcas, Bethany, Conn., Oct. 
4, ae. 93. Notwithstanding her extreme 
age, her mind was clear and vigorous 
to the last. She had been a communi- 
cant of Christ's Church upwards of 40 
years. 

JuDSON, Mrs. Sarah, Stratford, Conn., 
Aug. 14, ae. 83. 

Juneau, Solomon, Esq., Shaw-wu-no, 
Wis., , ae. — . He was the ear- 
liest settler of Eastern Wisconsin, the 
founder and first mayor of ]\Iilwaukie. 
The city authorities, mihtary aard fire 



JUNKIN 



[1857.] 



KEFFER 



207 



companies, and civic associations, united 
to pay due honors to the memoiy of a 
good man, who, it may be said, had not 
an enemy in the world. 

JuxKiN, Joseph, Fairfield, Iowa, July 
23, ae. 68. Mr. J. served his country in 
two campaigns in the war of 1812, and 
was a lieutenant of the celebrated corps 



of " Mercer Blues," of which his brother 
John Avas captain, and which Mas dis- 
tinguished for its perfect discijiline, 
courage, and conduct in General Har- 
rison's army. Lieutenant J., however, 
was appointed quarter-master to the 
brigade. Mr. J. was a native of Cum- 
berland Co. 



K. 



DR. ELISHA KENT KANE, 



Havana, Feb. 16, te. 34. He was son 
of Judge Kane, and was born in Phil- 
adelphia in 1822, graduated at the Uni- 
versity of Virginia, studied medicine in 
the University of Pennsylvania, where 
he graduated in 1843, was soon ap- 
pointed surgeon to the American Mis- 
sion to China, and travelled extensively 
in the East and in Egypt, and traversed 
Greece on foot ; served next qn the 
western coast of Africa, was in the Mex- 
ican war, and was then in the Coast 
Survey, Avent as senior surgeon to the 
first American expedition in search of 
Sir John Franklin, and published on his 
return a narrative of the expedition, 
and soon started in command of the 
second expedition, which will ever be 
the noblest monument to his memory. 
The civilized world sympathized with 
him in his sickness, and mourned his 
death. Various states, and many cities, 
passed resolutions honoring his memo- 
ry. His remains were brought to Phil- 
adelphia, via New Orleans, Louisville, 
and Baltimore, and funeral ceremonies 
performed in honor of his memory. — 
Am. Almanac. 

Katjf>l\n, Major Daniel B., Maiden 
Creek, Pa., Jan. 7, ee. 38. In the death 
of Major K., the neighborhood has lost 
one of its most useful citizens, intelli- 
gent society one of its brightest orna- 
ments, and the board of school direc- 
tors its most efficient member. The 
intelligent portion of the people will 
deeply deplore his loss to the board ; so 
interested, so energetic, and so devoted 
was he to the cause of education. 

Kear, Peter, Tymochtee township, 
0., May 13, as. 92. He was one of the 
early pioneers of the county, having re- 
sided there some 37 years. He was a 
native of New York. 



Kearney, Patrick, Rochester, N. Y., 
-, a;. 65. He emiji^rated from Wex- 



ford Co., Ireland, in 1819, and first set- 
tled in Clinton, Oneida Co., the seat 
of Hamilton College, but removed to 
Rochester in 1824. After 20 years he 
retired from business with a fair com- 
petency, his means being considerably 
invested in central business property. 
He built the first brick houses in Mill 
Street, still in good condition, and his 
residence on Clinton Street long stood 
alone upon the common, before the then 
sul:)urbs of the town began to be thickly 
settled, and the streets and lots defined. 
During his whole career, he has retained 
the high respect of his fellow-citizens, 
to which his public spirit, his probity, 
temperance, and general correctness of 
habits, have entitled him. He has 
steadily adhered to the Catholic church, 
in whose faith and creed he was edu- 
cated, and has been one of its most lib- 
eral supporters, identified with its rise, 
progress, and prosperity in this city. 
The cause of education has found in 
him an earnest advocate and helper ; 
to the orphan he has been a steady and 
generous friend ; and all the charitable 
institutions received his warm encour- 
agement and his benefactions. 

Keashinga, head chief of the Kan 

or Kansas Indians, at Kawcams, 

— , ae. — . 

Keating, Edward M. E., of Alton, 
111., at New York, March — , oe. 41, a 
graduate of Bowdoin, in 1835. 

Keene, Dr. Benjamin F., Placerville, 

El Dorado Co., Cal., , aj. — , 

president of the State Medical Society 
of that state. He retired in good health 
and spirits, and was found dead in his 
bed the following morning. He had 
previously suffered from paralysis. 

Keffer, Peter, Bullskin township, 
Pa., March 20, a-. 75. He was a sol- 



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KEINER 



[1857.] 



KETCHUM 



dler of the war of 1812, and much re- 
spcct'-'d by those who knew him. 

Keinku, Jacob, Pennsylvania, 

— , a\ 'J(j, a soldier of the revolution. 

Kkitii, Mrs. Judith, AVarrenton, Va., 
, w. 98. She was a mother be- 
fore the revolution, having married 
Thomas Keith, Chief Justice Marshall 
otficiating. She was the mother of five 
generations, and her living descendants 
numbered more than 100. 

Keith, Col. Matthew Irvin, Charles- 
ton, S. C, June — , se. — . The war of 
1812 called him into the military ser- 
vice of his country, and he was actively 
and gallantly engaged as a captain in 
upholtling the star spangled banner 
against the foe. After the war he was 
repeatedly elected to the state legisla- 
ture. About the year 1825, he was 
elected master or commissioner in equi- 
ty, and subsequently register of mesne 
conveyances for Charleston district, 
.wliich latter office he resigned in 1854. 
Althougli he had passed the allotted 
boundary of threescore years and ten, 
yet his upright stature, vigor of step, 
and hale appearance gave promise of a 
])rolonged old age ; and his death has 
mingled surprise with sorrow. 

Keith, ^Irs. ISIary Ann, Somerville, 
Mass., Feb. 7, ae. 60, widow of Nathan- 
iel Keith, Esq. 

Keith, Price, Hanover, Columbiana 
Co., O., April 1, a?. 81, Mr. K. was a 
native of Loudon Co., Va., from which 
place he emigrated in 1815, becoming 
one of the early settlers of the village 
of Hanover, in which place he has re- 
sided ever since. At the formation of 
the Christian church at this place he 
connected himself with that body, and 
has ever since been a consistent mem- 
ber and a worthy and esteemed citizen. 

Kei.lam, Hon. Sabin, Irasburg, Vt., 
June 18, ip. 63. 

Kei.i.ev, Hon. Israel Webster, Con- 
cord, N. H., March 9, se. 79. He was 
l)orn in Goffstown, and was the son of 
Moses Kellcv, who was sheriff for 
Hillsborough "in 1N();5. In 1811 here- 
sided in S;dist)ury, where he spent the 
most part of his life. He was at this 
time deputy sheriff" muler Sheriff" Ben- 
jamin Pierce, of Hillsborough, and I 
continued in the duties of the office till 
1818. In 182.'J he was appointed one 
of the judges of the Court of Sessions 
for the new county of Merrimack, was 



appointed district marshal under Pres- 
ident Harrison, and pension agent un- 
der President Taylor. He was a man 
of integrity and moral worth. He re- 
moved to Concord in 1843 or 1844, at 
Avhich place he died. 

Kelley, Mrs. Mary, Gilmanton, N. 
H., Dec. 19, IV. 92, widow of the late 
Ur. Benj. Kelley. 

Kellogg, Capt. EHsha, Sheffield, 
Mass., Aug. 6, a?. 76, father of the 
Hon. E. H. Kellogg, of Pittsficld. 

Kellogg, Thomas H., Mt. ^Morris, 
N. Y., Sept. 12, 8D. 84, Avas one of the 
earliest settlers of East Bloomfield. 

Kelly, E. B., Norwich, Conn., Jan. 
— , se. 74. Tew men ever passed a 
more romantic life. From his early 
boyhood he was a sailor, and there are 
not many seaports on the globe that he 
was not famihar with, and no commer- 
cial language that he had not at least a 
smattering of. For seven years he was 
slave in Tripoli. In his prime he was a 
man of Herculean strength. 

Kenneday, Kev. Dr. T., "Whitcombe, 
Ind., April 19, ce. about 60. 

Kenxey', Col. Edward W., Memphis, 
Tenn., Sept. 25, ep. 57. He was for 
many years a citizen of this county 
previous to his removal to Shelby, and 
is well known to most of its citizens 
as a gentleman of sterling worth. His 
death will be deeply deplored by all 
who knew him : to liis masonic brethren 
especially Iris loss will be long regret- 
ted. He had attained the highest 
honors of that ancient fraternity. 

Kenney', Mrs. Elizabeth, Komney, ' 
Va., June 25, ae. 53, wife of Judge 
John Kenney, of Harrisburg. 

Kent, Mrs. Catharine D., Bronson, 
Mich., June 6, se. 40, wife of Hon. Wm. 
A. Kent. _ ; 

Kerr, Dr. Augustus, Mesopotamia, 
Trumbull Co., O., June 8, se. 30. , 

Kershner, Andrew, Hagerstown, 

Md., , se. 70. Few men ever . 

enjoyed a larger share of public confi- | 
dence — a confidence which he de- j 
served by his singular and strong, en- , 
lightened mind. He represented his 
countv in the legislature in the years 
1820,' 1821, 1823, 1825, 1830, 1834, '. 
and 1836. His popularity was, in- 
deed, almost unbounded, having been 
elected in some instances by immense . 
majorities. 

Ketciium, Rev. J., Ketchumville, . 



KEY 



[1857.] 



KILL MORE 



209 



N. Y., Jan. 2, ip. 65. He was the father 
of It. 1). Kctchum, Esq., and uncle of 
Hon. A. C. Ketchum. 

Key, Hon. Edmund, Prmce George's 
Co., ]\Id., Feb. 19, a^. 86, for many years 
one of the judges of the Circuit Court 
of Maryland. 

Key, John, Richland Co., 111., June 
8, se. 57. He Avas a native of Ken- 
tucky, but in his boyhood removed to 
Indiana with his father, Avhere he resid- 
ed until 1S22, at which time he came to 
Wabash Co., and subsequently to the 
neighboring county of Ricliland, eleven 
years ago. l])uring his residence of 
20 years in this county he became fa- 
vorably known to our citizens as an 
enterprising farmer, a kind and chari- 
table man, just and upright in his char- 
acter, and estimable in the various 
relations of life. 

Keyes, Rev. Nathaniel A., Prince- 
ton, III, March 30, se. 50. He had 
supplied the Congregational church at 
Princeton during 1856. Some weeks 
before his lamented and sudden death 
he accepted a call from the Congrega- 
tional church in Griggsville, 111., and 
his preparations for removing thither 
with his family were almost complete, 
when he was suddenly attacked with 
biUous pneumonia with such severity 
that in five days he passed away. His 
funeral occurred on Tuesday, March 31, 
only two days before he was to have 
been installed at Griggsville. His 
exit, so sudden and so peculiarized by 
providential circumstances, sent a sol- 
emu thrill through the heart of the 
community. He Avas born Dec. 26, 
1807, at Wilton, N. H. His early life 
was spent at Pelham, N. H., where his 
religious character was formed under 
the instructions of Dr. Church. He 
graduated at Dartmouth Avith honor in 
1855, and studied theology at Andover 
and at Lane Seminary, maintaining the 
character of a diUgent and successful 
scholar and a consistent Christian. 
Early in his course of studies the mis- 
; sionary cause engaged his attention 
; and consideration, and in due time he 
J was appointed by the A. B. C. F. M. to 
the Syi-ian mission. With his Avife he 
[ sailed for Beirut in 1840, and he la- 
1 bored in connection Avith that mission 
; during the four subsequent years. Po- 
, litieal and other disturbances in that 
I countr}', during those years, combining 
18* 



with his impaired health, induced him 
to return to America, Avith the appro- 
bation of the board, at the close of the 
summer of 1844. In the spring of 
1847, having previously spent some 
time in ministerial labors in Charlemont 
and South lloyalton, Mass., he as- 
sumed the pastoral office in Lancaster, 
Pa. Of his words and works in that 
city his record is on high. He Avas a 
vigorous thinker, a clear theologian, an 
able preacher, a sincere, earnest Chris- 
tian, living the life which he lived in the 
flesh by the faith of the Son of God. 
Having fought a good fight, and kept 
the faith, he already wears his croAvn of 
righteousness. 

Kezer, Mrs. Martha, Gloucester, 
Mass., April 3, a;. 86. 

Kidavell, Dr. C. F. M., Fairmont, 
Vt., Aug. 10, fE. 35. He studied medi- 
cine Avith his brother. Dr. Z. KidAveU, 
attended a course of lectures in Phila- 
delphia, and about 12 years since com- 
menced the practice in KingAvood, Va., 
meeting Avith flattering success. In 
1853 he came to Fairmont, and contin- 
ued in the exercise of his profession 
until June, 1855, Avhen he accepted an 
appointment under government and be- 
came a resident of Washington city, 
where he remained until a short time 
before his death. He excelled in all 
the social qualities, and Avith an acute 
mind possessed respectable acquire- 
ments. Studiously avoiding unneces- 
sary controversy, and having due re- 
spect for the feelings and sentiments 
of others, he A\on the regard of all, the 
envy of none ; while his self-respect, 
high sense of honor, and gentlemanly 
deportment secured liim esteem and re- 
spect. 

KiLBORN, Mrs. Mary, Bridgton, Me., 
April 25, ffi. 76, wife of Col. John Kil- 
born, and daughter of the late John 
and Phebe Barker, of Andover, Mass. 

KiLBOURNE, Hon. Henry, Hartford, 
Conn., Aug. 27, se. 75. He was exten- 
sively engaged in navigation beiAveen 
Hartford, and South America, and the 
West Indies, some thirty years ago. 
His partner was a Hollander, named 
Bange. He had since filled various 
offices of trust in the town, and was. 
from 1838 to 1842 comptroller of the 
state, and for several years represented 
the town in the legislature. 

KiLLMORE, Luke, Syracuse, Ohio, 



210 



KIMBALL 



[1857.] 



KING 



April 29, se. 69. He was one of the 

pioneers of Syracuse, having resided in 
that place more than 50 years. SjTa- 
cuse IS due as much to his industry and 
perseverance as to those of any other 
man. 

Kimball, Elizabeth, Waltham, 
Mass., ff. 94. She lived through four 
generations, and retained to the last 
her mental and physical powers in an 
eminent degree. She saw the battle 
of Bunker Hill from a house top in 
Charlcstown, and also witnessed the 
battle of Lexington. She was wont to 
relate accurately many of the stirring 
incidents of the revolution, of which 
she was personally cognizant. 

Kimball, Mrs. Lucy, Shiawassa 
township, ^lich., March 7, re. 85, relict 
of Col. Nathaniel Kimball, of Connect- 
icut. 

Kimball, Mrs. Mary, Shapleigh, 
Me., Oct. 25, 8B. 87. She was a faith- 
ful and affectionate mother, and an 
humble and consistent Christian, show- 
ing by her benevolent works and un- 
blemished life, that hers was not a 
dead, but a living, heartfelt faith. 

King, Mrs. Ann N., Portland, Me., 
July 4, re. 74, widow of the late Gov. 
Wm. King, of Bath, Me., who died 
June 17, 1852, a^. 84, He was the 
first governor of Maine. 

King, Alfred T., M. D., Greensburg, 
Pa., Dec. — , se. 41. As a skilful phy- 
sician and surgeon, he was widely 
known and esteemed ; and among men 
of letters and science, here and across 
the water, as an author, geologist, and 
botanist. He filled a professor's chair 
in one of the medical colleges of Phil- 
adelphia for some 18 months past. 

King, Chancy P., Janesville, Wis., 

, 8e. — . Few men possessed 

more fully the confidence and esteem of 
the community in which he lived and 
was known, and no one has left friends 
who more sincerely mourn his de- 
parture. 

King, Elisha, Conneaut, Ohio, Sept. 
25, a'. H", was one of the first settlers 
of that township, having removed there 
in the year 1800. 

King, Mrs. Grace, Tiverton, R. L, 
New Bedford, May 30, a>. 80. 

King, Hon. James li., Butler Co., O., 
Oct. — , a>. 55. He was a native of 
Berkeley Co., Va., and went with his 
parents to Ohio in his early youth, about 



the year 1809. Few men ever pos- 
I sessed in private life, to a greater extent, 
the affectionate regard of their neighbors, 
while in public life he enjoyed the un- 
bounded confidence and respect of his 
constituents, and retained their good 
opinion through all the changes and 
fluctuations of political affairs. He Mas 
elected several times in succession from 
the county to the lower branch of the 
legislature, and afterwards twice elected 
to the Senate from Butler and Preble 
district. In 1850 he was chosen a del- 
egate to the constitutional convention, 
and afterwards a member of the State 
Board of Equalization. At the time of 
his decease he was a member of the 
board of trustees of Miami University. 
In every capacity in which he was called 
upon to act he displayed vigorous sense 
and sound judgment, which, with integ- 
rity and steadfastness in the support of 
his conviction, constituted the leading 
characteristics of the man. 

King, Hon. John G., Salem, Mass., 
July 26, se. 70. He was born in Salem, 
March 19, 1787, graduated at Harvard 
College in 1807, studied law, and reached 
eminence at the Essex bar. He had 
served in both branches of the state 
legislature, and as a member of the ex- 
ecutive council. While a member of the 
House of Representatives in 1821, he 
was appointed to make the impeachment 
of Judge Prescott at the bar of the Sen- 
ate, and was afterwards the first of the 
seven managers of the House to conduct 
the impeachment before the Senate. Mr. 
K. was master in chancery, and commis- 
sioner of insolvency, in his county. He 
was also the first president of the com- 
mon council in Salem under the city 
charter. He had a generous literary 
culture, continuing his study of the clas- 
sics, and maintaining Jiis general reading, 
through life. 

King, Michael, Portsmouth, Va., Feb. ; 
10, fe. 67. As a soldier of the war of ; 
1812 he signalized himself by his braver}' ; 
and warm-hearted patriotism. He was 
a participant at the battle at Hampton, , 
sharing in the trials and rejoicing in the , 
issues which came to our common coun- . 
try. For more than 40 years he lived . 
the life of a Christian, being a member ^ 
of the Baptist church, and his con-j 
sistency exemplified the reality of his, 
piety. 

KlXG, Mrs. N. H., of Richmond, Mo., 



KING 



[1857.] 



KINNEY 



211 



Oct. 2, fe. — , wife of ex-Governor Aus- 
tin King. 

KiXG, Robert, Rochester, N. Y., 

— , £6. — . Mr. K. was one of the pi- 
oneers of that county and of the Genesee 
country. He Avas born in Pelham, Mass., 
and removed to Otsego Co. In 1816 he 
came to reside in Pittsford, in this county. 
In 1818 he moved into what is now the 
city of Rochester, and resided here perma- 
nently the remainder of his life. He has 
held several local offices, and was always 
an active citizen, taking a lively interest 
in pulilic affairs. Mr. K. was a man of 
strict integrity, liberal, and of that genial 
temper that secured him many personal 
friends, especially among the old citizens. 

Kingsbury, Lawson, Esq., Framing- 
ham, Mass., , SB. 67. Mr. K. 

was born at Walpole, Mass., in 1790, 
He fitted for college at Leicester Acad- 
emv, and graduated at Dartmouth in the 
class of 1804 at the age of 17. After 
spending two years at West Point, he 
commenced the study of law in the office 
of the Hon. George Blake, of Boston, 
but soon entered the army in the war of 
1812 as first lieutenant in the 21st regi- 
ment of infantry. At the end of the 
war he resumed the study of the law, 
and about the year 1816 opened an office 
in Framingham. He was always active 
in town affairs and state poUtics, as well 
as the duties of his profession, but never 
sought or held any public civil office. 
He always acted with the democratic 
party till he was disquieted by its com- 
plicity with slavery. He then became a 
zealous republican. He leaves a widow 
and eiglit children. He buried his son 
George in 1852, at the age of 30, a phy- 
sician at the quarantine station on Staten 
Island, N. Y., and his son Charles in 
1855, at the age of 23, a medical stu- 
dent, and a graduate of Amherst College. 

Klngsbury, Mrs. Sally P., Franklin, 
Conn- Dec. 16, se. 79, widow of the late 
Col. Jacob Kingsbury, formerly of the 
United States army. She was married 
in 1799, and soon afterwards accom- 
panied her husband to the western fron- 
tier. In the discharge of his military 
duties Col. Kingsbury was stationed for 
many years at Detroit, Mackinaw, Bel- 
fontaine, then at the mouth of the Mis- 
souri River, at Fort Adams on the Mis- 
sissippi, and at New Orleans. During 
all this period his wife, a cherished and 
valued companion, was with him, and 



saw much of frontier life in its crudest 
state. With the arrest and conspiracy of 
Aaron Burr Mrs. K. was familiar, and in 
that transaction she sustained a delicate 
and confidential part. With the de- 
served esteem and respect of her friends 
and neighbors, Mrs. K., at a ripened age, 
is joined to those who have gone before 
her. The military life of Col. Kingsljury 
commenced in the war of the revolution, 
and for his services during that period 
his widow drew a pension. The various 
mementoes of her husband's gallantry 
were nurtured by Mrs. K. with a noble 
and heart-felt pride, and among them is 
the following copy from the order book 
of Gen. Harmar, dated at Fort Washing- 
ington, now Cincinnati, O. : — 

" Head Quarters, Fort Washington, 
.January 15. 17'Jl. 

" Extract of Oeneral Orders. 

" The general is highly ])leased with 
the cool and spirited conduct disj)layed 
by Lieut. Kingsbury in repulsing a body 
of about 200 savages who surroundei 
Dunlap's Station on Monday morning 
last, and besieged it, endeavoring to set 
it on fire with their arrows, and keeping 
up a heaAy fire against his small i)arty 
for the space of 25 hours. The savages 
retired with the loss of 12 or 15 of them 
killed and wounded, with but very little 
loss on our side. The inhabitants" inside 
of the fort defended themselves verv well 
upon the occasion, particularly Capt. 
Sloan, who was wounded in the side. 
This spirited defence made by Lieut. 
Kingsbury, with so small a number as 
35 total, old and young, sick and well, 
and in such bad works, reflects the great- 
est honor upon him and his party. 

" The general returns his thanks to 
him, and directs that the adjutant trans- 
rait a copy of these orders by the first 
conveyance. Josuii Harmar. 

" Brigadier Oeneral." 

KmcsLET, Dicey, Rome, N. Y., Aug. 
23, ae. — , relict of the late Dr. Jacob 
Kingsley, of Dunkirk, Chatauque Co., 
N. Y. Her remains were taken to Fre- 
donia for interment. 

KiNGSLEY, Mrs. Lydia, Utica, N. Y., 
April 29, ». 90. She removed from 
Rhode Island to Utica in 1793, and has 
resided on the same farm on which she 
died for 60 years. 

Kinney, Aaron, Portsmouth, O., April 
11, re. 83. He was one of the earliest 
settlers in that vicinity. He was born in 



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KIRBY 



[ 1857. ] KNACKSTEDT 



New Jersey, near Trenton, Oct. 10, 1773. 
In the lali of ISO.j he emigrated from 
Columbia (then Northiimberhmd) Co., 
Penn.. to ]'ortsmouth, with his wife and 
four children. Having purchased a tract 
of land, he erected a log cabin ujjon it, 
near the spot now occupied by the home- 
stead, where he lived for several years ; 
and afterwards built the house now stand- 
ing, in which he raised a large family of 
children, and where his wife and himself 
died. There were 13 children in all, 12 
of whom are now living and man-ied, — 
five sons and seven daughters, — mostly 
residing in or near this place. At tlie 
time of settling here, he found but two 
or three houses occu])ying the present 
localltv of Portsmouth. In those days 
the nearest point of any note was Chilli- 1 
cothe, and a long, weary ride through the 
woods to and from that place was neces- 
sary to the ])urchase of the simplest ar- 
ticles of household use. 

KiRBY, Mrs. Harriet Newell, West- 
port, Mav 21, fT. 37, wife of ]\Ir. Stejjhen 
P. Kirby, and daughter of the Hon. N. 
C. Prownell. 

Kirk, Andrew, Albany, N. Y,, Nov. 
3. se. — , a prominent citizen, and pres- 
ident of St. Andrew's Society. 

Kirk. Calvin, of Hancock, Md., 

— , a?. 28. He was the only son of 
William W. Kirk, now near Hancock, 
Md., and jierished on board the ill-fated 
steamer Central America, Sept. 12. 
Having graduated with distinction at a 
medical institution, he set out, when not 
quite 21 years of age, for California, and 
after an absence of more than eight 
years, was on his return home, full of 
nope and joyous antici])ations. 

Kirk, Jacob, New Market, York Co., 
Pa., Se])t. 7, iP. 68. He represented, in 
part, York Co. several years in the legis- 
lature, being elected as a whig, and also 
filled a seat on the judicial bench of the 
county ; and in every capacity, public 
and private, ever acquitted himself with 
credit. 

Kirk, James, Lebanon, Marion Co., 
Ky., Jan. 19, a-. 99. He served in the 
revohitionary army, as well as during 
the war of 1812. 

Kikkkr, Col. 'William, West Union, 
Adams Co., O., , iv. G6. A nu- 
merous ac(|uaintance and the whole com- 
munity feel that they have lost a friend 
and most worthy citizen. And the 
church, of which he was, and had been 



for many years, both a consistent mem- 
ber and faithful officer, feels that she has 
sustained a loss that cannot be easilv re- 
paired. 1^0 one took a deeper interest 
in her prosjierity, or was more active in 
efforts to promote her welfare, or more 
liberal in contributions for the support of 
her institutions. The widow, the or])han, 
the poor, the oppressed, all found in his 
breast a symjiathy in their sorrows and 
distress — a sympathy not unavailing, but 
manifesting itseli" in corresponding acts 
of kindness. 

KiRKHAM, Chauncey, Bata^-ia, N. Y., 
May 15, a?. 64. Mr. K. was for many 
years a resident of that village, and en- 
gaged in active business pursuits up to 
the time of his death. He was well 
known in the community, and universally 
esteemed as an honest man and a good 
citizen. 

Knackstedt, Rev. Francis Xavier, 
Georgetown College, D. C, Feb. 23, w. 
42. He was born at Hildesheim, in the 
kingdom of Hanover, Nov. 23, 1815, and 
entered the Society of Jesus at Breig, in 
Switzerland, Nov. 7, 1833. After hav- 
ing passed through the usual studies of 
his order, and performed during four 
years the arduous duties of teacher and 
])refect of discipline, in 1846 he was or- 
dained priest in Freyburg, Switzerland. 
With other confessors of the faith, he 
was compelled to fly from tlie unrelent- 
ing persecutions of the " Liberals " of 
1848, and sought in America, what was 
denied him in his own native land, a 
field which he might cultivate with fruit 
for the glory of God and the salvation of 
souls. Not long after his arrival in this 
country, he was appointed jirofessor of 
theology in Georgetown College, and 
some years afterwards lectured on ethics 
and sacred history, and taught a class of 
Hebrew in the same institution, Li each 
of these offices he displayed that exten- 
sive erudition which he had amassed by 
years of constant application, while at , 
the same time his singular modesty 
charmed the hearts of his puj)ils. The 
Catholics of Baltimore will not soon for- 
get his holy examjde while assistant 
])astor of St."Joseph's in 1851, '2 and '8. I 
The poor, and the most neglected of the | 
poor, found in him a father who was in- ii 
dustrious in devising means to relie\'e ■ 
both their corporal and spiritual wants. , 
He organized among the most zealous of I 
his fiock little associations, which took 



KNAPP 



[1857.] 



KOONTZ 



213 



upon themselves to supply with food the 
poverty-stricken children of his parish, 
and he himself did not disdain to render 
them the most humiliathig services, such 
as making their beds and performing 
tlie like charitable offices, remembering 
that our blessed Redeemer regards as 
done to himself that which is done for 
the least of our brethren. 

KxAPP, Joseph, Bridgeport, Conn., 
Dec. 16, 86. 82. 

Knight, Dr. Ebenezer, Brimfield, 
Mass., July 4, jp. 65. " Few physicians 
have we known better entitled to the 
appellation that Paul gave to Luke, that 
eminent evangelist — ' the beloved phy- 
sician.' He was indeed beloved by all 
who knew him. His death has awakened 
many regrets, and created a wide vacancy 
in the community wliere, for 40 years, 
he has jjursued a very faithful and suc- 
cessful medical practice. As a man, he 
was amiable and kind-hearted ; as a 
physician, in addition to the endearing 
qualities of private life, he was skilful and 
eminently judicious. Abhorring igno- 
rance and sloth, and having no fellow- 
ship with those wretched men who scatter 
poison and death through an unsuspect- 
ing community by their ])atent nostrums 
and magical skill, he had drank deep at 
the fountains of wisdom. While he 
avoided fatal errors, he was happily suc- 
cessful in relieving human woe. He was 
a physician of great benevolence, never 
consulting his ease, or s]»ring his strength, 
if he might minister relief to his numer- 
ous patients. No worldly pleasure, no 
domestic comforts, no darkness nor tem- 
pest, no extremity of heat or cold, ever 
kept him from the suffering. Without 
any delay he repaired to their bed of 
languishment, and devoted himself with 
most exemplary kindness to their relief 
His many patients that yet survive him 
will not soon forget this their ' beloved 
physician.' But his crowning excellence 
was his religion. He was a man of de- 
voted piety ; he feared God, and beheved 
the gospel. The writer of this, whose 
privilege it was, as his pastor, to be made 
most intimately acquainted with his early 
Christian experience, received him to 
the church in Brimfield 24 years ago, of 
which he has, for this entire period, been 
an exemplary and worthy member. The 
writer also joined him in marriage with 
him who now, in the loneliness of widow- 
hood, mourns the loss of one of the 



kindest of husbands, as do three sorrow- 
ing children a most afiectionate father. 
As a Christian, he cared for the souls as 
well as the bodies of his patients, many 
of whom will testify to his fidelity, wliile, 
as an angel of mercy, he directed them 
to the ' balm in Gilead ' and the ' Physi- 
cian there.' Such a physician as was 
Dr. K. is a rich boon to any community ; 
and many are they who, having shared 
in his kindness and Christian faithfulness, 
will rise up and call him blessed. 

IvJNiGHT, Joanna, Johnston, II. I., INIay 
18, se. 78. 

Knight, Joseph, Corinth, Vt., July 7, 
a?. 88. He was a native of Atkinson, 
Rockingham Co., N. H., whence he emi- 
grated to Vermont in the year 1790, and 
became one of the eai'iy settlers of the 
town of Corinth, In a dense forest, with 
wild beasts for neighbors, a farm was 
cleared ; and, after encountering all the 
hardships incident to pioneer life, he out- 
lived most of his own large family, and 
was the last of the early band who settled 
the town. He was a consistent member 
of the Congregational church for 26 
years. He had six sons and six daugh- 
ters. One son died in infancy ; the oth- 
ers, 11 children, Hved to years of matu- 
rit)'. One of his sons now is, and three 
others have been, citizens of Ports-mouth. 

Knowlson, Richard J., Troy, N. Y., 
Oct. 10, w. — . Col. K. was born and 
educated in Albany. He was for a long 
time a clerk in the store of the late John 
Reid, whose daughter he married ; and, 
after continuing the business successfully 
for several years, he removed to Sand- 
lake, in Rensselaer Co., N. Y., wliere he 
has lived for more than a quarter of a 
century, fulfilling every duty of life with 
such u])rightness and fidelity as to secure 
the confidence and friendship of the com- 
munity with which he was associated. 
Enterprising in business, ardent in tem- 
perament, and of warm afiections, Col. 
K. was always actively employed, and 
closely identified with business men, with 
institutions, with friends, and, above all, 
with a family that he idolized, and that 
was most worthy of his life-long and ab- 
sorbing aff'ection. 

KooNTZ, John H., Washington, Pa., 
May 15, ae. 78. He was a native of 
Lancaster, Pa., but went to Washington 
with his father at the age of 13, only 
nine years after the town was formed. 
He was therefore one of the few repre- 



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LAKE 



scntatives of the noble generation, des- 
tined soon to pass entirely from our 
midst, to whose courage, toils, and per- 
severance we are debtors for our present 
heritage far beyond even our power of 
conception. 

KopP, Mrs. Harriet, Martinsburg, Va., 
March 15, ae. 37, wife of Rev. William 
Kopp. 



Kkauth, Augustus H., New York 
city, Oct. — , as. — , well known as the 
senior proprietor of the Sunday Mercury. 

KUYKENDALL, James C, Gallatin, Da- 
vies Co., Mo., Jan. 28, ae. — . Mr. K. 
was a popular merchant, and highly es- 
teemed in that character, as well as that 
of a Christian father, son, and brother. 
He was buried with masonic honors. 



L. 



Labe, Mrs. Margaret, Waldoboro', 
Me., Dec. 2, a;. 96. She was born in 
Boston, and had been a member of the 
Orthodox Congregational church over 30 
years. 

La Borde, Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll, 
Columbia, S. C, May 16, ae. 40, wife of 
Prof. La Borde, of the South Carolina 
College. She moved only in the sphere 
of private and social life. She found her 
world, where God has appointed most 
of her sex to find it, in her home and 
friends ; but in the simple and attractive 
duties of domestic life she has left an 
example which will be most highly prized 
by those who were best acquainted with 
its high character. Constitutionally averse 
to display, and incapable, from natural 
temperament, as well as from Christian 
principle and feehng, of any thing ap- 
proaching to profession, it required one 
to go behind a manner not very demon- 
strative, and see her in the sacred circle 
of duty, to estimate her real worth. The 
most prominent trait in her character 
was unvarying sincerity. She could not 
say what she did not feel, nor allow im- 
pressions to be made which did not ex- 
actly correspond to the facts. And near- 
ly allied to this was a conscientiousness 
which made her resolute in the perform- 
ance of every thing which had the aspect 
of duty. For many years in feeble 
health, .she could forget languor and pain 
in contributing to the enjoyment and ad- 
vantage of otliers. 

Lacey, Dr. Z., Bridgeport, Conn., 

, iv. al)out 65, formerly a resident 

of Great Barrington, Mass. 

Lackey, Mrs. Margaret, Salisbury, 
N. C, Nov. 24, ffi. about 101, widow of 
Thomas Lackey. She was the oldest in- 
habitimt of Alexander Co., and j)erhai)s 
the oldest in Xortli Carolina ' 



having 



lived during our revolutionary struggle, 



and had charge of a small family at that 
time. Many wearisome days and nights 
did she toil with anxious care while her 
husband was absent serving his country 
as a faithful soldier. 

La CossiTT, H. D., Iowa City, la., 

, ae. — . Mr. C, was well known 

to the citizens of that place, having been 
identified with its interests for years as 
editor of the Inquirer. He started that 
paper in 1848, with limited means, and 
under many discouragements, but, by the 
most indomitable perseverance and en- 
ergy, established it firmly before his re- 
tirement in 1853. He was a practical 
printer, and a good one. He learned 
his trade in Missouri, though we believe 
he was a native of Virginia. His friends 
educated him for the ministry, but he 
chose the pen editorial, wliich he wielded 
with an ability, and used with an indus- 
try, sur])assed by no other man in the 
state. We have heard most prominent 
members of the republican party ac- 
knowledge that he was the most talent- 
ed man in the democratic ranks of the 
state. 

Lake, Amelia, Ellsworth, Me., March 
22, ae. 34. Beloved and respected by 
all who kneAv her, for her many amiable 
qualities, quiet and unobtrusive manners, 
and generous and confiding nature, her 
death in the prime of life is a serious loss 
to the social circle. 

Lake, Mrs. CjTithia, Tiverton, R. I., 
April 30, ae. 84, widow of the late Isaac 
Lake. 

Lake, Lanson, Cazenovia, N. Y., Jan. 
19, as. 53. He was born in Berne, Al- 
bany Co., Dec, 25, 1803. He came to 
Cazenovia in 1844, when he became 
steward of the Seminary, and a member 
of its l)oard of trustees. In 1847 he re- 
moved to Troy, but returned in the sum- 
mer of the following yeai' and resumed 



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[18o7.] 



LANK 



215 



his post in the Seminary, where he re- 
mained until July, I806, winning the 
high regards of all who were associated 
with him. Thus, for a period of 11 
years, he was connected with the O, C. 
Seniinary, as steward and trustee. As 
a man, a neighbor, and citizen, he was 
universally respected. He had been a 
member of the Methodist Episcopal 
church for 35 years, for more than 30 of 
which he occupied the position of class 
leader, and occasionally other important 
official trusts. 

Lalumier, Rev. Simeon Petit, Terre 
Haute, Ind., May 25, a?. 52. Mr. L. 
was born in Vincennes in 1804, and was 
educated 'at Birdstown, Ky. He was 
ordained a priest by the Right Rev. 
Bishop Flaget, of Ivy., and was the first 
priest of the diocese of Indiana, and was 
the only one in tliis state when the first 
bishop of the diocese was consecrated. 
He was first stationed in Davies Co., 
from whence he visited all the Catholics 
throughout Indiana and the eastern por- 
tion of Illinois. He came to Terre 
Haute in 1842, and has made this his 
home ever since. 

Lamb, Clayton B., Saratoga Springs, 
N. Y., July — , ae. — , a well-known 
Philadelphia merchant. 

Lamb, John, at the LTniversity of Bonn, 
Brunswick, Germany, March 12, a?. 25, 
of Newark, N. J. He was a son of An- 
thony and Fanny Lamb, and was born 
and reared in Newark. In November, 
1856, he sailed for Europe, in company 
with Mr. William Stone, of Saratoga, to 
spend a year in one of the German Uni- 
versities, and for travel on the continent. 

Laxdon, Dr. J. C, Princeton, Ind., 
Jan. 8, se. — , formerly of Rochester, 
N. Y. 

Lakdon, Horace, Jersepille, 111., July 
28, se. 73. He was bom in Litchfield, 
Conn., Nov. 16, 1782. He was the fifth 
of seven children, one sister alone sur- 
viving him. He was married to Miss 
Drusilla Ham, Dec. 21, 1806, who still 
survives him. 

Laxe, Dea. Daniel, Norton, Mass., 
Nov. 1, ae. 87, a descendant of John 
Lane, who came from England and set- 
tled in Hingham in about 1625. 

Lane, Col, Elliott Eskridge, Lancaster, 

Pa., , se. about 32, nephew of 

the president of the United States, and 
brother of Miss Lane, who at present 
presides at the White House. 



Lane, Lemuel, Columbus, O., Oct. 4, 
ae. about 66. He was one of the oldest 
settlers in Vinton Co. 

Lane, Mrs. Sarah, Hul)bardston, 
Mass., Nov, 2, se. 85, widoAv of the late 
Capt. Benj. L, Lane, of Newburyiiort. 

Langdon, Henry Sherl)urne, Cam- 
bridge, Mass., July 21, w. 91, formerly 
of Portsmouth, N. H. Mr. L. was the 
son of Hon. Woodbury Langdon, of 
Portsmouth, and has held several ])ub- 
hc offices. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. 
Robert Harris, of this city, at the age of 
86, and Mrs, Eustis, of Roxbury, at the 
age of about 80. He was not much in 
public life, hanng never courted public 
notoriety. He was at one time navy 
agent, always an honest and honorable 
man. He was buried at Portsmouth. 

Langford, Dea, Anthonv, Candia, 
N, H., March 21, a?. 85. He* was a na- 
tive of England. He came to this coun- 
try more than 60 years ago, and settled 
in Portsmouth, where he joined the In- 
dependent church, was chosen deacon in 
it, and married a daughter of its pastor, 
Rev. Mr. Walton, For more than 30 
years past he has held the office of 
deacon in the Congregational church in 
Candia, 

Langford, Rev. A., Philadelphia, Pa., 
Jan. 28, se. 99. He was for more than 
70 years a minister of the gospel, at- 
tached to the Methodist church. 

Lank, Rev. Elzer, Dallas Co., Iowa, 
Oct. 28, 1857, ae. 77. He was born on 
the eastern shore of Maryland, Sept. 22, 
1780. In 1802 he joined the Methodist 
Episcopal church, and soon after re- 
moved to Ross Co., Ohio, where he sus- 
tained the relation of class leader about 
13 years. In 1837 he removed to Ran- 
dolph Co., Ind., and in 1842 was or- 
dained a minister of the gospel. The 
purity and simplicity of his manners won 
for him friends, in spite of the unpojndar 
doctrines he preached. He was a true 
and tried friend of the slave, and, having 
lived in a slave state for several }ears, 
he could speak from experience of the 
horrors of this institution, which he did 
with great effect. The result of such a 
course, at that era of the anti-slavery en- 
terprise, was such as might be expected. 
He was arraigned before the officers of 
the church, and his license was taken 
away. Afterwards some of the brethren 
insisted on his return to the church, but 
he refused. Although it was the church 



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[ 1857. ] 



LATHROP 



of his early choice, and in which he had 
spent a long life of faithful devotion to 
her interests, yet he felt conscience- 
bound to preach the sublime doctrine of 
tlie equal brotherhood of the whole hu- 
man race. It is said that he was chiefly 
instrumental* in building up some five 
or six very substantial classes while he 
was connected with the Methodist church. 
About the year 18-50 a class of Wesley- 
ans was organized in the town of Hunts- 
^•ille, near where he resided. With this 
class he connected himself, and contin- 
ued to preach and declare the whole 
counsel of God. It might be proper 
here to remark that he was a man of 
more than ordinary ])hysical energy. 
lie loved to live on the frontiers of set- 
tlements, and to build u]) farms from the 
forest ; and during his lifetime it is said 
that he built up 10 or 12 fiirms from the 
woods. About two years ago he con- 
cluded to move from this place to Ne- 
braska, although he was near 75 years 
of age, where he purchased a tract of | 
land, and commenced the work of build- [ 
ing up another home. About Oct. 1, • 
18t57, he returned to the State of Iowa [ 
to spend the winter with some of his | 
children. Shortly after his arrival he ] 
was taken sick, and after an illness of ] 
about eight d lys he fell asleep in Christ. : 
L.wsixG, Rev. Dirck C, D. D., Wal- j 
nut Hills, Cincinnati, O., March 19, ve. \ 
72. Lansingburg derived its name from 
his paternal grandfather, who was ])a- 
Iroon over a large tract of land in that 
neighborhood. In that village Dr. L. 
was born in 178.5. He graduated at 
Yale College in 1804, and pursued his 
theologic.d studies under llev. Dr. Blach- 
ford, of his native town, using as text ' 
books the then recent works of Hopkins, [ 
Bellamy, and Edw u-ds. It was this early 
and stuilious contact with the great think- 
ers of New England that gave to him ; 
such clear and consistent views in theol- | 
ogy ; while tlie fervor of their spirit, so 
congenial to his own, animated that rare 
gift of jjopuhr eloquence with which he 
was endowed. He entered upon his 
ministry in Onondaga, which was then a 
settlement of log cal)ins in the wilder- 
ness. After eight years of successful [ 
labor he removed to Stillwater, Saratoga 
Co. In tile summer of ISK! he was in- 
vited to supply tcmjjoniniy tlie ])ulpit of 
Park Street Ciiurch, Boston. Such was 
the interest awakened by his i)reaching, 1 



that in a few weeks more than 80 per- 
sons were led to entertain hojje in Christ 
as their Saviour. In the same year he 
was settled in Auburn, and for 20 vears 
was a leading mind in the religious and 
educational movements of Western New 
York. He was prominent as a preacher 
in the great revival ])eriod from 182-5 to 
183-5, and was a chief agent in founding 
Auburn Seminary. In New York Dr. 
L. preached with great power and suc- 
cess in Masonic Hall, in Broadway, (late- 
ly doniolished,) where he gathered the 
church which worshipped till recently in 
Houston Street, and which gave birth 
to the Thirteenth Street Presbyterian 
Church. He had also a brief but memo- 
rable ministry in Utica. Ill health drove 
him to Illinois ; but he resumed his labors 
in New York some ten years ago, in a 
small church in Chrystie Street, thence 
removed to Clinton Avenue, in Brooklyn, 
where, with a lather's care, he nursed an 
infant church to maturity and strength. 
The project of building the elegant and 
spacious edifice now occupied by that 
church originated with him ; and it was 
urged on by him with a zeal and an 
enthusiasm worthy of his best days. 
The success of this undertaking he re- 
garded as the crowning act and glory of 
his life. He left his sick chamber to lay 
its corner stone ; and on Dec. 16, 1855, 
he preached the sermon at the dedication 
of the house. He called this his " coro- 
nation day." ^ 

Lakkin, Samuel, Portsmouth, N. H., 
Dec. — , ae. 45, commander in the United 
States navy. Commandant L. was a 
native of Portsmouth, and the last sur- 
viving son of the late Samuel Larkin, 
Esq. He has been many years in the 
public service, and injured his constitu- 
tion by being stationed several years on 
the African coast. He was highly es- 
teemed as an officer and a citizen. 

L.\SKLL, Mrs. I.ydia Sylvester, Syra- 
cuse, N. Y., ]\Iav 11, te. — , wife of the 
late Dr. S. M. Lasell. 

Lasley, Kf'v. Thomas, at the resi- 
dence of his son-in-law, Moses McMillin, 
in McMillinviUc, Tenn., Feb. 20, iv. 74, 
of the ^letiiodist Ej)iscopal church. 

Latiirop, Rev, Leonard E., D. D,, 
Sharon, Conn., Aug. 27, aged 61. He 
was born in Hebron, Conn., Se])t, 1, 
17!)0. graduated in Middlcl)ury College 
in 1815; studied theology and was first 
settled at Wilmington, N. C. j was in- 



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[1857.] 



LAWRENCE 



217 



stalled at Salisbury, Conn., Feb. 2, 1825, 
■where, under his ministration, 270 were 
gathered into the church. He was sub- 
sequently, for a time, pastor of the Pres- 
byterian church in Auburn, N.Y., whence 
he removed to Sharon, Conn., in 1853, 
and was installed pastor of the Congre- 
gational church in that place, July 1, 
1854. His ministry in this charge, though 
brief, was greatly profitable to the church 
and people, uniting and strengthening 
them, and calling out their Christian 
graces. In his removal, a good, and in 
many respects a great, man has fallen. 

Lattimore, Rev. Daniel, Vernon, O., 
March 7, se. — , jmstor of the Presby- 
terian church of that place. 

Laub.\ch, Peter, Allen township. Pa., 
Sept. 7, SB. 70. He was one of the old- 
est and best citizens of that portion of 
the county ; and his death will be uni- 
versally regretted by all who kn-ew him. 

Lai'GHTON, Dr. Joseph H., Blacklick 
towTiship, Pa., Aug. 12, fp. about 25. 

Law, Rev. Samuel W., Hartford, 
Coim., April 28, a:. 36. 

A. H. LAWRENCE, ESQ., 

Washington, D. C, March 16, a^. 46. 
He was the eldest son of Jotham Law- 
rence, Esq., of Exeter, N. H., a respecta- 
ble lawyer, who survives to mourn the 
loss of an affectionate and gifted son, 
and was born June 18, 1812, in Exeter. 
Being an Exeter boy, and schooled in 
Phini])s Academy under the careful and 
critical instruction of the far-famed Dr. 
Abbott, he entered Dartmouth College 
prepared to advance in the higher walks 
of academic life to the great maturity of 
intellectual power and acumen which so 
eminently fitted him for his professional 
life. Having graduated in 1830, and 
being sharpened by the hmited means 
which have contributed in no small degree 
to the success of many of the great men 
of New Hampshire, he is found in the 
city of Washington as early as 1834 at 
the head of a school, working diligently 
by day, and reading law and ])hilosophy 
by night. Having the confidence and 
fiiendship of Mr. Webster and other 
personal friends of his father residing in 
Washington, he was called to fill a clerk- 
ship in the land office from 1836 to 1845, 
when he was removed for political rea- 
sons, and entered at once upon the prac- 
tice of law, for which he had been making 
19 



constant preparation amid courts and 
scenes best calculated lo give dignity, 
and excite the highest aspirations ol' jn-o- 
fessional ambition — bow succcs.-fullv, 
we must let the eminent judges of the 
courts and members of the bar of that 
city speak. There are very few incidents 
in the life and efibrts of the bw\ cr which 
can be known bv the communitv at laro-e, 
or can make imj)ressions upon the public 
mind. The toil, the study, the learning, 
and the eloquence of the bar ai-e sildom 
appreciated beyond the tem])lcs of jus- 
tice, beyond the judges and attorneys 
themselves. It is a common course, we 
know, for judges and lawyers to hold 
meetings and pass resolutions upon the 
death of a member of the i'raternity, so 
that real character may not always ajjpear 
in their resolutions ; but the doings and 
sayings of his bereaved associates are so 
free, so full, and eloquent, that we can 
do no better service to his memory and 
merit than to draw largely upon this 
sparkling fountain of his eulogy. 

At the opening of tlie Court of Claims, 
March 17, 1857, R. S. Coxe, Esq., an- 
nounced the death of A. II. Lawrence, 
Esq., as follows : — 

" May it please your honors : At the 
suggestion of several of my brethren of 
this bar, the painful duty has devolved 
upon me to announce the death of one 
of the most estimable members of this 
body. Alexander H. Lawrence expired 
last night. He has long been known in 
this community ; and those Mho have 
had much intercourse with him will 
unanimously accord to him the character 
of great ability and learning in his pro- 
fession, marked with undeviating courtesy 
in his manners, and integrity and inde- 
fatigable industry in his practice. Those 
who have known him in social life have 
acknowledged and respected his dejjort- 
ment as a man and gentleman ; above 
and beyond all these, he has for years 
manifested the higher virtues of a Chris- 
tian. In the loss of such a man, the 
whole community suffers. The chvu'ch 
of which he was a member has lost one 
of their highest ornaments and zealous 
friends. The loss to his bereaved and 
afflicted family is beyond estimation. 
The death of Mr. L. may be called 
sudden. This day week he was jn-csent 
in this court, and argued a case. On his 
return to his residence, he was seized 
with a cliill, which, after assuming the 



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form of a cold, ended iu pneumonia — a 
disease which has proved tUtal to many 
eminent in our profession. Mr. L.'s 
death was like his life — gentle and 
becoming. He sunk, to the mighty con- 
queror without a groan and without a 
struggle, as mildly as an infant sinlung 
to slumber on its mother's breast." 

On presenting the resolutions, Mr. 
Blair, United States solicitor, submitted 
some brief and very appropriate remarks 
upon the high standing of Mr. L. as a 
member of the profession, and the severe 
loss sustained l)y the community in his 
death. He then moved the court that 
the proceeding's of the bar be entered 
upon th^i recards of its proceedings. 

B. B. Freiicii, Esq., followed Mr. Blair 
witli the following remarks : — 

" May it plea.se your honors : With 
your permission, I cannot suffer this 
occasion to pass without adding some- 
thing to the tributes of respect which 
have already been so eloquently paid to 
my deceased friend and fellow-county- 
man. Ml". L. and myself were natives 
of the s-ime state, and born within a few 
miles of each other. With his now 
venerable and always respected father, 
whose heart will be almost broken at 
the sad news of his son's decease, I was 
well and intimately acquainted, many 
years ago he having been a practitioner 
at the Siirae bar at which I was admitted 
to practice, and afterwards associated 
with me as a member of the House 
of Representatives of New Himpshire. 
With his son, who was a number of years 
my junior, I formed my first acquaintance 
in this city m ne than twenty years ago. 
I first met him in the social circle of 
Washington, of which he was the orna- 
ment and pride, respected and beloved 
by all, and possessing powers of pleas- 
ing which rendered him ever welcome 
wherever he might be. Some years, I 
think, after my first acquaintance with 
him, he became a practising lawyer ; and 
very early in his legxl life he took an 
exalted stind in all the courts of the 
district, and very soon in the highest 
known to our cmstitution — the Suj)reme 
Court of the United States. He brought 
with him to the bar a vigorous, well- 
stored, and well-disciplined mind, and 
haljitH of industry and research that could 
not fiil to place him high in the ranks of 
the jjrofession. His course, from the 
lirst cause he ever argued up to the last, 



which he argued in this court, only one 
brief week before his death, was upward 
and onward ; and he has gone down to 
the grave in the prime of his manhood, 
in the midst of his usefulness." 

Chief Justice Gilclirist, in behalf of 
this court, replied as follows : — 

" The court have received the infor- 
mation of the decease of Mr. L. with 
the deepest regret, and with strong sym- 
pathy for the loss sustained by his rela- 
tives and friends. There is no place 
where the absence of a familiar face is 
more felt than at the bar. The antago- 
nism between its members rarely aS'ects 
their private relations with each other; 
and those whose duties to their cUents 
place them in constant opposition in 
com'ts of justice cherish for each other, 
in the intercourse of life, a regard and 
kindlv feeling which have become pro- 
verbial. Xo one of our number was 
better qualified, by his generous disposi- 
tion and goodness of heart, to mn the 
affections of his fiiends than Mr. L. ; 
while his intelligence and faithfulness in 
the discharge of his duties gained for him 
the respect and confidence of all. My 
personal acquaintance with him did not 
commence until my arrival at Washing- 
ton ; but, coming from the same state, I 
have hid opportunities of knowing how 
much he was esteemed in his native 
place, and with what an affectionate re- 
membrance his memory will be cherished 
by his friends. His aged father and 
mother in New Hampshire, who in the 
ordinary course of nature would have 
preceded him to the grave, and his sor- 
rowing family here, will have at least the 
consolation of reflecting that a \irtuou3 
and upright life in this world had pre- 
pared him for the lil'e to come, and that 
he has left behind him an unblemished 
reputation to reconcile them in part to 
his loss. The resolutions presented to 
us, which so well express the character 
of the deceased, and the feelings of the 
bar and the com't, will be du-ected to be 
entered upon the records. We cordially 
unite with the bar in paying appropriate 
honors to the memory of Mr. L." 

" Resolved, That, in discharging his 
professional duties, Mr. L. was indefati- 
gable in his industry, courteous to all his 
associates, able and learned in his argu- 
ments. His whole professional career 
was characterized by integrity and fair- 
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friends, he ever exhibited the character- 
istics of the gentleman. Above all, he 
was, dui'ing the whole period of our con- 
nection with him, a faithful and practical 
example of that purity of life and amen- 
ity of character and deportment which 
ought to mark the Christian. 

" Besolced, That in his death we de- 
plore the loss of an associate whose dili- 
gence, learning, general abilities, and 
especiallj' his signal power and rectitude 
of reasoning, had at an early age placed 
him in the front ranks of the profession, 
and who shed lustre on it not more by 
his intellectual endowments than by his 
vu'tues as a man and his dignified and 
courteous bearing as a gentleman. In 
mourning for ourselves, we mourn also 
for our community, which, in his death, 
has lost one of the best of citizens and 
a devoted Christian, whose life was a 
bright example of his faith." 

His Honor Judge Crawford, in another 
court, said, — 

" The event which has been now offi- 
cially announced has caused great pain 
to the bench and the bar of this district, 
and not to them only ; for our deceased 
brother had, in the highest court of the 
country, impressed those who fi'om every 
part of the United States frequent that 
great forum with an exalted respect for 
his talents and professional acquirements. 
Alexander Hamilton Lawrence was a 
man of unusual ability and extensive 
learning, as modest as he was able, of 
the strictest integritv and the most as- 
siduous attention to his duties, tempering 
finnness with mildness and courtesy. 
This court remembers well one of his 
early efforts before it, has often reflected 
on it, and now looks back to it with 
melancholy pleasure as one of the means 
which oj)ened to him a wider sphere of 
professional life, and gave him the oppor- 
tunity for acquiring the high reputation 
he enjoyed at his death. That ojipor- 
tunity was not lost ; it was most success- 
fully imjiroved ; and he could hardly 
have filled, for mental endowment, devo- 
tion to business, learning, suavity of dis- 
position, and modesty of demeanor, were 
combined in his character in a remarka- 
ble degree. Although he had only passed 
a few years beyond the half of man's 
allotted existence, he had achieved what 
is not often accomplished in a long life. 
His example is worthy of the imitation 
of the younger members of the bar, who 



will find in it much to admire and follow, 
nothing to criticise and avoid. In his 
private walk you all know how attractive 
he was, how jjure, and bland, and kind. 
Free from censoriousness himself, he had 
no enemies. His many virtues made 
him many friends, who deeplv dejilore 
his loss, and will hold in atfect"ionate re- 
membrance his excellence and worth. 
The tribute to his sterhng qualities which 
is embodied in the resolutions of the 
' meetuig of the judges, members of the 
bar, and officers of the Circuit and Crim- 
inal Courts of the District of Columbia,' 
held this morning, the court, in compH- 
ance with one of those resolutions, dii-ects 
to be entered on its minutes." 

"Above all, paradoxical and incom- 
patible as some mistakenly think it, he 
was a Christian as well as a lawyer. He 
was a member of the Protestant Epis- 
copal church. His Christian principle 
confirmed his integrity, directed and es- 
tablished his course of conduct, elevated 
his character, inspired confidence, and 
placed him far above that meanness and 
trickery which men of narrow minds and 
low order in the profession think essen- 
tial to success. Strange indeed is it 
' that a science which distinguishes the 
criterions of right and wrong ; which 
teaches to establish the one, and ])revent, 
punish, or redress the other ; which em- 
ploys in its theory the noblest faculties 
of the soul, and exerts in its practice the 
cardinal virtues of the heart ' — strange 
that such a science should ever be con- 
sidered inconsistent with religion. Why, 
religion is the basis on which the super- 
structure of the law reposes, and from 
which it derives its sanctions and obli- 
gations. So far from entertaining such 
an opinion was Blackstone that he says 
to the qualities of the head should be 
added those of the heart, ' affectionate 
loyalty,' ' a zeal for liberty and the con- 
stitution, a sense of real honor, and 
tvell- grounded principles of 'religion, as 
necessary to form a truly valuable Eng- 
lish lawyer, a Hyde, a Plale, or a Talbot.' 
These qualities and virtues, these ' well- 
grounded princi])Ies of religion,' were 
possessed in an eminent degree, and illu- 
minated the life of our de^jarted friend, 
associate, and brother, Mr. Lawrence. 
Let his life animate us. Let his memory 
be cherished and his example be imi- 
tated by us, and then, when we shall be 
siunmoned to appear before the dread 



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tribunal, even should our summons be 
as sudden as his was, we shidl stand be- 
fore our great judge, mediator, and 
* counsellor, the mighty God, the ever- 
lasting Father,' pardoned, redeemed, 
saved." 

Lawrence, Mrs. Cornelia B., Brook- 
lyn, N. Y„ Sept. 12, m. 80, widow of 
tlio late Isaac Lawrence, of N. Y., and 
mother of the Hon. Wm. Beach Law- 
rence, of R. L Mrs, L. was born April, 
1777, at "The Farm," on the Raritan 
River, near New Brunswick, a place 
which had been in the possession of the 
flimily since the first settlement of tliis 
country. She was the daughter of the 
Rev. Abram Beach. 1). 1)., whose name 
is indissolubly ichentitied with the organ- 
ization and early history of the Protes- 
tant Episcopal church in the U. S. Her 
father, having visited England to obtain 
orders, returned to the colonies, and 
under the auspices of the Propagation 
Society, preached the gospel in Xew 
Brunswick and the parts adjacent for 
many years before the American revo- 
lution. After the establishment of our 
national independence, he was, for a 
long tim?, one of the ministers of Trin- 
ity Church, X. Y. Reared in such cir- 
cumstances, and gifted with a retentive 
memory, a large heart, and great con- 
versational talent, the subject of this 
notice was in many respects eminently 
qualified to fill the station in life to 
which she was afterwards called. In 
1799 she was married to Isaac Law- 
rence, Esq., of New York, and from that 
period to the time of her husband's 
death, in 1841, was probably more wide- 
ly known to the bishops and clergy of 
the church than any other lady in "the 
country. Possessed of am])lo' means, 
her liberality was cheerfully extended 
to every worthy object of benevolence 
and_ charity. She felt a ready and ef- 
fective sympathy with human "want, in 
whatever form it was presented, and 
manifested a lively, ])ractical interest in 
every proper enterprise for extending 
the church and diffusing the gospel. 

Lawuknx'i:, Dr. J. AV., Chicopee 
Falls, Feb. 4, a-. — . 

Lawiik.nce, Mrs. Julia, ^Marietta. Ga., 
July 2j, ip. — , wife of Rev. J. F. Law- 
rence, eight years missionary of the A. 
B. C. F. M. at Jerusalem. 

Lawuknce, Mrs. Esther R., Newport, 



R. I., Nov. 19, a\ — , wife of Hon. Wm. 
Beach Lawrence. 

Lawton, Mrs. Lydia, Newport, R. L, 
Feb. 16, SB. 47. Mrs. L. was baptized 
June 16, 1830, by the Rev. Dr. Choules, 
and ])ecame a member of the Central 
Church, Feb. 14, 1847, in whose mem- 
bership she deceased. She possessed 
great decision, and was exceedingly uni- 
form in her character and life. 

Layton, Dr. Parker, Hickman, Ky,, 
Feb. 9, cB. 47. 

Leacii, Rev. Sanford, Ottoe city, 
N. T., Aug. 16, ae. — , formerly of Mas- 
sachusetts. 

Leavexswortii, Mrs. Sarah, Spring- 
field, Mass., Nov. 3, ae. 63, widow of 
the late Dr. Frederick Leavcnsworth. 

Leavenworth, Edmund, Derby, 
Conn., Jan. 20, x. 91. Mr. L. had ex- 
cellent qualities of heart, and sustained 
through life the reputation of an honest 
and industrious citizen. He was re- 
markable for his attachment to his po- 
litical faith. He warmly supported and 
voted for Washington for his second 
presidential term, and was present and 
cast his vote at every presidential elec- 
tion from that time down to the election 
of Buchanan. Besides, he never missed 
voting at a gubernatorial election in this 
state from the time he was made a free- 
man. 

Lee, Abijah, Farmington, O., April 
9, aj. 85, brother to the late Colonel 
Roswell Lee, former superintendent of 
the U. S. A. He was born in Hillsdale, 
Columbia Co., N. Y., and in 1818 re- 
moved with his family to Farmington, 
Trumlmll Co., O. lie was a worthy 
and useful citizen, ever active in all the 
political relations he sustained to his 
country — a friend to the oppressed, and 
a comforter to the afflicted. He lived 
without enemies, for his charity and 
kindness secured the friendship of all 
who knew him. For more than 60 
years he had been an exemplary mem- 
ber of the Christian church, adorning 
it by a well-ordered Ufe and a godly 
conversation. He died as he lived, re- 
lying upon the merits of a divine Re- 
deemer, leaving behind him an aged 
companion, with whom he had Hved 
just 64 years, and a numerous posterity, 
numbering three generations. 

Lee, Adam, Rahway, N. J., Sept. 14, 
ae. 73, an old and much esteemed citi- 
zen of that place. He was a du-ector 



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of the " New Jersey Railroad and Trans- 
portation Company " from the organiza- 
tion of the company, and also a mem- 
ber of the " New Jersey Associates." 

Lee, Gen. Daniel S., Washington 
citv, Aug. 15, 8B. 35, a native of Shen- 
andoah Co., but for a time a resident 
of Iowa, and more recently consul at 
Basle, Switzerland. He was a volun- 
teer in the Mexican war, and served 
with distinction. The death of this 
gentleman was occasioned by a shot in 
his right foot, from an accidental dis- 
charge of a pistol in his OAvn hand whilst 
practising in a pistol gallery at Wash- 
ington city. 

Lee, Hon. Elisha S., Washington, 
April 11, a". — . He was a native of 
Connecticut, and a graduate of Union 
College, N. Y. 

Lee, Mrs. Mary J. E., Bellville, Tnd., 
Oct. 18, a^. 25, wife of the Rev. Calvin 
Lee, of the Lidiana conference. 

Lee, Hon. Wm. L., Honolulu, Sand- 
wich Islands, May 28, so. 36, late chief 
justice and chancellor of the Hawaiian 
kingdom. He was born Feb. 25, 1821, 
at Sandy Hill, N. Y. At the age of 13, 
he entered Capt. Partridge's Military 
School at Norwich, Vt. At the end of 
two years he left, and was employed as 
civil engineer in his own state. At the 
end of three years he left this service, 
having in the mean time attained to the 
post of resident engineer, and returned 
again to Capt. Partridge's School, from 
which he graduated with the first hon- 
ors, at the age of 20. He very soon 
received the appointment of superin- 
tendent of the Military Academy at 
Portsmouth, Va. He, at the end of 
one year, decided to study law, and en- 
tered the Law School at Harvard Col- 
lege, under Judge Story and Professor 
Greenleaf. He afterwards completed 
his studies in Troy, N. Y., and was ad- 
mitted to practice in the courts of the 
State of New York in 1844. After 
practising law a short time in the city 
of Troy, he gathered up his books and 
other effects, and joined a party that 
embarked at Newburyport for Oregon. 
He arrived at Honolulu, on his way, Oct. 
12, 1846. The Sandwich Islands were, 
but a few years before, in a state of bar- 
barism, and were now pushing forward 
to their stand among the civilized in- 
habitants of the earth. They needed 
then some one to fill the highest judicial 
19* 



office in the kingdom ; and soon after 
his arrival he Mas ofi'ered the station, 
which he finally accepted, and filled, 
with entire satisfaction to all, till the 
day of his death. Finding himself thus 
unexpectedly at the head of the judici- 
ary of the nation, and sure of the ])lace 
and its emoluments, he wrote to Miss 
Catharine E. Newton, of Alliany, N. Y'., 
to visit his new home for the purpose 
of becoming his wife. She, knoMing 
him well, hesitated not to embark, and, 
having arrived safely in 1849, they were 
married. She now survives him, and 
will ])robably return to her native city. 
The services he performed for his adopt- 
ed home were numerous and worthy 
of all praise. He raised the judiciary 
of that infant nation from a state of 
chaos to order and respectability, and 
gave it a name for wisdom and probity 
not to be questioned, so that suitors 
therein asked only to have the court act 
as umpire between them. Judge L. 
was also chairman of a board of com- 
missioners to form a new, if not the 
first, constitution for the nation, Avhich he 
draughted himself out of the incongru- 
ous elements before him. He also drew 
up a penal code, and was, at the time 
of his death, preparing a civil code for 
that young nation. He was sent as 
minister to this country, and, as such, 
negotiated a treaty with our govern- 
ment, not yet ratified. He founded the 
Royal Hawaiian Agricultural Society, 
and was for several years its president. 
He was one of the board of trustees of 
the Sailors' Home, and the president of 
the Bible Society, and was an active 
friend of the temperance cause. To all 
these and other great and good objects 
he ever was a fast and earnest friend 
and helper. And though he did so 
many services for the nation, and though 
the king, and his privy council, and the 
legislature endeavored to force him, as 
it were, to accept some compensation 
therefor, yet he constantly refused to 
receive any thing but the salary fixed 
for him as judge and chancellor, wliich, 
it is believed, was $5000 per annum. It 
is very easy to see what a loss such a man 
must be to such a nation ; and we do 
not wonder that almost every depart- 
ment, benevolent, civil, ecclesiastical, 
and judicial, mourns his loss, and has 
passed resolutions expressive of it, and 
of condolence to his widow, in the 



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[ 1857. ] LEMANNOWSKY 



strongest terms. Xo wonder the flags 
dropped down their masts ; no wonder 
that a whole people are in mourning. 
"We might, perhaps, have said as much 
as this of a man without experimental 
pietv. We therefore love to give him 
a still higher place, by saying that he 
was a Christian judge. This it was, as 
we believe, that kept him so free from 
fault when a student in our office ; that 
gave him that cheerful temper, that quiet 
yet dignified deportment, that regard 
for the Bible, the Sabbath, and the 
sanctuary ; that unswerving aim to do 
and be right — for he never seemed to 
incline to wrong, and was ever careless 
to know what others might say, if God 
and his conscience approved of what he 
designed or did. This is what so well 
fitted him for all the places he held, and 
enabled him to be so useful in them, 
and set the world an example of talents 
of a high order accomplishing noble 
deeds in the best sense, and discharging 
arduous duties under trjiug respon- 
sibilities. 

Lkeds, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Cincinnati, 
O., March 2o, je. 67, widow of the late 
Warner M. Leeds. She was born Sept. 
5, 1789, was of Welsh extraction, and 
was remarkable for the vigor of her 
memory and her habits of industry. 
She was kind and benevolent to all, and 
enjoyed the love and confidence of her 
acquaintances mthout an exception. A 
member of the society of Friends called 
Hicksites, she was a devoted Christian, 
and a scrupulous observer of the tenets 
of that faith from a sense of duty ; and 
yet slie was tolerant, and took great 
pleasure in according to the faithful 
observers of other religious doctrines 
Christian piety and goodness, believing 
that the meek and humble followers of 
Christ, of whatever denomination, would 
find deliverance. 

Lekds, Dr. Timothy, Lincoln, 111., 
May 1.5, te. — . 

Lefevke, , a wealthy sugar 

planter of Lafourche, who died without 
issue, his wife having preceded him to 
the grave. His estate was appraised at 
about 87()(),()()(). His will disclosed, that 
he had left the whole of his possession 
to be divided ccpially between two gen- 
tlemen of this city — one a nephew to 
his wife, and the other the broker who 
had transacted his business in this citv, 
a man in no wise related to liim, only in 



the Avay of business. To the astonish- 
ment of his friends, this broker, on find- 
ing that he had been made legatee to 
half the old man's estate, ($350,000 at 
least,) went before a notary public and 
renounced the whole legacy, making it 
over in favor of the relatives of the de- 
ceased in France, consisting of nephews 
and nieces to the number of 20 or 30, 
and all humbly situated in life. The 
broker who so magnanimously re- 
nounced his share to the estate, gave 
as his reason for so doing that he was 
already as rich as he wished to be, and 
felt so independent that he did not A\ish 
it to be in the power of any one to say 
that any part of his fortune was not of 
his own making. 

Lefflingwell, Dr. Frederick 0., 

■ , June 15, se. 33, formerly from 

New Haven. He was accidentally killed 
on the Illinois Central Railroad. 

Leftw'ICH, John O., Bedford, Va., 
Jan. 20, fp. 66. The dictates of truth, 
honor, and honesty, governed his gen- 
eral intercourse with his fellow-men ; 
whilst his social connection with his 
neighbors and friends was marked with 
a hospitality, urbanity, and kindness of 
heart rarely exceeded. With qualities, 
both of mind and heart, eminently fit- 
ting him for usefulness, he has passed 
away. 

Leidy, Dr. Jacob, Quincy, 111., Oct. 
7, se. 63, formerly of Pennsylvania. He 
possessed many of the ennobling vir- 
tues of the heart, and his death will be 
a source of grief to a large circle of 
friends. 

Leize, John S., Tulpehoccon town- 
ship, Pa., , tp. 39. It is not of- 
ten that a community is called upon to 
mourn the loss of so good a man. Few 
there are who have sustained, in all the 
relationships of life, so fair a character ; 
he left the world with a name as pure 
and unspotted as an infant's. Within 
his breast beat a large heart. He was 
kind to the poor, and gave, not only 
freely, but with prudence and judgment. 
Among his public acts of beneficence, 
two large donations to his neighborhood 
— one to the cause of education, and 
the other to the church — Avill ever at- 
test his charity. 

Lemannowsky, Col., Hamburg, Clark 

Co., Ind., , ve. 88. He served 

under Napoleon, and was among the 
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corporal, and never betrayed his trust 
or his master, from the siege of Toulon 
to the final overthrow and exile. Many 
of us have listened to his lectures, and 
remember the thrilling incidents related 
by the old man. He Avas in Italy, and 
in Egypt, and beheld the sanguinary 
conflict that took place beneath the 
shadows of the pyramids, cruised the 
Red Sea, and among the arid wastes of 
the desert beheld the ravages of the 
plague cut down the flower of the army ; 
yet did he cling to the fortunes of the 
great captain with that peculiar tenaci- 
ty that marked the followers of the great- 
est general that ever trod the earth. 
For his devotedness he sufl'ered impris- 
onment in the loathsome dungeons of 
Paris, and at last exile from the land of 
his first adoption to the home of the 
free. Here he lived an exemplary Chris- 
tian, and when he was called to fight 
the last battle, he girded on the armor 
of fliith, and fell beneath the scythe of 
death, to be welcomed victorious in 
eternity. He was buried Avith masonic 
honors, and while he lived could boast 
of being one of the officers that initiat- 
ed the great Napoleon into the myste- 
ries of that ancient and honorable order. 

Lemay, Mrs. Eliza A., Raleigh, N. C, 
March 3, ee. — , wife of Rev. Thomas 
J. Lemay. 

Lenahan, Rev. P. J., East Green- 
wich, R. I., June 30, se. 33, an able and 
much beloved clergyman of the Catho- 
lic church. 

Leroy, Rev. P. S., Redfield, N. Y., 
Mar. 1 7, ae. — . He was local elder and at 
the time of his death was in charge of 
the Redfield mission. Black River con- 
ference, where he had labored faithful- 
ly for about six months. 

Leslie, Miss EHza, Gloucester, N. J., 



8B. 



69, a native of Philadel- 



phia. Her family on her father's side 
were of Scotch descent, her great-grand- 
father having come from Scotland and 
settled in Cecil Co., Md., in 1745. His 
wife was of Swedish descent, so that Miss 
Leslie might well declare that she had 
" not a drop of English blood in her 
veins." Her father, Avho was a man of 
much ingenuity, a devoted student of 
mathematics and natural philosophy, 
and a familiar friend of Franklin, Rit- 
tenhouse, Jeff"erson, and others of the 
great men of Pliiladelphia society in 
those times, went to London towards 



the close of the last ccntuiy, and there 
his son, C. R. Leslie, one of the great- 
est painters in England, was born, in 
1794. Mr. Leslie returned to.Philadel- 
phia in 1800, and his children received 
the best education that the schools of 
the day aff"orded. Eliza received thorough 
instruction in the homelier as well as the 
more elegant accomplishments. She 
went to Mi-s. Goodfellow's cooking 
school, and her first essay at authorship 
was a little volume called " Seventy-Five 
Receipts,*' designed to assist ladies in 
housekeeping. Afterwards she wrote a 
number of little books for young readers, 
which were excellent of their kind and 
very popular. The first genuine sensa- 
tion, however, that her writings created, 
was that produced by the lively sketch 
called Mrs. " Washington Potts," which 
appeared in 1832. This and other 
spirited tales, in which satire was pleas- 
antly mingled with genial pictures of 
American social life, Avere collected in a 
volume published in 1833, called " Pen- 
cil Sketches." Several similar volumes 
were published subsequently. Some 
years later she wrote " Althea Vernon," 
and " Amelia, or a Young Lady's Vi- 
cissitudes," both of which were quite 
popular. But it is as a wi'iter of books 
on cookery and housekeeping that she 
is most widely known, and there is 
scarcely a home in the United States 
where her name is not literally a 
" household word." Her various receipt 
books have probably attained a larger 
circulation than almost any other Amer- 
ican books ever written. She is also 
the author of the " Behavior Book," a 
clever manual of the proprieties of life ; 
and she was engaged in writing a Life of 
John Fitch, of steam navigation fame, 
but we are not aware that it has ever 
been completed. Without any preten- 
sion as a composer of " fine writing," 
or as a woman of imaginative power, 
she pleased by the simplicity of her 
style, and the strong common sense 
which characterized every thing that 
came from her pen. In conversation 
she was always animated and interest- 
ing, her remarks on events and persons 
were pointed, and she had a fund of an- 
ecdote and reminiscence wherewith to 
illustrate her remarks that seemed well 
nigh inexhaustible. 

Lewis, Rev. Addison M., Hunts- 
ville, Mo., Aug. 26, ae. 68. He was the 



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vounpcst son of Col. Zachary Lewis, of 
b(.'l-Air, in Si)ottsylvania Co.,Va. After 
receiving a classical and mathematical 
education, he became a member of the 
Bajjtist section of the church of God. 
Having been baptized on the 13th of 
July, 1808, he assumed the respon- 
sible duties of a minister of the gospel 
of Jesus Christ, and continued to 
preach in Virginia, Kentucky, and ISIis- 
souri so long as his health and strength 
lasted, llesiding for many years in his 
native state, he became well known, not 
only as a minister, but as a high school 
teacher. Having been twice married, 
first to a daughter of the Rev. John A. 
Billingsicy, a distinguished Baptist min- 
ister, and after her death to a daughter 
of Col. Thomas Minor, a soldier of the 
revolutionary vvar, and having a large 
and increasing flPmily, he determined to 
remove to Kentucky. On his arrival in 
the state where he had been previously, 
and was known to many, he became the 
president of a Uterary institution at 
Georgetown, Scott Co. ; but subsequent- 
ly retired to his farm in Franklin Co., 
leaving the institution, at the request of 
the trustees, in charge of his brother, 
and afterwards removed to ^lissouri, 
wliere he continued to preach till, be- 
ing weakened by the toils of life and 
ill health, he was prevented. He 
was a tall man, of commanding ap- 
pearance, of grave deportment, and 
remarkably conservative and didactic 
speech, yet a man of strong emotions, 
and deep sensibility. He was ])olite 
from feeling and education, a gentle- 
man of the olden school of Virginia. 
In the ]}ulpit he used the simplest forms 
of sj)eech which a learned man could 
select from the ])ure Anglo-Saxon dia- 
lect ; and all flowers of rhetoric he re- 
jected as inap])ropriate in presenting 
to men " Christ and him crucified." 
His sermons were calm addresses to the 
minds and hearts of his hearers, very 
solemn and full of warning. 

Lkwis, llev. A. INI., lluntsville. Mo., 
Sept. 2, a'. Vu. 

Lkwis, Mnjor Hector P., Lexington, 
Ky., Sept. 2U, a-. — , a gentleman of 
strict integrity, amialjle character, and 
highly honorable bearing. He was re- 
spected l)y all who knew him. 

Lkwis,' Mrs. Hester Ann, TjTrell 
Co., N. C, A])ril 21, w. — , wife of Dr. 
I lenry E. Lewis, 



Lewis, Lieut. Montgomery, Phila- 
delphia, Pa., Jan. 21, se. 44, of the U. S. 
navy. 

Lewis, Dr. Wm. H., Newton, Iowa, 
April 21, a\ 38, was an alumnus of 
Marietta College, of the class of 1847. 

Lewison, Wm. H., New York city, 
Feb. 20, iv. 35, editor and proprietor of 
the Picayune. He was the author of 
the " Julius Ca'sar Hannibal " sermons 
in the Picavune. 

LiBBY, William, Gray, Me., May 4, 
ie. 94, one of the old standards. He 
voted for Washington for president, 
and has thrown his vote at every elec- 
tion of president since. 

Liggett, j\Irs. EUzabeth, Millers- 
burg, 0., Nov. 19, w. 64. She emi- 
grated from I'ennsyhania to Ohio in 
early times, and for 23 years has been 
a resident of that place. The last 49 
j-ears of her life she was a member of 
the M. E. church. 

LiGHTFOOT, Jacob, Maiden Creek, 
Pa., Sept. 10, a?, about 65, one of the 
inspectors of the Berks Co. prison. 

LiLLlE, Thomas, East Cambridge, 

Mass., , BB. 85. He was bom 

in Boston, where he has ever lived 
until the last two years. He was a 
well-known and highl)--respected brass 
founder, &c., and during the war of 
1812 he contracted for and furnished 
the principal castings for the men-of- 
war built at the Charlestown navy 
yard. Old age and bodily infirmity 
have prevented him from transacting 
business for many years. He is the 
last of four brothers, all of whom re- 
sided in Boston, and lived to a good 
old age. 

Lincoln, Rev. Henry, Nantucket, 
Mass., May 28, w. 91. He was born 
in Hingham, Nov. 3, 1765, and gradu- 
ated at Harvard College in 1786. He 
was ordained pastor of the church in 
Falmouth, Mass., Feb. 3, 1790, and 
continued his labors with fidelity, and 
to the entire acceptance of his peo- 
ple, until Nov. 26, 1823, when, on ac- 
count of the infirmities of age, his 
pastoral connection was dissolved, and 
he removed to Nantucket, and resided, 
during the remainder of his life, in the 
family of Dr. Fearing. He was, at the 
time of his death, probably, with one 
exception, the oldest clergyman in the 
state, his classmate. Rev. Jacob Nor- 
ton, residing at Billerica, being his sen- 



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ior by nearly two years. Mr. Lincoln 
was a gentleman of the old school ; of 
fine personal appearance, always re- 
markably neat in his dress, of an affable 
and social disposition, and withal a 
good Christian. 

Lincoln, Dr. John Randolph, Bos- 
ton, Mass., Aug. 22, se. 29. 

Lincoln, Marshall, Hingham, Mass., 
Jan. 7, a?. 69, was an inspector of the 
state almshouse in Bridgewater. 

Linn, Hon. Archibald L., Grassfield, 
N. Y., Oct. 10, SB. 54. Hb has been, 
until within a few years of liis death, a 
leading member of the bar in his county, 
and has served the jjublic in various 
official capacities. He was the son of 
Rev. Dr. Linn, of N. Y., and was born 
in 1802. His father died while he was 
but a child, and his widowed mother 
removed to Schenectady soon after the 
death of her husband, at which place she 
educated her son with a mother's tender- 
ness and care. He was a member of 
the class of 1820, and classmate of Dr. 
Hick ok. Prof. Taylor Lewis, Hon. John 
C. Wright, Hon. Wm. H. Seward, and 
William Kent. He studied law with 
Robert Hudson, Esq., and in 1824 
formed a copartnership with Nicholas 
F. Beck, Esq., which lasted but one 
year, and was terminated by the re- 
moval of Mr. Beck to Albany. Judge 
Linn then became his successor, and by 
assiduous application soon rose high in 
his profession. He was twice mayor, 
was a member of the 37th Congress, 
and on intimate terms with Hon. John 
Quincy Adams, Millard Fillmore, and 
Franklin Pierce, who were members 
of the same Congress. He was a 
warm friend and supporter of Mr. Fill- 
more's administration, and until the 
day of his death was upon intimate 
terms with him. He was a member of 
the Assembly of New York from his 
county when Mr. Fillmore was comp- 
troller. He has held the office of coun- 
ty judge, and other respectable stations, 
and at all times served the public with 
honor to himself and satisfaction to 
them. Judge L. as a man and a com- 
panion had few equals, and many warm 
friends Avill, to-day, drop the silent tear 
into the grave of their friend. He was 
an active, energetic, and warm-hearted 
man, with a hand always open to the 
poor and distressed; he sympathized 
with the unfortunate, and the sjenerous 



impulses of his warm heart often re- 
sponded to their calls. 

LiNNEL, Dea. Elijah, Adrian, Mich., 
Jan. 29, ae. 57. La all the relations of 
life, as a citizen, a man of business, and 
a Christian, Dea. L. has ever exhibited a 
harmony of character attained by few, 

Litchfield, Alfred, South Scituate, 
Mass., Dec. 20, vc. 54. He served 
the town as selectman, assessor, and 
overseer of the poor, for several years, 
with entire satisfaction. He was an 
earnest and open advocate of truth and 
justice, strictly an honest man, and not 
only his relatives and personal friends, 
but the whole town, mourn his death. 

Little, Mrs. Sarah, Concord, N. H., 
June 14, aj. 29, wife of Dr. J. W. 
Little. 

Little, Rev. Samuel P., Richmond, 
Ky., March 1 1 , se. 28. Li early youth he 
professed religion and united with the 
Presbyterian church ; in 1846 he gradu- 
ated at Centre College ; and in 1849 he 
was licensed to preach by the presby- 
tery of Transylvania. 

Little, Hon. ]\Ioses, Newburyport, 
Mass., April 28, se. 91. For half a cen- 
tury Mr. L. \isited Littleton, N. H., 
semiannually. At an early age he suc- 
ceeded his father as proprietor of the 
town, and was intimately connected with 
its settlement and growth from the time 
the old chartered tovniship called Ap- 
thorp was divided into Dalton and Lit- 
tleton in 1784. The former town was 
named from the Hon. Tristam Dalton, 
and the latter from Moses Little, parent 
of the sul)ject of this notice, who was one 
of the principal grantees of the township 
of Apthorp, which was named in mem- 
ory of George Apthorp, a London mer- 
chant. The original township was grant- 
ed to James Avery and others, by Gov. 
Benning Wentworth, in 1764, and called 
Chiswick. In 1769 it was purchased by 
Mr. L. and three others, and a new 
charter taken out under Gov. John AVent- 
worth, varied materially in its bounda- 
ries by extending about three miles far- 
ther up Connecticut River than did the 
charter of Chiswick. Moses Little, Sen., 
was a man of great powers of body and 
mind. He was a colonel in the conti- 
nental army, and took part in the battle 
of Bunker Hill. From exposure he was 
stricken with palsy, and did not attain to 
great age. His son ]\Ioses was truly a 
man of peace. His habits of living in- 



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LOOMIS 



sured him a Ionf» life. In his feelings he 
was remarkable for hos])itality and kind- 
ness, as many of the fornier inhabiUints 
of the town of Littleton well know, and 
as many of its aged citizens can now tes- 
tify. Within the last two weeks of his 
life he conversed freely u])on the affairs 
of Littleton, and inquired for his old 
friends still li\ing there, none of whom 
have yet attained to his number of years. 
He was the last of his family of his 
generation, several of whom were very 
aged. 

Little, William, , , 

ae, — , was the first deputy sheriff of Jef- 
ferson Co., an office he held for eight 
years, and was paymaster at Harper's 
Ferry during the Mom-oe administra- 
tion. 

LiTTLEFiELD, James P., Grand Rap- 
ids, Mich., , x. — , alderman of 

that city, and a native of Bridgewater. 

LiVESKY, Rev. Richard, Manchester, 
Conn., Aug. 23, a?. 46. 

LrviXGSTON, Mortimer, Staten Island, 

, a?. — . Mr. L. was formerly a 

member of the firm of Bolton, Fox, & 
Livingston. After the death of Mr. 
Bolton, Fox & Li\ingston continued the 
line of packets to Havre. When the 
Havre lines formed a union, Mr. L. com- 
menced a line of steamers between this 
port and Havre, which continues to be 
well supported by the travelling public, 
and carries the mails. The death of Mr. 
L. took place on Monday afternoon at 
3 o'clock, and was alarmingly sudden. 
The deceased was only 50 years of age, 
and his healthful ajjpearance gave prom- 
ise of a long life. He was the son of 
the Hon. Maturin Livingston, who was 
recorder of this city from 180i to 1808. 
Few stood as high in the mercantile 
world as tlie deceased. 

Lloyd, Almon J., Blandford, Mass., 
June 1, .-c. 53. He was a highly re- 
8])ected citizen of Blandford, and for near- 
ly 20 years a jjrofessing disci])le of Jesus 
Christ, in connection with the Congrega- 
tional church. 

Lock, Mrs. Sarah, Williamsburg, N.Y., 

, a'. 81, widow of the late Ephra- 

im Lock, formerly of Boston. 

LoCKll.VKT, Hon. James, Sept. 7, te. 
— , Evansville, Ind., member of Congress 
elect from Evansville district, Ind. 

LocrsoN, Dr. Jose|)h, lUackbird, Del., 
Jan. 25, sc. 20, of Deep water Point, 
Salem Co., N. J. 



Lombard, Absalom, Brimfield, Mass., 
, a?. 69. 



Long, Mrs. Christiana, Berwick town- 
ship, Pa., March 5, ce. 103, the oldest 
2)erson in the county. 

Long, Hon. John, Randolph Co., 
X. C, Aug. — , vn. — . 

Long.\n.a.cker, Sarah, New Lisbon, 
O., June 8, fe. 82, widow of Daniel Long- 
anacker. She was a resident o? Salem 
township 53 j'ears, and one of the first 
settlers of Eastern Ohio. 

LoNGLEY, Mrs. Martha A., Hawley, 
Mass., April 9, ee. 73, widow of the late 
Gen. Thomas Longley. 

LoNGSTREET, Mrs. Hannah Ann, Bor- 
dentown, N. J., March 30, ae. 32, wife 
of Dr. H. H. Longstreet. 

LoNGWORTHY, Mrs. E. A., Rochester, 

N. Y., , 33. — , wife of Dr. H. H. 

Longworthy. 

LooMis, Rev. Aretas, Bennington, Vt., 
Aug. 13, ae. 66. Mr. L. was born in 
Southampton, Dec. 19, 1790 ; graduated 
at Williams College 1815 ; studied the- 
ology with Rev. Vinson Gould, of South- 
ampton ; was licensed by the Hamjishire 
association, August, 1817 ; was ordained 
as an evangelist, at Belchertown, May, 
1818 ; was a missionary one year under 
the Hampshire ]\Iissionary Society, la- 
boring in Western Virginia ; jireached 
as stated supply in Randolph Co., Va., 
for six and a half years from 1819 ; 
preached in West Windsor, Vt., six 
months in 182&-7; supphcd in Castle- 
ton, Vt., in 182/ ; and began to preach 
in Coleraine, Mass., in 1828, where he 
labored as pastor eight years. After his 
dismission from Coleraine he was installed 
in the Second Congregational Church in 
Bennington, Vt., then recently organized, 
April 27, 1836 ; was dismissed Nov. 6, 
1850 ; preached a few months in New 
Preston, Conn. ; and in October, 1851, 
removed to Hebron, N. Y., where he 
preached as stated su]i])ly till the autumn 
of 1855. His health fiiling. he returned 
to Bennington to reside in the sjjring of 
1856. Finding himself unable longer to 
sustain the labors and resj)onsil)ilities of 
a settled pastor, ^Ir. L., at aliout this 
time, relinquislied the expectation of 
preaching statedly. Ha^^ng a pleasant 
residence in Bennington, he spent his 
time ])rincij)ally there, preaching occa- 
sionally, as his health would ])ermit, and 
as his services were requested. Tliough 
compelled, by the state of liis health, so 



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227 



in 
hijiher 



far to relinquish his much loved work, 
prosecuted for almost 40 years, he and 
his beloved and excellent wife had the 
satisfaction of seeing then* two sons, Rev. 
Aretas G. Loomis, of Bethlehem, Conn., 
and Rev. Elihu Loomis, of Littleton, 
]\Iass., established in the ministry ; their 
eldest daughter, also, the wife of a min- 
ister, Rev. A. M. Beveridge, Lansing- 
burg, N. Y. ; and their youngest 
the station of a teacher in the 
branches of female education in Ben 
nington. After a gradual decline of his 
health for a long time, on the morning 
of Aug. 13, 1857, he ceased from this 
mortal life, and departed to his rest and 
reward. He died with all his family 
ai'ound him, in the calm and firm hope 
of a Christian minister in the Lord Jesus, 
whose " unsearchable riches " it had been 
his privilege and delight to preach. Mr. 
L. in the relations of private life was a 
man of great excellence. With the seri- 
ousness which became him as a minister 
he united the suavity of manner, the 
cheerfulness and blandness of feeling, and 
the benevolence of disposition which ever 
command esteem and respect, and se- 
cure friendship. He was a model of dis- 
cretion ; yet this never degenerated into 
indecision or an inclination to compro- 
mise the right. He was prudent yet 
faithful, gentle yet firm. Public inter- 
ests had the place in his thoughts which 
they should ever have in the minister of 
Chi'ist, and yet he never put himself into 
associations inconsistent with the sacred- 
ness of the ministerial office. As a 
Christian and a minister he never gave 
occasion to the hearer of the gospel of 
his life to say that his preaching was bet- 
ter than his example. That which he 
publicly taught upon the Sabbath in his 
pulpit had the emphasis of a consistent 
manner of life and deportment through 
the week. As a pastor he was diligent 
and faithful, a man of active industry 
and promptitude, following up, in his in- 
tercourse with the families of his con- 
gregation, the great purjwses of his pub- 
lic work. His knowledge of the great 
and fundamental doctrines of the gosjiel 
was clear and accurate, and his " sound- 
ness in the faith " unquestionable. The 
cordial greeting of " Brother Loomis," at 
home or abroad, in the associational 
meeting or in the ecclesiastical council, 
or wherever he met with his brethren, 
always indicated his warm professional 



attachments, his pleasure in the society 
of his brethren, and his readiness for 
every duty in which he was to bear his 
part with them. As a jjreacher, Mr. L. 
dealt m plain Scripture truth, judicious- 
ly bringing forward doctrine, precept, 
Christian experience ; doing this in great 
simplicity and clearness of style, and in 
an earnest and forcible manner of de- 
livery, and furnishing his hearers with 
solid and rich materials for reflection, 
instructive to the understanding, stirring 
to the conscience, adapted to affect the 
heart and influence the life. In short, 
he was one of the men in the sacred 
oflSce to whom all who knew him, and 
could justly estimate character, would 
apply that comprehensive expression, " a 
good minister of Jesus Christ." 

Loomis, Harvey, Syracuse, N. Y., 
Sept. 25, a?. 75, a man of rare integrity 
and promptitude in affairs. 

Loomis, Levi, East Hartford, Conn., 
May 25, sp. 100 years and 11 months, 
formerly of Bolton. 

LooNEY, Dr. J. D., Tennessee, Sept. 
22, se. — . Dr. L. was an old resident 
of Henry Co., beloved by all who knew 
him for his many good qualities. He 
was a useful citizen, an excellent phy- 
sician, a good neighbor, an exemplary 
Christian, and an honest man. 

LoRANCE, Mary Susan, Florence, Ala., 
Jan. 15, 8P. — , Avife of 'W. li. Lorance, 
Esq., and eldest daughter of Wm. Wat- 
kins, Esq., of Huntsville. Ala. 

LoKD, Col. Lee, Bedford, Cuyahoga 
Co., O., July 15, SB. 63. Mr. L. was 
born Feb. 13, 1794, at Woodstock, Vt., 
from which place he early emigrated to 
Browns\ille, Jefferson Co., N. Y., where 
he was actively engaged in business till 
1836, when he became a resident of 
Ohio. In whatever capacity he has act- 
ed, whether as county recorder, account- 
ant, husband, father, friend, or church 
officer, few have Malked more irreproach- 
ably, or di-awn about them more cordial 
or lasting friends, than he. Ardent and 
unwavering in his attachment, he seemed 
endowed with a capacity to draw out a 
full reciprocity, and amid his friends he 
has affixed a monument to his memory 
more enduring than columns of marble. 
He had made am])Ie provision for his 
family in this world and himself in an- 
other. 

Lord, Hon. Richard, Cleveland, O., 
Jan. 24, se. 76. 



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Lord, Mrs. Sarah, Watertown, Wis., 
Feb. (5. a', o.'i, wife of Dr. 11. Lord, late 
of Boonville, N. Y. 

LoTHROP, Hon. Howard, Easton, 

Mass., , a}. 81. Mr. L. was 

among the oldest and most respected 
inhabitants of Easton. Besides holding 
several important offices in town, he rep- 
resented his fellow-citizens for a num- 
ber of years in the state legislature, both 
in the Senate and House ; also for sev- 
eral years a member of the Executive 
Council. He was a man of strict re- 
ligious principles, and a worthy member 
of the Congregational church. 

LoUDERBACK, iNlrs. Susan Ophelia, 
Davenport, Iowa, Jan. 8, se. 41, wife of 
Rev. Alfred Loudcrback. 

LoUNSBERRY, Nathan M., Clarendon, 
Vt., ,86. 101. 

LovEJOY, Mrs. Sally, Concord, N. H., 
Sept. 23, x. 68, wife of the late Jonathan 
Lovejoy, of N. Y., and daughter of the 
late Nathan Taylor, of Sanbornton. 

LovERiN, William H., Caney, Mata- 
gorda Co., Texas, Jan. 27, ce. — , an old 
and highly-esteemed citizen. 

LovETT, Theodore, Milwaukie, Wis., 
Oct. 9, a>. 31, superintendent of the ]Mil- 
w^aukie and Superior Railroad, and for- 
merly su])erintendent of the Troy and 
Boston Railroad. 

Lowell, Harriet B., Foxcroft, Me., 
Oct. 19, SB. 48, wife of Philip S. Lowell, 
Esq. 

LowMlLLER, Mrs. Catharine, Wood- 
ward township, Pa., March 2, a?. 84, 
widow of the late Henry Lowmiller. 

Lowndes, Mrs. Elizabeth, Brenton, 
Charleston, S. C, July 20, ve. 7o, widow 
of the late Hon. William Lowndes, and 
daughter of the late Gen. Thomas Pinck- 
ney. 

LowRY, Col. James, Buncombe Co., 
N. C, Jan. 24, w. 74. He was born 
near Raleigh, N, C, May 9, 1783, but 
emigrated in early life to Buncombe Co., 
where he resided u]) to the time of his 
death. By the death of Col. Lowry, the 
community in which he lived has been 
de;)rived of one of its most valued cit- 
izens, the oliurch of one of its brightest 
jewels. Born amid the exciting scenes 
which closed the revolution, and just as 
the echoes of the last gun liad died away 
U])on the distant battle field, and " the 
last armed foe " was vanquished, it was 
natural that he should grow up with a 
heart filled with many high and honor- 



able impulses, and in possession of that 
courage and true patriotism which are 
ever ready to go when duty and our 
country's honor call. Accordingly, in the 
war of 1812, he raised a company of 
troops, at whose head he marched to 
; the defence of his country ; but was soon 
', thereafter providentially returned by the 
j news of peace. Since that time he 
has filled, with ability, many imjjortant 
offices in his state, having repeatedly 
served in both branches of the state 
legislature, and as counsel to the gov- 
ernor. 

Lucas, Charles* Zachary, Baltimore, 
Md., March 24, se. — , was a young gen- 
tleman much esteemed for his social 
qualities, possessing excellent talents and 
fine scholarsliip. 

LuDDiNGTON, Jacob, Holyoke, ^lass., 
Feb. 5, se. 82. 

LUDIXGTOX, Lewis, Kenosha, Wis., 
Sept. 3, ce. 72, formerly a prominent cit- 
izen of Carmel, Putnam Co. 

Ludlow, Rev. John, D. D., LL. D., 
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 8, (c. 65. Dr. 
L. was for many years the pastor of the 
North Dutch Church, in Albany, which 
post he left to fill the ))rofessorship in 
the University of Peimsylvania. He re- 
mained at the head of the university 
nearly 20 years, and only a few years 
ago resigned to accept the professorship 
of ecclesiastical history in the Dutch Re- 
formed Theological Seminary at New 
Brunswick, He was a man of extensive 
acquirements, to whom laborious study 
was a pleasure. 

LuDWiG, Dr. IVIichael, Douglassville, 
Amity township, Berks Co., Pa., June l,8e. 
64, a graduate of the University of Peim- 
sylvania, and for many years a successful 
and popular practitioner of that neigh- 
borhood, and for the last 13 years he 
performed the duties of postmaster at 
Douglassville. 

Lull, Mrs. P. W., Potsdam, N. Y., 
Nov. 25, se. 64, wife of Dr. James Lull. 

Lumpkin, Rev. George, Oglethorpe 
Co., Ga., Dec. 14, a>. 69. 

LuxDY, Ann Warner, Philadelphia, I 
May 21, a;. — , wife of Rev. John P. 
Lundy, and daughter of Stephen H. 
Pici'son. 

LuxT, Rev. William Parsons, D. D., 
Akbah, a town of Arabia Petra?a, March 
21, ae. 52, of Quincy, Mass. He was 
born in Newburyport, Mass., April 21, 
1805 ; graduated at Harvard College in 



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229 



1823; studied law for one year; then, 
changing his purpose of Hfe, entered the 
Theological School in Cambridge ; was 
ordained pastor of the Second Unitarian 
Church in New York city in 1828, where 
he remained until 1833. In 1835 he 
was installed over the society in Quincy, 
and died its pastor. He was a man of 
genius and refinement, of learning, culti- 
vation, and taste, and he employed all 
his gifts in the Master's service. His 
WTitings, both ])rose and poetry, are from 
the " piu-e well of English undefiled." 
He was a learned and accurate historian, 
and a member of the Massachusetts His- 
torical Society. He received in 1855 
the degree of D. D. from Harvard Col- 
lege. He left home in December, 1856, 
to travel abroad, and while crossing the 
desert was attacked with a sharp illness, 
which terminated fatally soon after his 
reaching Akbah. His travelling com- 
panions, two Englishmen and an Amer- 
ican, two of whom were clergymen, 
soothed his last hours. 

Lyman, Dea. Azariah, Chester, Ge- 
auga Co., O., May 12, oa. 79. Dea. L, 
was born in Westhampton, Mass., in 
1778, M'here he remained until past the 
meridian of Ufe. From Westhampton 
he removed to Norwich, Mass., where he 
resided seven years, and from thence to 
tills i)lace 33 years ago. There were 
but 39 families in the township, and but 
six members in the church, when he 
united with it. Always cheerful, of 
strong will and firm purpose, of Puri- 



tanic virtue, pure and constant religious 
faith, of hardy physical mould, enter- 
prising and benevolent, he was just the 
man needed in laying " tlie foundations 
of many generations." The church, and 
every institution having for its object the 
prosjierity of Zion or the good of man, 
found in him a true friend, in every town 
where he has resided. He has" filled, 
with fidelity, the highest offices of trust. 

Lynch, Patrick, New York city, ]\Iay 
23, 8P. 45, editor of the Irish American. 

Ly'N'CH, Dr. Thomas, South Boston, 
Mass., , se. — . 

Lyon, Edward, Seneca Falls, N, Y., 
Aug. 25, 86. 71. He came to this 
village from Catskill in 1833, and en- 
gaged in merchandising. He has always 
sustained the reputation of a worthy cit- 
izen and an honorable man. 

Ly'on, Mrs. Elizabeth, Bates^•ille, Ark., 
April 12, ae. — , formerly of Trenton, 
N. J., wife of Aaron W. Lyon, and sister 
of the late James Agnew, M. D. 

Lyon, Dr. Joel, Gill, Mass., Sept. 1 1, 
ae. 74. 

Lyon, Mrs. Mary S., Erie, Pa., Oct. 
6, 86. about 50, wife of Rev. George A. 
Lyon. 

Lyon, Rev. Nathan, Rutherford Co., 
Tenn., Feb. 9, 86. 67, was born in Roan 
Co., N. C, and emigrated to Tennessee 
in 1814, and settled at or near the place 
where he died. 

Lytle, William, Princeton, N. J., 

, PD. 74, a well known and much 

respected citizen. 



M. 



Madera, Nicholas B., Morgantown, 
Va., May 14, oe. 77, He was one of 
the oldest citizens, having resided there 
for more than 50 years, whither he re- 
moved from Berks Co., Penn. He was 
universally esteemed as a good citizen; 
and as an upright man, in all his ways, 
won the confidence and respect of all 
who knew him. 

^Iadison, Mrs. Letitia, Romolini, 
Orange Co., Va., Jan. 28, se. — , wife of 
Dr. Robert Madison, and daughter of 
John H. Lee, Esq. 

jVIaeck, Mrs. x\bigail, Shelburne, Vt., 
Feb. 24, ae. 87, wUe of Dr. Frederick 
Maeck. 

Magee, Joseph, ^IcArthur, O., 

20 



— , 86. — . Mr. M. was well and favor- 
ably known in the county, having lived 
there several years. From this place he 
removed to Vinton Co., and was elected 
first auditor of the comity, which office 
he held several years, and the duties of 
which he discharged with credit to hini- 
self and to the entire satisfaction of his 
constituents. 

Magill, James, Westmoreland Co., 
Pa., June 3, a?, about 90. Mr. M. was 
the father of J. C. Magill, Esq., of Ca- 
talpa Grove, Iowa. He was born in 
Derry Co., Ireland, and came to America 
at the age of 16. He was an early pi- 
oneer of what, in his youth, was the west. 
He served in Gen. Harrison's army dur- 



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ing the late war, on the M.iumee River, 
and partici])aled in sooie of the severest 
actions of the war. 

Magill, AVilliam, Philadelphia, Pa., 
Aug. 2.J, ir. — , formerly publisher of the 
" Pennsylvanian " newspaper. I 

Maiion, R'-v. R., Jackson Co., Va., [ 
Dec. 13, X. Ti. He was converted in 
his 17th vear ; was appointed class lead- 
er soon lifter ; was licensed to exhort in j 
his 19th year; and, giving evidence of j 
usefulness, he was licensed to preach 
shortly after, and was ordained deacon in 
Philadel;)hia about 25 years ago. Not j 
feeling inij)ressed that it was his duty to { 
enter the itineracy, he would not yield I 
to do so, but contented himself to labor : 
in the local ranks. He did labor ; he j 
entered the vineyard early, and labored 
for more than 30 years. Unlike some 
local brethren, he did not seem satisfied 
with merely being a licensed preacher 
and member of the quarterly conference. 
He made appointments and filled them, 
like one who had an important work to 
do, and an account to give for his time 
and talent. 

Mairs, Juliet C, Steubenville, O., 
Sept. 27, a?. 23, wife of Dr. J. C. Mairs, 
of Richmond. 

M.AKENFUSS, Henry, Charleston, S. C, 
July — , 86. 91, one of the oldest and 
most respected men in the state. 

Maxley, Minerva, Sandy Hill, N. Y., 
March 29, fe. 26, wife of William R. ! 
Manly, and daughter of Gen. Orvide 
Clark. /. I 

Manx, Hon. Joel B., Cheltenham ' 

Valley, Montgomery Co., Pa., , 

ffi. 77. He was an old-school democrat 
in politics. As a man he was upright, 
conscientious, and universally respected 
by all who knew him. He represented 
old Montgomery for several years in 
Congress, during most trying times, and 
was always found a most faithful repre- 
sentative. 

Maxn, j. N. E., Esq., Vernon, Conn., 
April 15, 86. 60. Mr. M. was a native 
of Medfield. He served one term of five 
years as high sheriff of the county, and 
filled the ])ost of jailer for more than 20 
years. He was possessed of natuiml 
abilities of a high order, and the duties 
of the various important offices confided 
to his charge were performed with great 
fidelity. For many years he occupied a 
prominent ])osition in the town, and his 
death adds another name to the long list 



of the active and influential men of Dcd- 
hara who have died within the last few 
years. 

Maxnixg, Abigail, Goshen, Mass., 
Sept. 21, a^. 93. 

Maxy, Francis V., New York City, 
March 5, ae. 74. He was a descendant 
of the French Huguenots, an enthusias- 
tic whig, and admirer of ]\Ir. Webster. 
He yielded himself to the ine\"itable 
touch of death with all humility, yet with 
all manliness, bequeathing to his de- 
scendants an example of high-toned self- 
respect, and the heritage of an unsullied 
name. 

Maples, Hon. Darius, Cannons\ille, 
N. Y., Jan. 14, a;. 72. 

Maratta, Capt. James, Beaver Co., 
Pa., May 30, se. 66, one of the ablest 
steamboat ca]}tains on the western waters, 
esteemed and respected by all who knew 
him. 

March, Leonard, Bangor, Me., June 
9, 86. 44. The death of Mr. M. is no 
common loss. As a business man he 
was widely known in the commercial 
world, and possessed a character of un- 
impeachable integrity. As a citizen he 
took a deep interest in the welfare of the 
community, and was ready in aid of en- 
terprise to promote it. 

Marchaxd, Louis, M. D., Jefferson 
township, Fayette Co., Pa., Jan. 10, se. 
73. Dr. M. was a native of Westmore- 
land Co. He subsequently removed to 
Uniontown, the county seat of Fayette 
Co., and for many years followed his pro- 
fession in that place. He, as the Union- 
town American Standard very justly ob- 
serves, " by common consent, stood at 
the head of the medical faculty of the 
west." 

jSLarchant, Hon. William, South 
Kingston, R. L, Jan. 21, ae. 83. Judge 
M. was born in Newport, R. L, Dec. 10, 
1774, just previous to the revolutionary 
war. His father, Henry ]SLarchant, was 
an active patriot, and, having rendered 
himself obnoxious to the British govern- 
ment l)y his activity in the cause of the 
colonies, was obliged to flee from New- 
port to a place less exposed to the incur- 
sions of the enemy, for the greater safety 
of his family, and removed to South 
Kingston. At the age of 13 William 
entered Yale College, where he gradu- 
ated after jiursuing a regular collegiate 
course. He suijseijucntly studied law, 
was elected a member of the General 



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Assembly, served as clerk, and was also 
judge of the Court of Common Pleas. 
He had read much, possessed more than 
ordinary intelligence, and was endowed 
with remarkable conversational powers. 
He was a firm believer in the Christian 
religion, and contributed liberally for its 
support at home and abroad, and was 
actuated liy a spirit of enlarged benevo- 
lence, and delighted to contribute to the 
happiness of those who shared with him 
the hospitaUties of life. 

HON. WILLIAM L. MARCT, 

Of Albany, N. Y., at Ballston, July 4, 
a?. 70. ' 

In the midst of the rejoicings which 
accomjjanied the anniversary of our inde- 
pendence, far more animated than usual, 
and which every thing seemed to com- 
bine to render joyous and ins])iriting, the 
heart of the city was shocked by the an- 
nouncement of the death of William L. 
Marcy at Ballston. The telegraph of- 
fices had been closed during the day, and 



in 1808, and came to Troy to commence 
the study of the law. The war of 1812 
broke out as he was prejjaring to prac- 
tise his profession, and he volunteered 
his services to (Jov. Tom])kins, and served 
as lieutenant in a comijuny of light in- 
fantry, with gallantry and efficiency. It 
was the fortune of this company to tal\.e 
the first prisoners and to capture" the first 
flag won by the land forces in that war. 

He was the efficient sup])orter and 
the confidential friend of Mr. Van Buren, 
and encountering the hostility of the 
Clintonians, was in 1818 removed from 
the office of recorder of Troy, to which 
he had been appointed by Gov. Tomp- 
kins. But he was immediately nomi- 
nated to the office of adjutant general ; 
and upon the reorganization of the state 
under the constitution of 1821, he was 
chosen comjjtroller. In 1829 he was 
ai)pointed justice of the Supreme Court, 
which he resigned in order to take a seat 
in the United States Senate, which place 
he again resigned in order to accept the 
/V^^^ °^ governor, to which the people 
the tidings only reached us by the pas-/had elected him, and which he held for 
senders of the Saratoga train. It waa j three terms, and in Avhich he won a rep- 



confirmed, with all the particulars, late 
in the day, and relatives and friends has- 
tened to the scene of death. The awful 
suddenness of this event was the more 
impressive, as the honored statesman 
had been recently among us to recei^•e 
the congratulations of his fellow-citizens 
upon the vigorous health which he had 
carried through so many arduous labors 
and to such eminence of position. He 
visited the city the day before his death, 
and manifested a buoyancy of health and 
an exhilaration of spirits that promised 
to add many days of honor to a life al- 
ready full of years and rich in fame. 

These hopes were vain indeed ; and 
the next day the distinguished object of 
them was destined to answer the roll-call 
to which Jefierson, and Adams, and 
Monroe had been summoned to respond 
on the anniversary of the national inde- 
pendence. Few men had been so hon- 
ored by his country ; few had repaid pop- 
ularity by such signal services. 

He was descended from a patriotic 
family of New England, which had served 
with distinction in the French colonial 
war and in the struggle for indej^end- 
ence, and was born Dec. 12, 1786, in 
Sturbridge, (now Southbridge,) Mass. 
He graduated at Brown University, R. I., 



utation for administrative talent, and a 
popularity, that ever afterwards associ- 
ated his name with that office. Even 
his distinguished career as the war secre- 
tary of President Polk, and the world- 
wide reputation he achieved as secretary 
of state of President Pierce, did not ef- 
face, in the minds of the people of New 
York, the recollection of his ability as 
governor. 

His talents were eminently adminis- 
trative. He had been an able judge and 
an eloquent senator; but as comptroller 
and governor of this state, and in the 
national cabinet, he exhibited a mastery 
of office that was equal to every emer- 
gency. 

His demarcation of the financial policy 
of the state as comptroller, and his mes- 
sages as governor, can be looked back to 
as memorials of his wisdom and 



now 

foresight ; and even the most radical of 

lepis- 



state 
his 



the democrats who opposed the 
lation of the closing years of his 
administration can find nothing in 
messages or state papers which could en- 
courage a legislative departure from the 
rigid policy of his predecessors. 

The same grasp of mind and power of 
commanding details which distinguished 
his career in the state, marked his dis- 



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charge of the duties of the war depart- 
ment under Polk, and of the secretary- 
shi]) of state under Pierce. 

In the first of these administrations he 
was associated with Mr. Buchanan ; but 
the conduct of the war with M(^\.ico fell 
peculiarly under his du-ection, as did the 
negotiations for peace under that of his 
distinguished colleague ; and the prompt- 
ness, vigor, and completeness with which 
he discharged his office, have perhaps 
never been sufficiently appreciated. The 
war which the two greatest nations of 
Europe carried on in the Crimea, which 
revealed so many imperfections of home 
administration, and wliich led to such 
inconsiderable results, has since afforded 
us a standard of admeasurement; and 
judged by it, the American cabinet 
stands far above those of Europe in its 
foresight and comprehensiveness, its vigor 
in action, and its grasp of results. Nor 
in the di])lomacy which it was the office 
of Secretary Marcy to preside over, 
under the administration of President 
Pierce, did the reijutation of the country 
suffer by the comparison with the high- 
est standards of European statesmanship. 
His cajjacity was as signal in the admin- 
istrative arts of ])eace as of war. 

In 18-53 Mr. M. assumed the portfolio 
of secretary of state, and was throughout 
Mr. Pierce's, as he had been under Pres- 
ident Polk, the leading spirit of the cabi- 
net. In the various offices heretofore held 
by him he had given striking proofs of the 
highest ability as an executive officer. 
As secretary of state his capacity as a 
statesman and diplomatist were to be 
fully tested. The field was a broader 
one than any into which he had hitherto 
entered, requiring the largest grasp of 
mind and the suljtlest exercise of intel- 
lectual ])0\ver to insure success. From 
the start, his official career in this was 
marked by the most brilliant successes. 
His Kotza letter, his state papers on 
Central American affairs, on the enlist- 
ment question, on the Danish sound 
dues, and on other subjects of national 
concern, remain as lasting monuments 
of his remarkaMe power as a writer, 
statesman, and di|)lomatist. The uni- 
versal sentiment of the world has as- 
signed him one of the highest positions 
among the great intellects of the age, 
having confessedly no sujjerior, as a 
diplomatist and statesman, either in the 
old or the new world. Mr. M. pos- 



sessed high social qualities, which en- 
deared him the most to those who knew 
him best. The shadow of susjncion of 
dishonesty never dimmed the lustre of 
any act during his long official career. 

He was not a mere politician. His 
mind had been cast in the larger mould 
of statesmanship, and he loved to grasp 
and handle the great questions of gov- 
ernmental interests and of national con- 
troversy. The state papers which ema- 
nated from his pen are admirable in 
style, and bear the e\'idence of thought- 
fulness and vigoi". He was in earlier 
life a frequent contributor to the press ; 
and he first unfolded his talents, and ol> 
tained his reputation as a writer, in the 
columns of this paper. 

But he had a life apart from the pub- 
lic, to which his family and friends alone 
had access. He had hedged it around, 
and kept it sacred from intrusion, by an 
austerity of manner, and an exterior cold- 
ness, that sometimes led to misappreci- 
ation of his character. But that home 
circle revealed his finest attributes, his 
geniality, his gentleness and simplicity, 
his constiint good humor, his love of 
friends, his playful wit, and the charms 
of a conversation enriched by study and 
experience. 

He was fond of good books, and 
showed the sincerity of his love by his 
constancy to favorite authors, recurring 
year after year to the old British clas- 
sics, and invigorating his mind, and re- 
freshing his style, by draughts from 
the pure "well of English undefiled." 
Nor was he unacquainted with the Greek 
and Roman authors, or the language 
and literature of the continent. 

We have spoken of his love of coun- 
try. His love of his party was the legit- 
imate outgrowth or that sentiment. He 
has owed much to the democracy, and 
they much to him. His friends had 
hoped to see him placed at the head of 
the administration, and in the convention 
of 1852 he was one of the leading can- 
didates. Nor did the ambition of his 
friends cease after that contest ; but he 
I'efused to second their wishes by any 
overtures or endeavors of his own, and 
was contented to retire to ])rivate life 
when he saw the jjolicy of the demo- 
cratic party vindicated and sustained by 
the election of Mr. Buchanan. 

He died amid the ennobling emotions 
which the anniversary of independence 



MARCY 



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MARSTON 






may be supi^osed to inspire in the heart 
of a patriot. His end was calm and se- 
rene. It was literally that of one 

" Who folds the drapt'iy of his couch about him, 
And lies dowu to iiloasaut divaiiis." 

Mr. M. had been twice married. His 
first M'ife was the daughter of Gen. New- 
ell, of Mass. She died before Mr. INI. 
removed from Troy, and was buried in 
the old burying ground on Ida Hill, near 
Marshall's factory. His second wife was 
Miss Knower, daughter of Benjamin 
Knower, formerly of Albany. He was 
married to ^liss Knower while he held 
the office of state comptroller. 

Mrs. Marcy Mas at Rochester at the 
time of the death of her husband. She 
was advised of the sad event by tele- 
graph. Mr. M. had two sons Hving, — 
one a lieutenant in the navy, the other 
residing in California, — and an only 
daughter, a young lady 20 years old. — 
Albany Atlas and Argus. 

At a special meeting of the Common 
Council of the city of Albany, held on 
Sunday evening, July 5, the recorder 
stated that he had convened the board 
to announce the death of the Hon. "Wm. 
L. Marcy, and to take such action as 
might be deemed necessary in making 
arrangements for the funeral. Alderman 
Vanderpoel paid a fitting tribute to the 
deceased, and offered the following reso- 
lutions, which were unanimously adopted : 

"Resolved, That the citizens of Albany, 
to whom in the midst of the rejoicings 
of our national anniversary the announce- 
ment of the death of William L. Marcy 
has been made, while they share the 
emotions with which the peojjle of all 
the states will regard this national be- 
reavement, feel that they are especially 
called upon to commemorate the loss of 
one who, for 35 years of public and pri- 
vate life, shed honor upon the city, and 
secured the love, respect, and admira- 
tion of his fellow-citizens. 

" Piesolved, That, looking back upon 
that career, so marked and honored from 
the opening enterprise in arms of the 
young heutenant, who made the first 
prisoners, and M-on the first trophies, on 
land, from the enemy in the war of 1812, 

— through all its stages, in the offices of 
adjutant general, comptroller. Supreme 
Court judge, United States senator, gov- 
ernor of the state, and secretary of Avar 
and of state of the federal government, 

— and reflecting how nobly to himself, 

20 * 



how wisely and beneficently for the coun- 
try, he discharged these great trusts, — 
we behold a record of jiatriotism and of 
statesmanshij) which will long live on the 
pages of history and in the hearts of his 
countrymen ; — and that, in the midst 
of our bereavement, we recognize an es- 
pecial fitness in that divine disjjensation, 
which, in his case, as in those of the il- 
lustrious Jefferson, Adams, and Monroe, 
closed a career of self-sacrifice and de- 
votion to country by the surrender of life 
itself amid the patriotic emotions of the 
birthday of the nation. 

" liesolved, That the recorder ajipoint 
a committee of five to proceed to Balls- 
ton and accompany the remains of the 
deceased to this city, and to take such 
measures in regard to the funeral as 
upon consultation shall be deemed most 
proj}er, and that a copy of these resolu- 
tions be transmitted to the flimily." 

The recorder announced the following 
as the committee : Messrs. Vanderjjoel, 
C'assidy, Bansing, Jones, and Mcrrifield, 
who were given full ]}ower to make all 
arrangements they nn'ght deem neces- 
sary. Hon. Erastus Corning and a dep- 
utation of citizens went to Ballston to 
accomjiany the remains of the deceased 
to the city; 

Maeden, Hon. Alvin, North Palermo, 
Me., Feb. 21, a?. — . He occupied an 
im];ortant position in the public affairs 
of Waldo — was representative, county 
commissioner, and senator. 

Marsh, Daniel, Walpole, N. H., 

— , a". 92, a revolutionary pensioner. 

Marsh, Daniel, Clarendon, Vt., Jan. 
29, a^. 80; also, Feb. 1, Mrs. Mary 
Marsh, wife of Mr. Daniel Marsh, a\ 75 ; 
parents of Hon. John B. Marsh, of the 
state Senate, and Hon. R. V. Marsh, of 
the House of Representatives. 

Marshall, Gilbert, Williamson Co., 
Tenn., March 18, a>. — , an old and es- 
teemed citizen, and the oldest brother 
of Hon. John Marshall, of Franklin. 

Marshall, John P., Woodbury, Ct., 
June 20, ae. 76. He was born in that 
place, was several years amicmber of the 
legislature, and for many years post- 
master. Mr. M. was an estimable man, 
and died without an enemy, in the con- 
fidence of a holy hope. 

Marston, Hon. Jeremiah, Trenton, 
Butler Co., O., Nov. 17, ff. 59, born in 
Kennebec Co., Me., March 19, 1798. 



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His father was a Methodist minister, 
and as is generally tlio case with the 
clerical profession, he had but little of 
this world's goods to bestow upon his 
children. Jeremiah left his native state 
in 1819, and went to Butler Co., where 
he passed the remainder of his days. 
On June 18, 1821, he was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Vail, with whom he 
lived happily for 3o years, when he was 
called upon to follow her to the tomb. 
Kindness and generosity to the poor and 
unfortunate, and honor in all his deal- 
ings with liis fellow-men, had secured 
for him an extensive circle of friends. 
In politics he was a whig, while that 
party had a living existence ; tlicnce he 
was found acting with the republican 
party. He received the appointment of 
associate judge, and in discharge of its 
duties gained credit to himself and state. 

Makston, Capt. Jonathan M., Low- 
ell, ]\Iass., March 17, ae. 50, a native of 
Newburyport, and one year a represen- 
tative from Lowell. 

M.VHSTOX, Kev. James H., Newfield, 
Me., May 24, a-. 36. 

]\Iarston, Samuel S., Lowell, Mass., 
July 17, te. 30. Mr. ]\I. was a native of 
Ossipee, N. H. He prepared for col- 
lege at Gilraanton, and entered Dart- 
mouth in 18 j1, where he continued two 
years, gaining much credit by his ex- 
emplary habits, and assiduity to his 
studies, and then left to pursue the 
study of medicine. In this and in teach- 
ing, in which but few excelled him, ho 
continued some two years, when his 
health became impaired, and for a while 
he was obliged to give up all study, and 
relinquish his ])ost as principal of the 
higli school at Weymouth, Mass. At 
length having regained in a measure 
his former health, he went to Lowell in 
October last, for the purpose of pursuing 
his studies as his health would permit, 
preparatory to entering upon the medi- 
cal profession. 

Maktin, Daniel B., M. D., North 
Charleston, March 1, u>. 24, sqn of Rev. 
N. Martin, of the New Hampshire con- 
ference. Dr. M. Mas formerly a stu- 
dent in Nowburv seminary, and gradu- 
ated as a medical student at Worcester, 
Mass., June, 18,j4, with high hopes of 
success in his profession. 

;Mautin, Mrs. Jane, Marblehead, 
Mass., June 27, ac. 77, widow of the 
lute Samuel M:irtin. 



Martin, Mrs. Mary, llichmond, Ind., 
Nov. 2, a". 88, Avas born in Maryland, 
]March, 1769. She emigrated with her 
parents to Kentucky in her childhood, 
where she was united by marriage to 
the Hon. Aaron Martin, and Avhere she 
with her husband encountered all the 
hardshii)s and dangers of an Indian war- 
fare. In 1806 or 1807, she, with her fam- 
ily, removed to Indiana, and among the 
early settlers of Wayne Co. she had to 
contend with the unbroken forest and 
guard against the prowling savage. 

Martin, Wait, Mihvaukie, Wis., 
April 3, 83. 71. He came to Western 
New York at an early day, connected 
himself with one of the pioneer families, 
and established and sustained the repu- 
tation of a kind-hearted and peaceable 
citizen. 

Mason, A. Louis, Providence, R. I., 
Aug. 13, ss. 33, son of the late Maj. M. 
Mason, U. S. army. 

Mason, Dr. Charles IL, of Saratoga 
Springs, N. Y., April 18, a^. 25, died at 
sea, on board the ship Damascus, on his 
passage from Alexandria, in Egypt, to 
Liverpool. 

Matlack, Jacob, New Jersey, Feb. 
2, a'. 94, one of the few surviving vol- 
unteers of the revolutionary soldiers of 
N. J. One of the last noble patriots, 
who, upon two occasions, volunteered 
his services to maintain the rights and 
achieve the indc])endence of the coun- 
try from which all the blessings which 
we should enjoy How — the independ- 
ence from foreign power and foreign 
influence. When we reflect upon the 
privations, the vuitold sufterings, of the 
2:)atriots of 1776, can one be called un- 
manly who sheds a tear as he assisted 
to bear the revered remains of the above 
hero of Princeton to his long resting 
place, the grave? 

Matthews, Mrs. Elizabeth C, Mon- 
mouth, 111., May 7, a>. 73, widow of the 
late Rev. John Matthews, 1^. D., profes- 
sor of theology in New Albany Theologi- 
cal Seminary, and mother of liev. R. C. 
Matthews, of Monmouth. 

Matthews, ISlrs. Mary Ann, Shai-on, 
La., A])ril 4, se. 43, wife of the Rev. 
Jacob Matthews. She was a native of 
South Carolina, and at an early age, in | 
company with her father, Joseph May, 
and an only sister, emigrated to An- 
tauga Co., Ala., where she lived until 
her marriage, in 1856, to the Rev, Ja- 



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cob Matthews, then a member of the 
Alal)ama conference. In the winter of 
that year, she and her husband moved 
to Kingston Co., Miss., where they re- 
sided until the fall of 1848, when they 
removed to the residence where she died. 

Matthews, Mary, Liberty, Me., 
April 1, a>. 81, whose maiden name was 
Prescott.was anativeof Deerfield, N.H., 
and a sister of Hon. Josiah Prescott, 
M. 1)., of Winthrop, in Avhich town she 
spent most of the early years of her life. 

^Matthias, Jacob, Westminster, Md., 
June 20, iv. about 75, a gentleman well 
and favorably known, was almost in- 
stantly crushed to death, at the Hano- 
ver junction of the Northern Central 
llailway. Before the erection of Car- 
roll Co., he represented Frederick Co. 
in the General Assembly, and at the 
time of his death was president of the 
Farmers and jSIechanics Bank of Car- 
roll Co. 

^Matthias, Mrs. Sarah, Staten Island, 
Aug. 19, a\ 88. She was present at the 
inauguration of Washington, saw the 
British troops evacuate the city, and 
when very young was sent by her mother 
with food to some who were in prison 
in the old sugar house. Her father was 
with Washington at Valley Forge, and 
at other posts. 

Matthias, Col. J. Ingles, Philadel- 
phia, , se. — , treasurer of the 

Arch Street Theatre. Col. M. was well 
known to the visitors of that establish- 
ment for his politeness and intelligent 
a])plication to the business of his situa- 
tion. He was a printer by profession, 
and formerly was a regular correspond- 
ent of the Ledger at Harrisliurg and 
Cape May, which positions he filled with 
veracity and ability. 

Mattoon, Willis, Blendon township, 
0., April 7, a^. — , one of the commis- 
sioners of the county. He was a man 
highly respected, and possessed much 
influence wherever he was known. 

Maxwell, Mrs. Anna, North King- 
ston, R. I., , se. 81, wife of Wm. 

C. ^laxwell, Esq., and daughter of the 
late Christopher Greene, of Potowonut. 

Maxwell, John, Chambersburg, Pa., 
June 13, se. 57, son of the late James 
Maxwell, of Martinsburg. 
_ Maxwell, WiUiam, LL. D., Wil- 
; liamsburg, Va., Jan. 10, a?. 73. He was 
born at Norfolk, Va., and graduated at 
Yale College in 1802. He prepared 



himself for the legal profession, at tlie 
same time devoting much attention to 
literary ])ursuits. He Avas at dilierent 
times a member of both branches of the 
state legislature, and was for several 
years principal professor, and also pres- 
ident of Hampden Sidney College, in 
Virginia ; and after his resignation of 
that office he was chosen secretary of 
the Historical Society of Virginia, and 
edited the Historical liegister, in that 
state. He was a gentleman of high 
literary culture. 

May, Dr. Benjamin H., , Feb. 

7, iv. — , a highly respected member of 
the medical fraternity of Petersburg, Va. 

May, Wm. J., on the Isthmus of 
Tchur.ntcpec, May 9, a-. — , where he 
was engaged as clerk to the Stage Koad 
Company. Mr. M. was a young man of 
fine social qualities, and was, for several 
years, one of the editors of the Cleve- 
land Herald. Subsequently he became 
editor of the Express, and later still of 
the Clevelander. He was a ready writ- 
er, and a man of generous impulses, 
and his death will be deeply regretted 
by his numerous friends. 

Maybekry", Dr. G. W., St. Louis, 
Oct. 27, a). 43, formerly of Louisiana. 

Maynard, Miss Mary, New York 
city, July 12, a?. — . By this event the 
city has lost one more of those earnest 
workers who labor for the poor and 
neglected. Many a desolate home, and 
many a sick bed, which were once 
cheered by her sympathy, will now be 
saddened anew by the tidings of her de- 
cease. Miss M. made a profession of 
rehgion, in 1831, in St. George's Epis- 
copal Church, vmder the ministry of Kev. 
Dr. Milnor. Subsequently she connect- 
ed herself with the Pearl Street Pres- 
byterian Church, (Rev. A. A. Woods.) 
For two years past she has belonged to 
theWest 23dStreet PresbyterianChurch, 
under the ministry of F. G.Clark. In all 
the spheres of her church or social rela- 
tions she has been an earnest, laborious, 
and eminently successful servant in her 
Master's cause. She belonged to many 
of the female benevolent societies of 
the city, in whose service she was al- 
ways among the foremost in courage, 
energy, and perseverance. Possessed 
of unusual gifts for Christian usefulness, 
she was ever diligent to improve her 
talents. Her pecuniary means were 
consecrated to works of benevolence 



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while she lived ; and the legacies of her 
last will indicate the strength and vari- 
ety of her cluritahle sympathies. 

Mayo, Philip, Richmond, Va., March 
20, X. 0.'}. He was clerk of the United 
States Court for the eastern district, 
which office he had held for some ten 
or more years. Mr. M. was a good 
scholar, and for many years an excel- 
lent teacher. He was a man, although 
of excitable temperament, of the kindest 
heart ; his sympathies were warm, his 
intentions good, and he maintained 
through life a character marked for its 
upri2;htness and integrity. 

McCvBE, Mrs. Martha, Florence, 
AVashiiigton Co., Pa., Dec. 27, te. — , 
■wife of Dr. J. W. McCabe, at the resi- 
dence of her father, Wm. Mercer. She 
was one of those persons, often met 
with, in whom centre certain graces 
which at once command the love of all. 
From her early childhood until the day 
of her death she seemed to shed around 
her the very atmosphere of happiness. 
A kind and sympathetic heart and a 
benevolent hand were marked charac- 
teristics of her whole life. 

McC.VFEE, Col. Morgan, Rankin Co., 

Miss., . se. about 53, was for 

many years an influential member of the 
legislature, and was beloved for his 
many excellent qualities of head and 
heart. He was a victim of the National 
Hotel disease at Washington, D. C. 

McCahex, John, Huntington, Pa., 
March 22, te. about 80. He was one of 
the oldest settlers in the place. He set 
up the first printing office ever opened 
in Huntingdon, and was the editor and 
publisher of the Huntingdon Gazette, 
the first newspa])er ever issued in the 
place. Mr. McC. started life a poor 
boy, but by untiring industry, persever- 
ance, and economy, he ra])idly accumu- 
lated wealth, until ho became one of the 
wealthiest citizens. He was well known 
almost every where in the state, and 
respected and honored by all. 

McCain, Dr. William", Marinetown, 
111., Julv 9, aj. 68. Ho was a resident 
of Mamie settlement. 111., in 18:58, and 
since then has remained a highly es- 
teemed citizen in this community, pos- 
sessed of many excellent traits of char- 
acter. Heing remarkably temperate in 
all his haljits, his vigor of Ixxly remained 
almost uninterrupted through a long 
and useful life. 



McCalmont, Hon. Alexander H., 
Venango Co., Pa., Aug. 10, a^. 71. He 
was one of the early settlers of that coun- 
ty, and for a long time was extensively 
known as a lawyer and politician, 
throughout the state. In early life he 
filled several county offices, and for a 
time v/as connected with a democratic 
newspaper in this place. He subse- 
quently studied law, and soon rose to 
eminence at the bar, both as an advo- 
cate and counsellor. Receiving the ap- 
pointment of president judge of the 
courts of the Clarion district, he served 
with distinction on the bench, and at 
the close of his term resumed the prac- 
tice of law. Upon the elevation of his 
son, Hon. J. S. McC, to the bench, he 
retired from his profession, and has con- 
fined himself since to the settling up of 
his private afiairs, and to the enjoyment 
of the sweets of private life. In all the 
relations of life he was highly esteemed, 
and his loss will be severely felt in the 
community. He was one of the few 
men of the " olden time " whose pres- 
ence was suggestive of the stirring events 
of the early history of oiu- country. But 
a few more years, and tlie last of them 
will have been gathered to his fathers. 

McCanules, William, Esq., Pitts- 
burg, Pa., Sept. 13, a?. — , an eminent 
lawyer. 

McCarrel, Rev. James, Frankfort 
Springs, Pa., March 10, se. — . He 
graduated at Jeff'erson College, Canons- 
burg, in Oct., 1825, and shortly after- 
wards commenced the study of divinity 
in the Theological Seminary of the As- 
sociate Synod, at that time under the 
direction of Dr. Ramsey. After his 
ordination he labored for some months 
in what was then called the INlissouri 
Mission. After his return he accepted 
the call of the united congregations of 
Jefferson and Upper and Lower Piney, 
in Alleghany presbytery, and about 
the same time married Miss Nancy 
Shearer, of New Castle. Pa. In 1835, 
he resigned his congregations in Alle- 
ghany presbytery ; and, in the s])ring 
of 1830, he accepted the call of Tum- 
blinson's Run, near Hookstown, Reaver 
Co., Pa. To that peo])le he continued 
to minister till the sjn'ing of 1852, when 
he resigned the pastoral charge, and 
subsequently took a])pointments in 
Chartiers and the neighboring presby- 
teries. 



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[1857.] McCartney 



237 



HON. WASHINGTON McCART- 
NEY, LL. D., 

Philadelphia, Pa., July 15, '56, se. — , in 
office. Mr. McC. was born in West- 
moreland Co., Pa., Aug. 24, 1812._ At 
the time of his death he was president 
judge of the third judicial district of 
Pennsylvania, composed of the counties 
of Northampton and Lehigh, and also 
principal of the Union Law School 
founded by him, and located at Eaton, 
Pa., the place of his residence for most 
of the last 20 years of his life. He 
graduated with high honor at Jefferson 
College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1834, and 
was appointed professor of mathematics 
in Lafayette College, at Easton, Pa., 
Sept. 24, 1835. In 1836 he was appoint- 
ed professor of mathematics and modern 
languages at Jefferson College, his alma 
mater, which, considering his youth, was 
a marked testimonial of his talents and 
worth. He fulfilled the duties of that 
professorship for about one year, when, 
having formed strong attachments in 
Easton he returned to that borough, re- 
suming his professorship in Lafayette 
College, Aug. 15, 1837. He resigned 
Sept. 20, 1843 ; was again appointed to 
the same professorship Sept. 18, 1844 ; 
resigned in 1846, and was appointed pro- 
fessor of mental and moral philosophy 
March 13, 1849, which post he held for 
several years. He was admitted to the bar 
of Northampton Co., Pa., Jan. 18, 1838 ; 
was appointed deputy attoi-ney general 
for that county in 1846, 1847, and 1848 ; 
and was elected president judge of the 
third judicial district of Pennsylvania 
at the first election held for judges under 
the amended constitution, in the au- 
tumn of 1851. He pommenced his Law 
School in 1852 as a private enterprise; 
it was incorporated by the legislature 
in 1854 under the name of the " Union 
Law School ; " and was in successful 
operation at the time of his death. The 
honorary degree of LL. D. was con- 
ferred upon him by Marshall College, 
in 1852. He was married at Easton, 
Pa., April 18, 1839, to Mary E. Max- 
well, daughter of the late William 
Maxwell, Esq., of New Jersey, who, 
■with three children, survives him. His 
death spread gloom over the whole 
community. A general soitow pervaded 
it, expressive of a great public loss. Per- 
haps no man in it had a closer relation 



to all its vital interests. Every good 
work found in him a ])atron. With- 
out aspiring to leadership in any thing, 
he was ever designing schemes to bene- 
fit his fellow-men. There was scarcely 
a moral or benevolent enterprise con- 
nected with the history of the region 
■where he resided for the 20 years pre- 
vious to his death with which he had 
not been identified. In the lecture 
room and Bible class, in the college 
and school room, at the forum and on 
the bench, his influence for good was 
felt and acknowledged. With wonder- 
ful breadth of attainment he combined 
a minuteness of knowledge that consti- 
tuted him a prodigy among the students 
of every special department of literature. 
He pulilished, in 1844, his celebrated 
work upon " Differential Calculus," 
which became at once the text book in 
many of our best colleges and acade- 
mies, and drew forth the praises of our 
most accurate mathematical scholars. 
His " History of the United States " 
published in 1847, has been pronounced 
by many one of the best works upon 
that subject issued by the American 
press. While not so graphic in descrip- 
tion as Bancroft's, or so elaborate as 
to the mere detail of events, yet it has 
been thought far more philosophic in 
its structure, and more satisfactory to 
the student. He delivered a very able 
and instructive course of lectures on 
Europe and the United States, both in 
Easton and before the young ladies of 
Mrs. Willard's Seminary, at Troy, N. Y. 
One of liis lectures, styled " How to 
read a book," is a perfect gem, contain- 
ing a mine of excellent information and 
sound advice. His oration before the 
literary societies of Marshall College, 
delivered in 1852, called forth deserved 
encomium and applause. He left be- 
hind him a large number of manu- 
scripts upon mathematics, logic, rhet- 
oric, optics, and other interesting sub- 
jects replete with learning and scientific 
knowledge, illustrated by the original 
suggestions of his vigorous mind. He 
was an erudite lawyer, famihar with all 
the lore of his profession. He made a 
masterly annotation of Coke's " Insti- 
tutes " for the use of his Law School, and 
M'as preparing for publication at the time 
of his death an excellent work upon 
evidence. He held the office of presi- 
dent judge from 1851 until the time of 



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McCORRIE 



his decease, adorning it by culture, in- 
tegrity, and marked excellence of char- 
acter. To give greater scope to his 
love of legal science, he established his 
Law School, where he shaped the minds 
of many pupils ; some now ornaments 
in their profession, who love to hallow 
his memory. Through long years of 
toil, M'ithout remuneration, he endeav- 
ored to devclo]) to its fullest capacity 
the common school system as applied 
to the borough of his residence, and in 
tliis he was eminently successful ; for 
at his death few towns in our country 
could boast better common schools, or 
buildings more comfnodious and prop- 
erly adapted to the comfort and health 
of the scholars. 

As a citizen he was affable and guile- 
less. His great characteristic in his 
social relations was tendeiuiess as to the 
feelings of others, ever respectful to all, 
and careful to injure none. In this 
respect he was a model man. Wrath 
never escaped his lips, and malice 
never nestled in his heart. He was 
the type of a symmetrical Christian 
gentleman. While he made no parade 
of his religion, he was sincere in all his 
exercises, and truthful in all his expres- 
sions. He was religiously intelligent. 
With lingual knowledge surpassed by 
few, and diligence untiring, he had ex- 
plored the wide field of theological lit- 
erature. He was remai-kable in facil- 
ity for acquiring languages. Not only 
■was he an accurate and finished Ger- 
man, Frencli, Italian, Hebrew, Latin, 
Greek, and Oriental scholar, but within 
the last year of his Hfe, with all his ar- 
duous duties on the bench, in the Law 
School, as a member of the board of 
school directors, manager of the Eas- 
ton Gas Company, and connected with 
various other useful projects, he had 
commenced and ])artiully mastered the 
acquisition of the Russian language. 
Yet, with all this fund of knowledge, 
legal, j)hil()sophical, and theological, he 
was pr()verl)i;illy humble. Arrogance had 
no place in his mental constitution. Of 
vain l)oasfing he was never guilty. An 
attached husband and devoted father, 
it was in the exercise of his domestic 
relations thit liis strong emotive nature 
had its fuUest and most delicate play. 
His remains were interred in the Easton 
cemetery, attended, at his fimeral, by the 
judges of the courts, (his associates,) the 



members of the bar of his district, 
members of council, of the school 
board, teachers and scholars of the 
high school, the professors and students 
of Lafoyette College, students of liis 
Law School, members of the Beneficial 
Society, and an immense concourse of 
citizens assem1)led from the whole sur- 
rounding region, whose sorrow for his 
loss was manifested in a marked de- 
gree. 

McCauley, Francis G., Paris, 
France, Nov. 10, se. — , late purser 
U. S. navy. 

McClelland, David, Pittsburg, Pa., 
June 28, ep. — , an old and respected 
citizen of Pittsburg. 

McClelland, Mrs. Kate, Frankfort, 

Ind.. , a?. 22, wife of Dr. J. S. 

McClelland. 

McClure, Richard, Brucetown, Pa., 
March 4, as. about 60, a highly es- 
teemed citizen of that place. 

McCollom, Mrs. Elizabeth H., Glou- 
cester, Mass., Aug. 8, a?. 44, wife of 
Rev. James S. McCollom, of Bradford, 
Mass., and daughter of the late Rev. 
Hosea Hildreth, of Gloucester. 

McComas, Katharine, Logan Co., 
Va., Feb. 26, ae. 85, was one of the pi- 
oneers, Avith her brothers, of Guyandotte 
River, having moved there in 1790. 

McComb, Col. Robert, Milledgeville, 

Ga., , fp. — . He was born in 

Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N. C, 
March 13, 1797. He went to Georgia 
in 1818, and, we believe, has been a citi- 
zen of that place ever since. He has 
represented Baldwin Co. several times 
in both branches of the legislature, and 
is. as well known, perhaps, as any man 
in that state. He was a kind and affec- 
tionate fi^ther and an indulgent master. 

McCoMB, Dr. John C.,"Bloomfield, 
N. J., Dec. 22, cT. 28. 

McCoNNEL, Dr. S. C, Mexico, Mo., 

, ce. — . He was distinguished 

throughout North Missouri as a success- 
ful physician, an able theologian, and 
ripe scholar. 

McCoRMiCK, Saul, Lock Haven, Pa., 
March 3, a?, about 62. He was a good 
citizen, and a faithful supporter of the 
church, and his demise has created a 
void in the society that it will take 
years to fill. 

McCoRRiE, Mrs. Phebe, Tiverton, 
R. I., June 1, se. 84, widow of the late 



McCOY 



[i8r>7.] 



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239 



Gen. Andrew McCorrie, of Portsmouth, 
and last survivor of the children of the 
late Col. John Cooke, of Tiverton. 

McCoy, Kev. Walter B., Fauquier 
Co., Va., May 3, ib, 78, a man of 
fervent piety, a nice sense of honor, 
and charitable in all the relations of 
life. His course of life was admired, 
and his death lamented, by all who 
knew him. 

McCracken, Wm. D., on board the 
steamer Panama, July 7, a?. 28. He 
was U. S. consul to La Union, San Sal- 
vador. He was a native of Pennsylva- 
nia, and had practised law in Missouri, 
his residence being at Farmington, 
where he enjoyed the affection and es- 
teem of a very large circle of personal 
and professional friends. For the last 
four or five years he was the clerk of 
the Senate of that state, and acquired 
an enviable reputation as a lawyer. He 
was appointed in July, 1856, as consul 
to La Union, San Salvador, by Presi- 
dent Pierce, and after arranging his af- 
fairs for a permanent residence in that 
country, he left, accompanied by his 
wife. May 21, upon the steamer George 
Law, via Aspinwall. On Friday, June 
26, he arrived in good health at La 
Union by the steamer Panama, but was 
taken sick with the fever of the coun- 
try on the following Wednesday night. 

McCray, Samuel, Mill Creek, Pa., 
June 28, se. 77, one of the first settlers 
and most esteemed citizens of the 
county. 

McfcREERY, Mary Tabb, Leesburg, 
Va., Jan. 21, a^. 82, widow of John Mc- 
Creery, of Pittsburg, Va., and the moth- 
er of the gallant George M. McCreery, 
lieutenant of the U. S. navy, who was 
lost in the Grampus, and Dr. Stephen 
A. McCreery, surgeon U. S. navy, who 
met a like fate in the Albany. 

McCuLLOUGii, Alexander, Troy, O., 
Oct. 14, se. 87. He emigrated from 
Kentucky to Ohio, and settled on the 
farm where he resided at the time of his 
death, in 1806, 51 years ago, and before 
the organization of the county. In all 
the important relations of life, as fa- 
ther, husband, citizen, and Christian, he 
enjoyed the highest degree of confi- 
dence by his decided and uniform de- 
portment through life. 

McCuRDY, Richard, Esq., Lyme, Conn., 
Aug. 8, eo. 88. He graduated at Yale 
College in 1787, and is the last of his 



class but one. He studied law in the 
office of Chauncy Goodrich, of ILirtfnrd, 
and was the nearly only survivor of liis 
early associates, who were among the 
most prominent men in the state. He 
was a Christian, and a gentleman of the 
old school, respected and esteemed l)y all 
for his kindness, hospitahty, and dignified 
deportment. 

McCuTCiiEON, Jesse M., Fulton Co., 
Ill, Aug. 7, a\ — . He was a very su- 
perior man in every jioint of view, phys- 
ically, mentally, and morally. All who 
knew him respected and admired him, 
while those to whom he was connected 
by nearer ties loved him exceedingly. 

McDoEL, Joseph, Goffstown, N. H., 
Aug. 28, EB. 54, a valuable and highly- 
respected citizen. 

McDonald, Alexander, Danbury, 
Conn., June 4, ae. 25, a member of the 
junior class in Yale College. 

McDonald, David, York, Livingston 
Co., N. Y., June 10, a?. 64. He was an 
early resident and one of the most influ- 
ential citizens of Livingston Co. He 
was an active business man, whose en- 
ergy and intelligence was a benefit to 
the country as well as to his neighbors, 
family, and friends. He was a warm 
friend of education, and of practical sci- 
entific agriculture. He held many local 
ofKces of trust, and was repeatedly sent 
by democratic fellow-citizens to represent 
them in convention. 

McDowell, Andrew Jackson, Read- 
ing, N. Y., March 11, a^. 21, a student 
in the Starkey Seminary. 

McDowell, Dand S., Sonora, Mex- 
ico, , SB. — . Mr. McD., the 

youngest child of William and INIary 
McDowell, was born in Natchez, Jan., 
1819. He was a member of that gallant 
corps, the " Natchez Fencibles," and 
went with them, as their orderly ser- 
geant, to Vicksburg, in the great struggle 
to gain a ])lace in the army of invasion 
then operating against Mexico, but finally 
proceeded to Vera Cruz in the third bat- 
talion of Louisiana infantry volunteers, 
as lieutenant of a company. The post 
of this battalion was to guard Vera Cruz 
and the army supplies while the nctori- 
ous Scott swept onward to the " halls of 
the Montezumas." After the Mexican war 
was over, Mr. McD., who had performed 
the duties of adjutant, and been ap- 
]5ointed commissary of sulisistence, was 
mainly instrumental in raising a regi- 



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Mcknight 



ment in New Orleans for the deliverance 
of Yucatan from the depredations of the 
Indians. In this expedition he held the 
rank, of major, White being colonel, and 
L. A. Besancon heutenant colonel. Here 
he was iu several bloody engagements. 
California next opened its golden jiros- 
pects to his ardent and adventm-ous 
spirit ; and he emigrated to that state, 
then a territory, in 1849. He is next 
found in the disastrous Sonora expedi- 
tion, as captain of one of the companies. 

McDowell, Mrs. Elizabeth V., Co- 
lumbia, Mo., June 10, ve. 27, wife of 1)\: 
Dralie McDowell, of St. Louis, and daugh- 
ter of Dr. WilliLim Provines, of C. 

McElroy, Rev. H. S., Detroit, Mich., 

-, a?. — , pastor of the Jefferson 

Avenue Presbyterian church. 

McExEiiy, Col. H. O., New Orleans, 

La., , ae. — , for many years a 

resident of Petersburg, Va. He had been 
appointed register of the United Stiites 
land office at jNIonroe, La., but died 
before hearing of his appointment. 

McFaelaxd, Edwin F., Lewis circuit, 
Kentucky conference, Dec. 12, se. 48. 
For years Mr. McF. was steward, class- 
leader, magistrate, and teacher of youth. 
The church has lost on earth a useful 
member, his wife a devoted husband, his 
children a kind father, and community 
an intelligent and useful citizen. 

McGahy, James, Boston, jNIass., Sept. 
1, ae. 37. He was a thorough seaman, 
and distinguished for the hardiness of 
his constitution no less than for the har- 
dihood of his charactei". Dr. Kane has 
embalmed his memoiy already by fre- 
quent reference to his ser\'ices when in 
the far north. He called Mr. McG. his 
" iron man ; " and, whenever the most ar- 
duous and perilous services were required 
of the l)rave men, Mr. McG. was ever 
among those selected for the work. Like 
Shubert, who lies buried in the snows of 
the polar shores, Mr. McG.'s disj)Osition 
was ever merry and buoyant amid the 
most trying emergencies ; he cheered the 
hearts of his comrades when they were 
drooping, all looking dark. He died, 
like Dr. Kane, in the arms of his failliful 
friend and comrade, Mr. AVilliam Morton, 
who was called upon to j)erform a mel- 
ancholy duty for a second time. The 
sufferings amid the arctic elements had 
doubtless undermined a constitution once 
rugged and free from disease. AVe should 
not forget to mention that Mr. McG. 



was one of those faithful few who re- 
mained true to Dr. Kane when the ma- 
jority of his men mutinied and deserted 
him. What honor should be paid to 
manly fidelity and unshrinking courage, 
let us pay to the memory of this true- 
hearted and deserving man. He was a 
member of the masonic order. 

McGregor, A. W., Davenport, Iowa, 

, ffi. — . He was one of the first 

settlers of Davenport, witnessing its 
growth from a few log cabins to its pres- 
ent dimensions. 

McIntyre, Mrs. Ann, Perth Centre, 
Fulton Co., N. Y., May 6, vs. 8S. She 
was the last sur\iving sister of the ven- 
erable Archibald ^Iclntyre ; an excellent 
woman in all the relations of life, and 
sincerely beloved by all her relatives and 
friends. She sur\ived a much-esteemed 
son only one week. 

McKeal, Lewis, North Fairfield, O., 
March 19, se. 35. He was a man highly 
esteemed by his neighbors ; and by his 
death the community has lost a valuable 
and useful member. He was a consistent 
Chiistian, and was sustained through a 
very severe illness by the fortitude which 
grace imparts. 

jMcKe.\x, Henry Swasey, Boston, 
Mass., May 17, w. 47. He was born 



in Boston, Feb. 9, 
Harvard College in 
Latin from 1830 to 



1810; 

1828 ; 
1835; 



graduated at 
was tutor in 
then studied 



From July, 1842, till May, 
1845, he was librarian of the Mercantile 
Library Association of New York, and 
during that time made a catalogue of 
their library. He was for some time 
assistant engineer of the Boston water 
works. His temperament was sensitive, 
and inclined to melancholy, which at 
times caused mental aberration, in a 
paroxysm of which he lost his life. 

McKee, Thomas, Springfield, Pa., 
April 24, X. 68, an early settler in Erie 
Co., having resided in Springfield 55 
years, and Hved to see the desolate forest 
transformed into fruitful fields and pleas- 
ant villages. In him is missed a kind 
husband and indulgent father, while his 
loss will be felt in the community. 

McKenna, Judge , Pittsburg, 

Pa., , fe. — . 

McKenxey, llev. William, Washing- 
ton, D. C, May 4, ae. 67, chaplain in the 
United Stat£>s navy. 

McKnigiit, llev. John, Philadelphia, 
Pa., June 29, se. 08. 



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241 



HON. LOUIS McLANE, 

Baltimore, Md., , se. 71. He 

was the son of Allen McLane, a distin- 
guished officer in the revolutionary war, 
and was born in the village of Smyrna, 
Kent Co., Del, May 28, 1784. In 1798, 
being then only 14, he served with 
gi'eat credit as a midshipman on board 
the fi-igate Philadelphia, then on her 
first cruise, and under the command of 
Stephen Decatur, the father of Com. 
Decatvu-. In 1801, yielding to the de- 
sire of his family, he left the navy ; and 
having completed his education at New- 
ai'k College, in his native state, he began 
the study of law in 1804, under the 
instruction of James A. Bayard, of Dela- 
ware. He was admitted to the bar in 
1807, and rapidly attained a high place 
in his profession. In the war of 1812 
he was a volunteer in a company com- 
manded by Ca>sar A. Rodney, who had 
been the attorney general of the United 
States under Mr, Jefferson, and marched 
with that company to the relief of Balti- 
more when it was threatened by the 
British. The great capacities of Mr. 
McL. now began to attract public atten- 
tion in another direction ; and in 1815 
he was elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives from Delaware ; and so largely 
had he won the confidence of his con- 
stituents that he remained a member of 
that body until 1827, when he was chosen 
by the legislature a senator of the United 
States. In May, 1829, he was appointed 
by President Jackson to be the minister 
of the United States to Great Britain, 
' where he remained two years ; and on 
his return he was called by the same 
! president to take a place in the cabinet 
I as secretary of the treasury. He served 
in this place until 1833, when he became 
'. secretary of state ; and in June, 1834, 
I he retired from political life. In 1837, 
! when the financial condition of the coun- 
■ try required his services among ourselves, 
i Mr. McL. was called upon to accept the 
I presidency of the Baltimore and Ohio 
! Railroad Comjiany, and, removing to 
this state, he discharged the duties of 
! this laborious office until 1847. In this 
time he was requested by President Polk 
; to occupy, during the pendency of the 
I Oregon negotiations, the mission to Eng- 
land; and, this duty being accomplished, 
; he again returned to Maryland. In 
1850 he was solicited and prevailed upon 
21 



by his fellow-citizens in Cecil county, in 
this state, where he resided, to serve as 
their representative in the convention 
called to reform the constitution of Mary- 
land. After performing this service, he 
finally retired from jjuIjIIc life. Mr. McL. 
was a chief actor in all the great politi- 
cal events which marked the first half of 
this century. He was the companion, 
fellow-laborer, and friend of those who 
have won the remembrance of our coun- 
trymen as the statesmen of America. 

McLaughlin, Rev. J., Charleston, 

S. C, , a?. — , for a number of 

years a resident of Boston, but latterly 
of Newmarket, N. H. Mr. McL. was a 
native of Ireland, and by trade a printer, 
having been employed in that capacity 
in the Traveller and other offices in Bos- 
ton, and occasionally as a reporter for 
that paper. Feeling a desire to enter 
the ministry, he, by unwearied industry 
and application, fitted himself for that 
position, and became a clergyman of the 
Methodist persuasion. He labored dili- 
gently in his new path of duty for a 
number of years, a portion of the time 
at Newmarket, Lawrence, &:c., but during 
the increased exertions of a time of revival 
took a severe cold, which ended in his 
death. Mr. McL. was an amiable, ener- 
getic, and highly conscientious man. 

McLe^vn, Ai'chibald, Granville, Dela- 
ware Co., Ind., May 4, se. 81. He was for 
many years a citizen of that county, and 
respected by his circle of acquaintances. 

McLeod, Judge John D., San Anto- 
nio, Texas, July 25, se. — . He was a 
native of England, of Scottish descent, 
and came to Texas, then a province of 
Mexico, in early manhood, landing with 
the Orleans Grays, of which company 
he was a member, at the mouth of the 
Brazos, Oct. 25, 1835. He participated 
In the storming of Bexar, Dec, 1835, 
under the gallant jNIilam, and rendered 
active service afterwards throughout the 
glorious revolution which led to the Inde- 
pendence of his adopted country, and its 
subsequent annexation to the great Amer- 
ican confederacy. From the organization 
of the republic down to the day of his 
death, he was constantly engaged in the 
discharge of public or official duties, for 
which he was eminently fitted by his 
business talents, varied acquirements, and 
affable and agreeable manners. Among 
the positions of honor and trust which he 



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has ably filled may be mentioned the 
clerkship of the Senate, the chief-clerk- 
ship in the land office, and the office of 
chief justice and probate jud<^e of Bexar 
Co., the latter of which he has held for 
the last seven years. 

McMaiiox, Rev. William J., Paterson, 
X. J.,Dec. 2S,vo.—. 

McM.VKEX, Col. Joseph Hamilton, 
Middleton, Des Moines Co., Iowa, Sept. 
21, ic. 68. Col. McM. was born in 
Boone Co., Ky., April 21, 1789, fi-om 
whence he removed to Butler Co., O., 
and there, during a long residence, main- 
t;uncd the character of an honest man. 

In May, 1832, he removed to 

as one of the pioneers, and shortly after 
commenced keeping hotel on the corner 
now occupied by Townley's Block, north- 
east corner of Columbia and Calhoun 
Streets, in which capacity he was widely 
known, and many yet remember him as 
such. Later he engaged in other pur- 
suits, and was for a number of years a 
justice of the peace in the county, and 
after that one of the associate judges of 
the Allen Circuit Court under the old 
constitution. In all the relations of hfe 
he was highly respected, and till the last 
maintained his energy of character. 

McMlLLEN, Susan, Aleda, ]\Iercer Co., 
111., Mar. S, en. — , wife of Dr. T. M. McM. 

McXkii.l, Alexander, La Grange, 
Fayette Co., Tenn., July 4, a?. 62. Mr. 
McX. was a native of ^toore Co., X. C, 
which he represented in the House of 
Ilei)resentatives of the legislature for 
several years. He emigrated to Fayette 
Co. in 1834, and has constantly devoted 
himself to the jnu-suit of agriculture since 
his removal to Tennessee. Although he 
has never aspired to public station, or 
assumed to lead the people, since his 
long residence in Fayette, he has ever 
manifested a lively interest in pubhc 
aff.iirs, and in the political movements of 
the day. His warm and generous im- 
])ulse8 ever led him to relievo the unfor- 
tunate and to succor the needy, while his 
mission seemed to be to scatter blessings 
around him, and to show that he re- 
garded himself as a steward of the 
wealth which fell to his share in life. 

McPiiAiL, llcv. I5cnjamin X., Worces- 
ter Co., Md., May iJ, le. — . 

McPnF,K.soN, Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace, 
Harrisbtirg, Pa., .Tan. 30, rr. 48, wife of 
Dr. Wiliiiun C. McPherson, and daugh- 
ter of Joseph Wallace, Esq., of II. 



McPllERSON, James, Le Roy, Genesee 
Co., X. Y., May 3, as. 66. "Mr. ?kIcP. 
was one of the first settlers of that re- 
gion, and was widely known and re- 
spected. 

McPherson, Hon. John J., Genesee 
Co., X. Y., Ai)ril 24, a?. 45. He was 
a man highly esteemed in the community 
for his many good qualities. For many 
years he enjoyed a high position in the 
town, and held successively the offices 
of justice of the peace, su])ervisor, and 
last fall was elected member of the 
Assembly, fi'om the cUscharge of the du- 
ties of which latter office he had just 
returned to his home. In the Assembly 
Mr. McP. was a useful and working 
member, very much respected by all his 
associates ; and it was his highest ambi- 
tion to so discharge his duties as to meet 
the approbation of his constituents and 
his conscience. 

McPiiETERS, Charles, Veazie, Me., 
Jan. 16, a?. 83. He was one of the first 
settlers of the town. Industrious, and 
also economical, he had succeeded, in 
addition to sustaining his family, in ac- 
quiring a comfortable property ; tem- 
perate, just, and truthful, he had ac- 
quired the esteem of all good men. 

McQuiSTON, Col. Wm., Monroe Co., 
Miss., Feb. 18, w. — , U. S. marshal of 
Xorth Mississippi, under Taylor's and 
Fillmore's administrations. 

McRoBERTS, Charles, Buffido town- 
ship, Pa., May 29, ie. 84. He voted for 
George Washington for president of tht 
United States, and afterwards for every 
candidate of the democratic party. He 
was a man of rare intelligence and com- 
mon sense, and through his long, yet 
humble life, Avas characterized by strict 
integrity in his business transactions, 
and he has left behind him that best of 
all monuments, the memory of an " hon- 
est man." 

McVean, Daniel C, Kent, Mich., i 
Oct. 28, a>. about 55, was formerly from || 
Wheatland, Monroe Co., X. Y., and has ) 
been a resident in Kent some ten years. ' 
He was a farmer by profession, and has 
ever l)een a prominent citizen in thu 
agricultural ranks. While as a servant 
of the jniblic in an official ca])acity, he ^ 
commanded, to an unusual degree, the 
fullest confidence of the entire commu- 
nity. 

McVey, Col. Wm., Xorth Liberty. 
Adams Co., O., Jan. 22, x. 80, was an 



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enterprising, energetic man, and a citi- 
zen of the county for nearly 50 years, 
and enjoyed the confidence and respect 
of the community to an extent equalled 
by but few. He was, for many years, 
commissioner of the county, the duties 
of which office he discharged Avith abil- 
ity and fidelity. 

Meade, David P., Kaukauna, Wis., 
April 16, se. 60. He was an old resi- 
dent of the county, having removed to 
Kaukauna in 1842. Respected and 
loved by all Mho knew him, as well for 
his good social qualities as for his be- 
nevolence and kindness to the poor 
around him, all feel sorrow at the good 
man's death. Few men have left this 
world a better example of the nobleness 
of an upright life. 

Means, Mrs. Abba Atherton, Am- 
herst, N. H., Aug. 4, 8e. 55, Avidow of 
Robert Means, Esq., of Lowell, Mass. 
Mr. M. was the son of Robert and Ma- 
rj' McGregor Means, of Amherst, a 
gi'aduate of Bowdoin College, studied 
law at Portsmouth, N. H., with the Hon. 
Jeremiah Mason, who married his sis- 
ter. He opened an office at Amherst, 
where he practised law until he was 
chosen agent of the Suffolk Mills, at 
Lowell, Avhere he died Sept. 30, 1842, 
se. 56. Mr. M. was a man of refined 
tastes and liberal studies, very method- 
ical and accurate in business. 

Meech, Hon. Stephen W., Hartford, 
Conn., May 31, se. 53, member of the 
House of Representatives from Norwich. 

Medcalf, Mrs. Ruhamah, Provi- 
dence, R. L, Feb. 28, fe. 74, wife of the 
late Dr. Medcalf, of Braintree. 

Meeker, Dr. Geo. Augustus, Beaver 
township, Clarion Co., Pa., March 18, 
se. 56. Dr. M. was born in Morris Co., 
N. J., March 16, 1801 : graduated and 
finished his medical studies at the old 
Medical College, in the city of New 
York ; after which he emigrated to 
Western Pennsylvania, and married, 
April 14, 1828, Miss Mary, daughter of 
Mathias and Christiana Bowser. The 
doctor was a member of the Lutheran 
church for many years, and the day be- 
fore his death, at a brief interview with 
the writer, relative to eternal things, he 
said, " I know that my Redeemer liveth, 
and that I shall stand acquitted in the 
day of judgment." He leaves a wife 
and ten children to lament his depart- 
ure, also a large and extensive commu- 



nity, saddened in the loss of an experi- 
enced and skilled medical practitioner. 

Meeker, Stephen, Elizabeth, N. J., 
July 30, 86. — , was a soldier of the rev- 
olution. 

Melciier, Catharine G., Portsmouth, 
N. H., March — , a?. 54, for many years 
a teacher of youth. 

Melsheimer, Rev. Henry E., Can- 
ton, O., Jan. 20, a?. 67. Mr. M. emi- 
grated from York Co., Pa., to Stark Co. 
in 1823. He was licensed as a minister 
in the EvangeHcal Lutheran church, in 
1824. He was an excellent and a de- 
vout man. It may be stated, to show 
the estimation in which he was held, 
that he Avas the first pastor of a congre- 
gation in Tuscarawas townsliip, and 
continued so till his death, a period of 
over 30 years. 

Merchant, Elijah, Los Angeles, Cal., 
Oct. 25, ae. — , a Methodist minister. 

Merriam, Joseph Franklin, of Albi- 
on, Otsego Co., N. Y., at the residence 
of his father, Dea. Amos Merriam, in 
Lowell, Mass., Nov. 17, sc. 37. He was 
an active merchant, postmaster, and 
clerk of the town of Albion. 

Merrick, Col. Wm. 1)., Charles Co., 
j\Id., , se. — , formerly U. S. Sen- 
ator from that state. He had attained 
a very advanced age ; in his younger 
days he took an active part in politics, 
and was always much respected for the 
soundness of his views, as well as for 
his fixed determination in carrying them 
out. 

Merrill, Mrs. Clara F.,Winchendon, 

Mass., , se. 74, of Montpelier, 

Vt., relict of the late Hon. Timothy Mer- 
rill, one of the oldest and most highly 
esteemed residents of Montpelier. 

Merrill, Joseph, Chester, Geauga 
Co., O., March 17, se. 63, was an aff'ec- 
tionate husband, a kind father, a wor- 
thy citizen. Of him it may truly be 
said, he was a good man. 

Merrill, Nathan, Charlestown, Ms., 
Feb., 12, se. 59, a native of Southamp- 
ton, N. H. Mr. M. taught school in 
Portsmouth, N. H., a number of years, 
and was also the principal of the Frank- 
lin School, Boston, about 15 years. He 
received the appointment of postmaster 
at Charlestown under President Tyler, 
which office he held about four years in 
a very acceptable manner. 

Merritt, James G., Auburn, N. Y., 
April 25, se. 73. He resided in Cayuga 



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MILLER 



Co. nearly 50 years, most of which time 
was spent in the town of Venice, Avhere 
he lived an honest, upright, and Chris- 
tian life. lie was a Universalist in faith 
and ])ractice. To him the future was 
bright and glorious, and he looked for- 
ward with joy to the time when he 
should be permitted to cross the Jor- 
dan of death, and go to his immortal 
home. 

Merrttt, Mrs. Polly, Christian Co., 
Ark., March 1, is. 46, "wife of Wm. T. 
Merritt, and daughter of the late Geo. 
Shannon, Esq., of Williamson Co., one 
among the first settlers of Tennessee. 

Metcalf, Dwight, Alexandria, Va., 
Sept. 9, se. 80. He was a native of 
Massachusetts, and went to Alexandria 
about 60 years ago, and engaged in 
mercantile pursuits, which he followed 
for many years, when he retired from 
active business, and became connected 
with the fire and marine insurance 
companies of that city, as an officer or 
director. In all his relations to society, 
he bore a high character for integrity 
and intelligence. 

Mktcalf, Roger, Genesee, N. Y., 
June 11, se. 88. He was a native of 
Lebanon, Conn. ; was among the early 
settlers of Cooperstown, Otsego Co., 
from whence he followed his children 
to the Genesee Valley more than a quar- 
ter of a century ago. 

Mettke, John H., HagerstoAvn, Md., 
July 10, a?. 61, was one of the defenders 
of Baltimore during the last war. 

Metz, Lawrence H., Rahway, N. J., 
March 21, re. 83. 

Metz, Rev. "Wm., Dublin, Ind., Jan. 
— , a\ — . 

Middletox, Electius, Baltimore, Md., 
Feb. 3, se. 42, sailmaker of the U. S. 
navy. He was born in Alexandria, Va., 
where he has left a large circle of ac- 
quaintances, and was also well known 
in Portsmouth, Va., and esteemed for 
his correct deportment in social and in 
public life. He entered the service in 
1841, during which time he has been 
mostly employed at sea on foreign sta- 
tions. At the department none stood 
higher in his profession, as an officer 
and a gentleman. 

Milan, John, Laurcnsville, S. C, 
April l;>, sc. 84, was a native of Halifax 
Co., Va., and emigrated to this state 
wht-n in his 21st year. As a citizen, no 
taint was upon his character ; as a par- 



ent, he was kind, indulgent, and loved ; 
as a master, he was just and generous ; 
as a neighbor, social, benevolent, and 
true. Few men have passed from life 
more generally beloved by all who knew 
liim, and none more regretted. By his 
industry and frngahty he has raised a 
large family of children in respectability, 
and gathered together a liberal share of 
this world's goods. 

Milbourn, Jacob, Rush Co., Lid., 
Oct. 23, a?. 64, a native of ^Monroe Co., 
Va., and emigi-ated to Rush Co. about 
1827. He was endeared to a large cir- 
cle of friends, more particularly to the 
early settlers who had toiled with him 
in clearing up the wilderness, and upon 
whose good offices in sickness or in 
health, by night or by day, they could 
confidently rely. Generous and hospi- 
table, his friends ever found at his well- 
spread table and cheerful fii'eside a 
hearty welcome. 

Miles, Rev. G. J., Muscatine, Iowa, 
Dec. 10, sc. 55. He was a native of 
Milesburg, Pa., and had been pastor in 
Milesbvu-g, Harrisburg, Westchester, 
and Ploiladclphia, and agent for the 
American and Foreign Bible Society, 
and Pennsylvania Baptist Convention. 

Miller, Captain Charles, Bladon 
Springs, Ala., July — , so. — , late of 
the Sallie Carson, an old and popular 
steamboat commander. He was buried 
with all honors by his brother Odd Fel- 
lows and a large concourse of friends. 

Miller, John, Maryland, Aug. 31, 
se. 73. He served his country in the 
war of 1812, and in all the relations of 
life was a good citizen and honest man. 

Miller, John F., New Iberia, La.; 
Dec. 3, ip. 77. Mr. M. was a native of 
South Carolina, and resided several 
years in Norfolk, Va., but had been a 
resident of Louisiana for nearly half a 
century. He had great enterprise and 
enei'gy of character. Being the son of 
a whig soldier of the revolutionary war, 
he liimself was one of those who assist- 
ed in the defence of New Orleans dur- 
ing the invasion of the British in 1814 I 
-15. One of the incidents of his 
life, among many others, may be here 
related as an example of his great en- 
terprise and coolness in danger : Dur- 
ing the war of 1812, he made a success- 
ful speculation in exporting flour from i 
New Orleans to Havana, and was re- I 
turning by way of Pensacola, as a pas- 



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senger in a Spanish vessel, when they 
were hoarded by one of Lafitte's pirates. 
It so happened that the captain of the 
pirate (Dominique) kneAv Mr. M., and 
on being presented by him with some 
provisions, fruit, and rum, the Spanish 
vessel was released, and arrived safely 
at her destination ; and what was not 
less remarkable, during the invasion of 
1814-15, Mr. M. was surprised to meet 
the same piratical captain in the Hues 
under Gen. Jackson. 

Miller, Joseph, Somerville, Mass., 
Feb. 6, iv. 91. 

Miller, Mrs. Maria J., Morehouse 
Parish, La., Sept. 30, a?. — , wife of 
Rev. Wm. jNIiller, rector of Morehouse 
Parish. 

Miller, Mrs. Mary, Green Island, 
N. Y., Aug. 11, a?. — , wife of Rev. Ja- 
cob Miller. 

Miller, Dr. Newton C, MiUersburg, 
Tenn., Aug. 27, ». about 30. For sev- 
eral years previous to his death he de- 
voted his time almost exclusively to the 
investigation of the great questions, 
commercial, political, and religious, that 
now agitate the country ; and had he 
lived, no doubt would have taken a 
prominent position upon some one or 
all of the important questions of the day. 
Led by a desire to know what is to be 
known, and at the same time to relieve 
as far as in his power the distresses of 
his fellows, he for the last few years 
devoted his attention to the study of 
medicine, in which but a few months 
previous to his death he had graduated 
in the medical school at Nashville. It 
may truly be said that his untiring de- 
votion to the acquisition of useful knowl- 
edge hastened his dissolution. 

Miller, Dr. Robert, Shelbyville, 
N. Y., , 8e. 66. 

Miller, Miss Ruth Anna, Lyme, 
Conn., Jan. 8, se. 23, daughter of Rev. 
Al])ha Miller. 

Miller, Mrs. V. V., St. Josephs, Mo., 
Aug. 8, IS. 22, wife of Rev. E. K. Mil- 
ler. 

MiLLiKEN, Dr. Edward, MontpeHer, 
Vt., July 24, a^. 30, a graduate of Har- 
vard in*1846, 

jNIills, Eli, Esq., North East, N. Y., 
May 20, fe. 81. He had for many years 
occupied a prominent position in the 
public affairs of the town and county in 
which he resided, and was justly enti- 
tled to the character which he always 
21* 



maintained of being a kind neighbor, 
a firm friend, a useful and judicious 
counsellor, a public-spirited citizen, and 
a man of strictest intcgritv. 

Mills, Mrs. Elizabeth, Conneaut, O., 
Jan. 8, 86. 88, mother of the Rev. P. W. 
Mills. 

Mills, Mrs. KeturahAV., Frankfort, 
Ky., Jan. 17, a>. 23, wife of Dr. John M. 

Mills, Mrs. Mary, Burlington, Vt., 
Feb. 6, a>. 80, widow of the late Col. 
Daniel Mills. 

Mills, Mrs. Rebecca Warner, Lan- 
caster, Wis., Sept. 22, se. — , wife of J. 
T. Mills, Esq. She Avas the daughter 
of Elisha and Mary Warner, well 
known as early settlers in that county. 
Her parents died in 1846, a year which 
will be long remembered as one in 
Avhich many of the early pioneers of 
this region closed their earthly career. 

Mills, Samuel F., Cape Vincent, 
N. Y., Nov. 5, zp. 97. He was born in 
Derby, Conn., Dec. 30, 1759, and was 
one of those men of iron constitution 
and patriotic valor which the war of the 
revolution brought into notice, and 
through this long struggle he was 
prominent in the defence of his coun- 
try. In 1832, he was placed on the 
revolutionary pension list, the annui- 
ties of which he enjoyed to the close of 
his Hfe. In May, 'l819, he bought 
him a farm, in the then wilderness of 
Brownville, now in the town of Cape 
Vincent, which he cleared and cultivat- 
ed, and made one of the best in the 
country. Here he lived highly respect- 
ed and esteemed through a long life of 
industry and temperance, and here he 
died in the full possession of his powers 
of mind, at peace with the world, and 
in humble resignation to the will of 
God. 

Milne, John, Fall River, R. I., April 
4, ae. 83. He was a native of Scotland, 
and emigrated to this country about 25 
years ago. He was an " Israelite in- 
deed ; " a man of sterling integrity ; a 
disciple of sound, intelligent, active, 
exemplary piety. He was a great ad- 
mirer and a thorough student of the 
Bible. 'Re was among the first to or- 
ganize and cherish Sabbath schools in 
the section of the country where he 
i first located, and these schools were 
largely blest to many who would other- 
wise have failed to receive suitable reli- 
gious instruction. 



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^IlNiai, Harris, Harrisonburg, Ky., 
. a'. 74, a soldier of the war of 



1812, formerly belonged to the 11th 
infantry, and was a gallant and much 
respected soldier. 

Mixer, Samuel, "Wright, Ga., 

— , vc. — , the oldest jirinter of that 
state. He was the son of Col. William 
Miner, of the revolutionary army, and 
always claimed that, as editor of the 
Athens (Ga.) Gazette, he first suggest- 
ed the name of Gen. Jackson for the 
presidency. 

MiNTON, Joel, Red Bank, N. J., Jan. 
22, .T. about 100. 

MiN'TURN, Miss Mary, Naples, Italy, 

, x. 50, sister of llobert Min- 

turn, Esq., of New York, a lady of for- 
tune, of rare intelligence, and amiabili- 
ty of character. She had travelled ex- 
tensively in Europe. She Avent abroad 
for the ])urpose of accompanying a neph- 
ew of Robert Minturn on a Europe- 
an tour for the benefit of his health. 
It will be remembered that Dr. Kane 
named a river, the most beautiful in 
the arctic regions, after Miss Min- 
turn ; and it is a somewhat singular co- 
incidence, that while Di*. Kane was dy- 
ing in Cuba, she was breathing her last 
at Naples. She was taken down at 
Florence with influenza, and proceeded 
to Naples, where she died. 

Mitchell, Mrs. Anna, Windsor, 
Conn., Jan. 17, ae. do. 

Mitchell, A. J., Purser U. S. navy, 
Erie, Pa., Dec. 23, x. 30, lately at- 
tached to the U. S. steamer Michigan. 

Mitchell, Rev. Elisha, D. D., Yan- 
cey Co., N. C, June 27, a?. — , profess- 
or of chemistry, mineralogy, and geol- 
ogy, in the University of North Caro- 
lina. He was a native of Connecticut, 
and graduated at Yale College in 1812. 
In 1817 he was made professor of math- 
ematics and natural philosophy in the 
University of North Carolina, and in 
182.J was transferred to the professor- 
shij) he held at the time of his death. 
He contributed various papers on geol- 
ogy, chemistry, and meteorology to the 
American Journal of Science, and was 
at the time of his death attempting to 
verifv the height of certain peaks of the 
Black Mountains, before ascertained by 
him. I If was pursuing this duty witli- 
out a guide, and is supposed to have fall- 
en over a ])recipice overhanging a fork 
of Caney River, where his body was 



found. In June, 1858, his remains 
were disinterred at Asheville, N. C, 
and were conveyed to the Black Moun- 
tains, where they Avere consigned to 
their final resting place, on the top of 
"Mount ^litchell," — now so named in 
honor of him, — the highest point of 
land in the United States east of the 
Rocky Mountains. A numerous cav- 
alcade of citizens accompanied the re- 
mains. A funeral oration was delivered 
on the mountain by Rt, Rev. Bishop 
Otey, of Tennessee. Hon. David I. 
Swain, the distinguished president of 
the South Carolina University, partici- 
pated in the solemn ceremonies of the 
occasion. — Asheville (N.C.) News. 

Mitchell, Eliza, Flushing, L. I., 
May 15, ae. 58, daughter of the late 
Rev. Edward Mitchell. 

Mitchell, George, Mt. Pleasant, O., 
April 28, a?. — . He filled the office of 
representative in the legislature, and 
county commissioner. At the time of 
! his death he was president of the Bank 
of Mt. Pleasant. 

Mitchell, James, Unity, N. H., 

, se. 82, one of the first settlers 

of that place, having lived there 55 
years. 

Mitchell, Jesse P., Albany, N. Y., 
Aug. 7, se. 70, an old, upright, and 
highly esteemed merchant of Albany. 

Mitchell, Dr. John K., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., , ee. — . " Thirty years 

ago, we attended, Avith much pleasure 
and profit, his lectures on chemistry, in 
Chapman's Summer Institute, and en- 
joyed the friendship of this estimable 
gentleman. Upon the establishment of 
Jefferson Medical College, he was elect- 
ed a professor in that institution, and has 
labored diligently and successfully as a 
teacher of the Institutes of Medicine 
ever since. His researches on Endos- 
mose and Exosmose, and the vegetable 
origin of the causes of intermittents, and 
his many other scientific investigations, 
are well known to the medical profes- 
sion. He was a gentleman of fine 
taste, a friend of art and literature as 
well as science, and highly esteemed by 
all who knew him." 

Mitchell, Mrs. Margaret G., Put- 
nam, O.. Dec. 28, a?. — , wife of Dr. G. 
- W. Mitchell. She was a faithful wife, a 
devoted mother, and afi'ectionate sister, 
and a generous, noble woman, Avhose 
interest, and hopes, and desires clustered 



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[ 1857. ] 



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more than ordinarily around her home 
and kindred ; who had much to make 
life precious to her, but who met death 
with the fortitude and composure of a 
Christian. 

Mitchell, Thomas, Richmond, 
Mass., Jan. 9, a?. 70, at the residence of 
his sister, Mrs. Ingraham. He was a 
native of Scothmd, and sei'ved as a 
British soldier in the last Mar, and was 
one of the exchanged prisoners after its 
close, Avhen as a weaver he entered the 
woollen mill now owned by L. Pome- 
roy's sons, in which capacity he worked 
till within a few weeks of liis death, a 
period of over 40 years. He was high- 
ly respected for his imwavering honesty 
by all who knew him. " An honest 
man is the noblest work of God." 

Mitchell, Thomas G., Kinderhook, 
N. Y., June 15, a?. 29, eldest son of the 
Rev. William H. Mitchell. 

Mitchell, Rev. William, Harris- 
bm-g, Va., Sept. 10, a;. 80. 

MoALE, Col. Samuel, Baltimore, Md., 
Feb. 21, a?. 84, the oldest member of 
the Baltimore bar. He was one of the 
defenders of Baltimore in 1814, and a 
commander of artillery at the time. 

Monroe, Mrs. Charlotte B., Bethle- 
hem, Conn., Oct. 18, ee. — , wife of 
Rev. N. W. Monroe. Few persons 
were better adapted to the position to 
which the providence of God called her. 
Her quick perception of right and 
wrong, her highly cultivated taste, her 
strong powers of mind, her remarkable 
energy and perseverance, her exquisite 
skill in church music, her ready mind 
and ardent zeal to undertake any good 
work in the parish, have caused her to 
be highly appreciated in every circle in 
which she has moved. 

Monroe, Lj-man, Shelburne, Vt., 
March 29, a?. 83, one of the earliest 
settlers of that town. He removed 
from Connecticut to Shelburne when it 
was a wilderness, and has lived to see 
many changes in the progress of hu- 
man events. 

Montgomery, Hon. J. G., Danville, 
Pa., April 24, ae. 52. He was a mem- 
ber of Congress elect from the 12th 
congressional district of Pennsylvania. 
He was gifted with a high order of tal- 
ent, and possessed every requisite to 
render him a very useful and influential 
member of Congress. He was a very 
excellent lawyer, and from his wide expe- 



rience, legal learning, sound principles, 
and acknowledged ability, his numer- 
ous friends anticipated forhim a brilliant 
career in the arena of national politics. 
Montgomery, S. Lawrence W., 
Washington city, I). C, March 18, je. 
20, in the full enjoyment of Christian 
! faith and hope, son of Capt. John B. 
[ Montgomery, of the U. S. navy. 

Moody, jLaniel, Esq., Stowe, Vt., 

Feb. 8, a\ 76. He was a resident of 

j Stowe more than 60 years, and one of the 

{ most highly respected citizens of the 

' town, having held the principal offices, 

and been representative in the state 

legislature. 

Moody, Rev. John, D. D., Shippens- 
burg. Pa., Oct. 7, a>. 81. He was born 
July 4, 1776, Mithin the limits of this 
county, then part of Lancaster, and was 
educated at Princeton College during 
the presidency of the learned and pa- 
triotic Dr. Withcrspoon, of revolution- 
ary memory, having graduated in the 
class of 1796, Avith the late Hon. John 
M. Berrien, of CJeorgia, and others who 
became distinguished in public life. 
Having made choice of the ministry as 
his profession, he pursued his theologi- 
cal studies under the direction, we be- 
lieve, of some Presbyterian clergyman 
of his native county, as was the custom at 
that time, there being then no theological 
seminaries in this country. Li 1801 he 
was licensed to preach by the presby- 
tery of Carlisle. In 1803 he was called to 
succeed Rev. Dr. Cooper, as pastor of 
the congregation at Middle Spring, 
Cumberland Co., and, as such, contin- 
ued to labor uninterruptedly for more 
than half a century, and until his men- 
tal and bodily faculties became im- 
paired by the infirmities incident to old 
age. At the time of his decease he 
was the oldest member of the Carlisle 
presbytery, and until his vigorous mind 
became clouded from the effects of pa- 
ralysis, as it is supposed, he was one of 
the most infiuential members of that 
and other ecclesiastical bodies in the 
deliberations of which he was called 
upon from time to time to take part. 
Moore, Major Benjamin, Pittsburg, 

Pa., Arsenal, , a^. 71. 

Moore, Charles A., Beloit,Wis., May 
30, a?. 37, was a nephew of Dr. Jesse 
Moore, of tliis city, a native of Bedford, 
N. H., but has been a resident of Beloit 
about 13 years. 



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Moore, Ephraim, Rochester, N. Y., 
-, ae. — , an old and highly respect- 



ed citizen, was born in Hollis, N. H., and 
emigrated to Rochester in 1817. 

Moore, John li., Circleville, ()., Jan. 
8, fE. _. In the death of Mr. M., Pick- 
away Co. has lost one of her best and most 
efficient officers and citizens, his flimily a 
kind and tender husband and father, and 
the Christian church one of her brightest 
ornaments. He was what might be tru- 
ly called a just man. 
' Moore, Adj. J. Bryan, Rivas, Nica- 
ragua, April o, IE. — , formerly of Mobile, 
Ala. He was among the first who joined 
tiie Xicaraguui army, and was in all the 
battles from the beginning of the conflict 
to the end of his career. Gen. Walker, 
in a letter to his brother, Mr. E. Moore, 
says he was struck at Rivas by a rafter 
shivered bv a 2i-lb. shot, and killed in- 
stantlv. He was acting at the time as ad- 
jutant of the First Rifles, and had received 
a wound from a spent ball some weeks 
before at the l)attle of Jacote. It will be 
a melancholy satisfaction for his friends 
to know, that, throughout the trying 
scenes through which he passed, his con- 
duct was that of a brave man and in- 
trepid soldier. Such indeed was the es- 
timation in which he was held by his 
companions in arms, that he was pro- 
moted in raj)id succession from the ranks 
to the resi)onsil)le position which he held 
at the time of his death. 

Moore, Mrs. Phebe, Amherst, Mass., 
Nov. 5, ;r. S(3, widow of Zephaniah vSwift 
Moore, 1). 1)., first president of Amherst 
College, was born April 17, 1771. After 
the death of her venerated husband, Jan. 
30, 1823, she continued to reside in Am- 
herst, greatly respected, as she had been 
in Leicester, in Hanover, N. H., and in 
Williamstown. While he was li\'ing, 
" the heart of her husband did safely 
trust in her." and when he was dead, she 
repaid his confidence by cherishing his 
memory in lier heart, by being guided 
by his sj)irit, and by carrying out his 
wshes. Eor tlu; jjujiils of her luisl)and 
she ever manifested an affectionate in- 
terest, which was reciprocated by them, 
as well because she was ])er,sonallv worthy 
of tlicir friendly regards, as because she 
was tlie living rejjresentative of their en- 
deared teacher. And to the credit of the 
meml)ers of the early classes of Amherst 
College be it spoken, that, when they have 
made theii- annual or their occasional j)U- 



grimages to Amherst, they would not have 
felt that their visit to their alma mater 
was completed until they had ])aid their 
respects to Mrs. M. In these interviews 
she was always courteous, lady-like, and 
dignified, yet affectionate and genial. 
In his Memoir of President Moore, Gov. 
Washburn thus creditably notices his 
wife : " Soon after his settlement in 
Leicester, Jan. 10, 1798, he married 
Phebe, daughter of Thomas Drury, Esq., 
of Ward, (now Auburn,) in whom he 
found a helpmate and companion suited 
to his taste, and to whom he was in- 
debted for the orderly arrangement of 
his family affairs, by which he was en- 
abled to devote so much of his time to 
his studies and his people. Though in 
the receipt of only the humble salary 
which has been mentioned, [8400,] his 
table was always plentifully spread, his 
house was the pattern of neatness and 
order, and all who shared its hosjiitalities 
felt how much of a minister's al)ility to 
bring out of a scanty salary the means 
of being liberal de])ends u])on her who 
has the charge of his household." 

Moore, William, Michigan, Jan. 16, 
re. 88, was one of the ])ioneers of Grand 
River Valley. He settled in Ionia Co. in 
the fiiU of 1833, which was the year of 
the first settlement of that county. His 
son Daniel C. ]Moore, Esq., of this place, 
erected the first frame house in Ionia Co., 
and the first one for 100 miles east, and 
some 70 or 80 miles in any other direc- 
tion, except at Grand Rajiids. He was 
possessed of a strong and vigorous con- 
stitution, and lived a long life of activity 
and energy, and until the last 18 months 
his health has been excellent. 

Moorehead, Capt. Israel, Louisville, 
Ky., Feb. — , pc. — , a distinguished 
business man, and much interested in es- 
tablishing steamboat na^"igation upon the 
western waters. 

Moorehead, James, Indiana, Pa., Jan. 
9, ae. 76. From reliable sources, it ap- 
pears that Mr. M. was the first active 
anti-mason, who, from the press, publicly 
denounced the systems of secret, oath- 
bound societies in Western Pennsylvania ; 
and as such he claims a strong sym])athy 
from all who in more favored circum- 
stances have battled for that cause. He 
early associated himself with the anti- 
slavery movement, and has been consistent 
and firm through all vicissitudes to his 
death. The temperance cause found in 



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him an earnest advocate ; and his tongue 
and pen have been zealously engaged in 
the i)roniotion of all rational reforms ; 
while such spurious ideas as the abolition 
of capital punishment, and socialism, and 
all anti-scriptural schemes, found him a 
determined opponent. Some 13 years 
ago he commenced the publication of the 
little weekly sheet known as the Clarion 
of Freedom, in the conducting of which 
he united editor, compositor, proof cor- 
rector, and all things connected with the 
publication of a newspaper, in his own 
person. About two years ago, from 
phvsical inability to conduct his paper 
personally, he, in conjunction with his 
son, commenced the publication of the 
Independent. From this time to his 
death, although in some respects con- 
nected with the paper, we lose sight of 
those peculiar marks that characterized 
the Clarion of Freedom. Mr. M. had 
but a very limited education in his boy- 
hood, and was in a great measure self- 
taught. He wrote some pieces of ])oetry, 
which seem never to have attracted much 
attention in the literary world ; as also 
a version of the Psalms in metre, trans- 
lated fi'om the Hebrew, which language 
he studied without a teacher. He pub- 
lished a small edition of his version of 
the Psalms about two years since, chiefly 
for private distribution. He was at the 
time of his death the oldest citizen of 
the town, having first resided there more 
than 50 years ago. His loss wUl be 
deeply felt by a very large circle of 
friends. 

MoRFiT, Dr. John C, Chicago, 111., 
Jan. 8, a?. — , formerlv of MarA'land, and 
son of H. M. and Catharine C." Morfit, of 
Baltimore. With more than ordinary 
sti-ength of intellect, to which had been 
added the grace of culture in his own 
and foreign lands, with a warm and 
generous heart that never cherished a 
wrong, his death leaves a wound that 
Mill not soon be healed. Few men of 
his age had reached such well-earned 
distinction, few gave to their profession 
such an unwearied zeal, and fewer still 
joined to his self-reliance and powers the 
qualities of a true man and the impulses 
of a sincere friend. 

Morgan, Elijah, Amenia, N. Y., May 
— , a^. 74. He came into the town from 
Fishkill in the year 1800, and for 40 years 
was one of the most active business men. 
He was also a prominent member of 



the Methodist church, and ever rcadyV 
Avorks of usefulness. 

Morgan, Major Archippus, Westficld, 
Mass., Sept. 19, se. 85. 

Morgan, Mr. Enos D., Morgantown, 
Va., Jan. 27, ce. 49. I\Ir. M. was bom 
and raised in that ])lace, and is well 
known here as a descendant of the family 
of Morgans, who were the earliest settlers 
of North-western Virginia. He was a 
printer by trade, and was foreman in the 
Star office from its establishment to the 
commencement of his illness ; and al- 
though, like the great majority of the 
craft, he had to contend all his "life with 
the disadvantages of poverty, he earned 
and always sustained the reputation of 
an honest man. 

Morgan, Rev. William, M. J)., Sea- 
ford, Sussex Co., Del, Aug. 17, vo. 77. 
Dr. M. was born June 20, 1780, in Sus- 
sex Co., Del., and lived the greater part 
of his life in this county and state. He 
embraced religion in his 21st year, and 
joined the ^Methodist Episcojial church, 
in which he remained until the reform, 
at which time, in 1830, he joined the 
^Methodist Protestant church. He was 
licensed as an exhorter June 4, 1804, 
and also preached in 1857 in the Meth- 
odist Episcopal church, and was ordained 
deacon and elder in the same church. 

^SIoriakty, Mrs. Elizabeth Lowell, 
Boston, Mass., May 3, se. 43, widow of 
the late Dr. Josejjh Moriarty, and daugh- 
ter of John Hancock. Her husband fell 
an early victim, in the discharge of his 
duty as physician at Deer Island, to that 
terrible disease, shij) fever. After his 
death she resided with her aged father, 
then in his 84th year, and was the prop 
and comfort of his old age. Her heart 
was full of the warmest affections and 
sensibilities, and her life Mas a i)ure sac- 
rifice as a faithful mother and earnest 
and dutiful daughter. The jjoor and 
needy have lost a true friend, and many 
a M'ounded heart Mill miss the sweet con- 
solations of her true and symjiathizing 
soul. None could knoM' her Mell but to 
love her ; for such was the genuineness 
of her nature, that nothing but sincerity 
could find an abiding place with her. 
Monuments of granite are raised to per- 
petuate the memory of heroes, but the 
silent and constant offices of a true, faith- 
ful, and Christian mother are ever-living 
fountains, enriching and refreshing the 
hearts and lives of the Morld. 



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MOUNTZ 



SloRRls, George W., Philadelphia, 
Pa., Feb. 22, .t. 60. Mr. M. was re- 
ceived into the communion of the First 
Reformed Dutch C'imrch, (Crown Street,) 
under the ministry of the late Rev. Dr. 
lU-odlioad. During the long period of 
130 years he bore the office of an elder, 
first in Crown Street, and afterwards in 
the Third Church, of which he was one 
of the founders. In this capacity he was 
frequently a member of the classis and 
of the synods, lie was also an active 
meml)er of the board of managers of the 
American Sunday School Union for many 
years, and a helper in every good cause 
that enlisted his interest. There was a 
peculiar coml)ination of good and useful 
qualities in him, to which his piety gave 
a sanctified earnestness and practical di- 
rection. Gentle yet firm, calm but not 
cold, zealous without fanaticism, well- 
grounded in the faith, and liberal to 
those who differed from his creed, de- 
votedly pious and consistent in his walJi, 
he was in many respects a man to coun- 
sel, to lead, and to lean uj)on. He loved 
his church next to his God and his fam- 
ily, and was always a most efficient mem- 
ber and officer. Necessity alone ever 
kept him from the meetings of the trus- 
tees and consistory, or from the social 
and ])ul)lic worship of the sanctuary, and 
in this respect he was an example to all. 

Morris, Mrs. ^laria Magdalen Stry- 
ker, .Jersey City, Dec. 27, ay. 60, wife of 
William C. Morris, and only surviving 
daughter of Gen. Peter I. iStryker, of 
Somerset, N. J. 

Morrison, Dr. Alexander, Troy, Mo., 

, a?. 59, formerly of Culjiepper 

Co., Va., a physician of great skill and 
experience, who from his early settle- 
ment in the county became familiar with 
its history and the various diseases of the 
country, 

Morrison, Major A. F., Indianapolis, 
Ind., Dec. — , ae. — , one of the leaders 
of the old line democracy. 

MoKUisox. Mrs. Mary, New Dm-ham, 
N. II., April 21, ;e. 64, wife of Gen. Ne- 
liemiah ^Iorriso^. 

Morrison, Mr. Samuel, Kinzua, Pa., 
Dec. y, iv. 8.5. He was one of tlie early 
settlers of this county, having located a 
few miles above Warren, about 1800, and 
suffered all the hardshi])s and ])rivations 
incident to a pioneer life. He was a 
I'^ember of the Methodist Episco])al 
Ciijrih for a number of years before his 



death, and when his spirit was called 
home, he bore it with Christian-like for- 
titude and resignation. 

Morse, Mr. Abiel, Pomfret, Vt., Feb, 
22, ae. 96. Mr. M, was the oldest per- 
son, with one exce])tion, and was the 
last revolutionary soldier, in that town. 
He was born in Woodstock, Conn., in 
1760, He was stationed in the old 
college building in this city during the 
summer of 1777, and was in the battle 
on Rhode Island the same year. He 
also served in one campaign at Ticonde- 
roga, N, Y. AVlthin a few months I 
have heard him relate interesting partic- 
ulars of the ministry of Elder ^Nlanning, 
of the journey by land from Providence 
to Rhode Island, of the seizure of Gen, 
Prescott by a negro, of the battle of 
Rhode Island on Saturday and Sunday, 
and of his leaving the island on Sunday 
night. He was well and in full posses- 
sion of his faculties on the day of his 
death, and was found dead in his bed the 
next morning. 

Morton, Capt. George, Adams, 111,, 
Nov. 10, 86. 78, formerly of Lynn, Mass. 

Morton, ^Ir. Joshua, Thomaston, Ale,, 
Jan. 25, x. 67, one of the most worthy 
and enterprising ship-l)uilders, 

Morton, Mr, Richard, Autaugaville, 
Ala., March — , ae, — , one of the oldest 
citizens, and a gentleman of great re- 
specUibilily and immense wealth. 

Moses, Leonard, Charlestown navy 
yard, Mass., Aug. 20, a>. 43, He was a 
native of Portsmouth, N, H., and had 
been connected with the navy eight 
years, 

Moses, Solomon, New York, Sept. 22, 
ae. 83, for many years a merchant of 
Philadelphia, Pa. 

MoTT, Stephen Germond, Hamilton, 
Madison Co., N. Y., Alarch 20, a\ 54, 
son of the late Joseph Mott, of Utica, 

MoTTER, George, Manchester, Carroll 

Co,, Md,, , ae, 72, He was bom 

in the neighborhood of Manchester, and 
resided in the town since he attained to 
manhood. It is but doing simple justice 
to his character to say that he was an 
honest man, a ])atriotic citizen, a kind 
husband and affectionate flither, a faith- 
ful friend, and, al)ove all, a sincere Chris- 
tian. 

MouLTON, Luther, Concord, N. H., 
March 7, ac. 23, son of Mr. William 
Moulton, of Ossipee, a young man of 
great moral worth and deeply lamented. 



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251 



MoULTON, Mrs. Margaret, Scarbor- 
ough, Me., April 24, a-. 82, widow of 
Major Jonathan Moulton. llcr husl)and 
was one of the first settlers in the town, 
and of course she had to encounter 
many privations and sutieringa while the 
now large " Moulton Farm " was being- 
changed from a wilderness state to the 
highh -cultivated and productive field, 
and "the spacious dwelling was being 
erected, which has for many years been 
the happy home of a numerous and high- 
ly res])ected family circle. Mrs. M. was 
a kind-hearted, truly affectionate, and 
Christian woman. 

Moulton, Hon. Phineas, West Ran- 
dolph, Vt., July 5, £6. 67. 

MoUNTZ, John, Georgetown, D. C, 
Aug. 1, fe. 86. He was clerk to the cor- 
poration of Georgetown fi'om 1791 to 
January, 18o7, a period of 66 years — 
a longer j^eriod, we dare say, than any 
man ever filled office before. 

MuLLETT, Chilten, Darien, Genesee 
Co., N. Y., iSIarch 25, ae. 65, brother of 
Hon. James Mullett, of Fredonia. 

MuLi.iKEN, Dr. Edward, Montpelier, 
Vt., July 24, JB. 29. He was born in 
Stow, Mass., Jan. 21, 1828. He entered 
Cambridge College at the early age of 
14, and graduated in the class of 1846. 
His first year of medical study was 
passed with Daniel Adams, of Keene, 
and at Dartmouth ; the subsequent two 
years at the University of New York, 
where in 1850 he received his diploma. 
He was for some time a resident ])hy- 
sician at the Bellevue Hospital, in New 
York City. After leaving New York he 
practised his profession a year or two 
in Massachusetts, when he removed to 
WaterbuiT, Vt., and afterwards to Mont- 
pelier. At Waterbury he married the 
adopted daughter of Gen. Ilobbins. 

MuxDEN, William M., Black Water, 
Princess Anne Co., Va., March 20, se. 
52, a well known and highly respected 
citizen of the county. 

MrxGER, Dr. Ebenezer, Homer. N.Y., 
Oct. i;3. EP. 63. Dr. M. was a native of 
Guilford, Conn. He graduated at Yale 
College in 1814. His medical studies 
were prosecuted in the city of New York. 
He entered upon the practice of his pro- 
fession in Middle Haddam, Conn. In 
1821 he removed to Buinhridge, N. Y., 
and thence to Homer in 1836, where he 
was for 21 years a member of the Con- 
gregational church. 



MuRFEE, Mrs. Martha S., LTOchburg, 
Va., Ajjril 5, m. — , wife of Prof. James 
T. Murfce. 

MuRPUY, Rev. James, D. D., Her- 
kimer, N. Y., Jan. 13, a\ — . Dr. M. 
was ordained to the gospel ministry in 
1814, and installed as jjastor of 'the 
church of Rochester, in Ulster classis ; 
here he remained faithfully discharging 
the duties of his high commission lor the 
sjiace of 12 years. He then received 
and accepted a call to become ])astor of 
the Reformed Dutch Church of Scotia, 
Schenectady Co. ; here he remained seven 
years. In 1833 he removed to St. Johns- 
ville, Montgomery Co., to take the pas- 
toral care of that church ; he remained 
in charge here until 1836, when he ac- 
cepted an invitation to become pastor of 
the Dutch Church of Herkimer Village, 
Herkimer Co., where he remained five 
years ; then removed to Coeymans, in 
Albany classis. Before, however, he 
had labored a year he was recalled to 
Herkimer, and remained in charge of 
that church until May, 1849, when, by a 
joint a])plication of ])astor and jjeojile, 
the relation was dissolved. Subsequent- 
ly he devoted some three years of minis- 
terial toil to the church of Columbia, and 
in Septembei', 1854, he was installed as 
]5astor over the Dutch Church of Frank- 
fort, Herkimer Co., which connection he 
held until his death. For the space of 
43 years had he held his commission as 
an "ambassador of the cross of Christ, 
and not -without efiect. Many, very 
many, have been led to seek the Saviour 
under his ministry. Like Paul, it may 
be said of him, in the review of his life, 
" I have fought a good fight ; I have fin- 
ished my course ; I have kept the faith ; 
henceforth there is laid up for me a 
crown of righteousness." 

Murray, Elisha, New Milford, Conn., 
Nov. 27, a?. 90. 

MussEY, B. B., Boston, Mass., Jan. 
12, a?. 52. He was born in Bradford, 
Vt., and came to Boston when quite 
young, and soon after engaged in^ the 
book trade. He was an active business 
man for a period of 30 years, during 
which time he amassed for himself a 
fortune. He was out of health for some 
time previous to his death, and finally 
sank under the wasting power of disease. 
His many friends will long remember 
him as a man of enter])rise and vigor. 
His wife died about seven years ago ; 



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NEW 



and he has left two sons, one about 18 I and assignee of the Passumpsic River 
years of age, the other about seven or j Kailroad. 

eight years. He was, at the time of his l IMyers, Samuel, Taghkanie, N. Y., 
decease, the treasurer of Tufts College, 1 Jan. 30, a;. 97, a soldier of the revolution. 



N. 



Naxchede, Dr. Joseph G., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Feb. — , a>. — , for more than 
44 years an esteemed member of the 
medical profession. 

Nash, Dea. Uriah, Harrington, Me., 
April 27, aj. 73 years and six months. 
Dea. N. was one of the first settlers in 
H., ha\ing lived in that town 53 years. 
For a period of half a century he was an 
active and worthy member of the Bap- 
tist churcli, and liow has gone to receive 
the reward of the righteous. 

Nason, Mrs. Eliza, Boston, Mass., 
Nov. 27, if. 70, widow of the late Mr. 
Joel Xason. 

Neal, Elijah, North Berwick, Me., 
March 18, a?. 76. 

Neal, John, Taunton, Mass., April 7, 

86. 7o. 

Ne.\le, Dr. S. S., Kittaniny, Pa., Au- 
gust — , X. — , an old and estimable 
citizen of the town, after a long life de- 
voted ardently to the profession of med- 
icine. 

Needham, ^Irs. Hannah, Milford, 
N. H., March 2, a?. 97, a native of An- 
dover, Mass. Her father was killed at 
the battle of Bunker Hill. 

Neely, Albert, Chicago, 111., April 16, 
ae. 59. He was the father of the Rev. 
Henry A. Neely, rector of Clirist Church, 
Rochester, and was formerly a resident 
of Onondaga Co., N. Y., where his faith- 
ful sujjport of the church will long be 
rememl)cred. In 1S38 he removed to 
Belvidere, 111., wlicrc by his elforts, ser- 
vices were maintained for seven years, 
although but a mere handful of church- 
men resided in that place. For many 
years past he has l)cen doing business 
as a merchant in (.Chicago, where he was 
very highly esteemed ■ as an honorable 
business man and an influential church- 
man. Mr. X. was an earnest and devout 
lavman, of that class which the church 
greatly needs in these days of world- 
lincHs. He regarded himself as a stew- 
ard of the Lord, and used his influence 
and his means as one who must give ac- 
count. Though his departure is a gain 



to the church triumphant, his loss will 
be severely felt by the church militant. 

Neeii, Rev. Samuel, Lockington, O., 
Aug. 15, a;. 30, of the Lockington Cir- 
cuit Cincinnati conference. In the midst 
of his labors and usefulness he died, 
gloriously, triumphantly, and in death, as 
in life, preaching Christ. 

Neilson, Dr. John, New York city, 
June 19, 8e. 82. Dr. N. was a prac- 
titioner of medicine in this city for 60 
years, eminent in his profession, and a 
man deeply endeared to the community. 
A humble and devoted follower of 
Christ, his walk was with God, and his 
character jjure and elevated. At the 
time of liis death he was an elder in the 
collegiate church, in which for 50 years 
he had been a jiillar and an ornament. 

Nkiswan, Mrs. Elizabeth Cunning- 
ham, Cross Roads, Del., March 27, a?. 
35. Her loss will be drejily felt, as well 
by her neighbors and the cluuch of 
which she was a member, as by her hus- 
band and children. Her heart was ever 
open to sympathy and pity for the mis- 
fortunes and necessities of the ])oor, and 
none ever appealed to her for charity in 
vain. 

Nelson, Mr. Neal, Washington Co., 



Va., Nov. — , SB. 



was a soldier of the 



war of 1812. 

Nevers, Col. Benjamin, Sweden, Me., 
Sept. 10, SB. 91. Col. N. was the first 
settler in the town of Sweden. During 
the prime of life he was much in the 
public service, and was one of the framers 
of our state constitution. He voted for 
Wasliington, (second term,) and at every 
subsequent presidential election, and at 
every state election. He was highly 
esteemed, by all who knew him, as a 
worthy man, a Christian, and a ])atriot. 
His funeral was attended by the largest 
concourse of people that ever assembled 
in the town of Sweden. 

New, George W., at the AVestem 
Military Asylum. Harrodsburg, Ky., June 
27, !B. 94. He bore an honorable })art 
in the revolutionary struggle, and was an 



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officer in the war of 1812. He was a 
man of good sense, of great moral worth, 
and was justly esteemed by all who knew 
him. 

Newcomb, ^Irs. Jane, Quincy, Mass., 
March 6, a'. 84. She has left, to mourn 
her death, her aged husband, with whom 
she lived 61 years, six children, one hav- 
ing deceased before her, 32 grandchil- 
dren, and 27 great-grandchildren. To 
all her descendants she has left a rich 
legacy in her example and prayers. 

Newel, Rev. Isaac D., CarroUton, 111., 
Aug. 18, ae. 57. 

Newell, Joseph, Portsmouth, N. H., 

, aj. 20, son of Dr. Newell, of the 

Penobscot tribe of Indians. 

Newhouse, Mr. Benjamin, Buffalo 
township. Pa., March 11, se. 100. Mr. 
N. was a native of Virginia, but had 
lived in the county about 15 years. His 
health was remarkable ; and, until the 
cold weather set in last fall, he was able 
to be out. and occupied his time in cut- 
ting wood for the household, and such 
other light work. During the winter he 
was much confined to the house, but u]) 
to the hour of his death he had only 
been in bed about four days. He was a 
relic of a past age. 

Newton, yiv^ Catharine, Danby, 111., 
Dec. 30, is. 57, wife of Dr. L. Q. Newton. 

Newtox, Com. John Thomas, Wash- 
ington, D. C, July 29, se. — . He was 
in perfect health, to all appearances, up 
to the instant of his attack. Com. N. 
entered the service in Jan., 1808, and 
has therefore been attached to the navy 
over 48 years, of which more than 21 
years have been spent at sea. His name 
stood Xo. 5 on the navy list of 1856. 

NiciiOL, Mrs. Ann, Colerain township, 

Belmont Co., O., , ae. 93. She 

was born near Churchtown, Derry Co., 
Ireland, in December, 1763, and was 
married to John Nichol in 1784, with 
whom she emigrated to America in 1789, 
fii'st settling in Cumberland Co., Pa., 
whence the family removed to West- 
moreland Co., Pa., thence to what is 
now Colerain township, Belmont Co., O., 
of wliich she was a resident upwards of 
55 years. Few persons live so long, or 
have so large a number of descendants. 
She was the mother of 15 children, of 
whom 12 came to maturity. Her grand- 
children number 101, her great-grand- 
children 172, her great-great-grandchil- 
di-en 8, making her posterity 296. Of 
22 



these many are still li^^ng, and are resi- 
dents of^ Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 
and California. She made a ijrofch.sion 
of religion in Ireland ; and, in her vari- 
ous changes of residence in America, 
she valued the privileges of the peojjle 
of God. Her last connection was with 
the Associate Reformed Presbyterian 
congregation of St. Clair.sville ; and as 
long as her strength permitlcd she was 
" glad when they said, Let us go up to 
the house of the Lord." She had the 
pleasure of seeing all her cliildren, and 
many of their children, members of the 
church of the living God. As she en- 
joyed many blessings and privileges in 
life, she was favored with freedom trom 
suffering in death. 

Nicholas, Hon. Robert Carter, Terre- 
bonne, La., Dec. 24, ae. — . He was a 
ca])tain in the army in the war of 1812, 
was promoted to colonel, was senator in 
Congress fi-om 1836 to 1841, was charge 
d'afi'aires to Naples, was subsequently 
secretax-y of state of Louisiana, and more 
recently superintendent of pubHc educa- 
tion in that state. 

Nichols, Mrs. Dorcas, Searsport, Me., 
Dec. 8, ;e. 90, widow of the late Bela 
Nichols, a soldier of the revolution. 

Nichols, Miss Martha W., South 
Hadley, Mass., March 23, ie. 20, daugh- 
ter of Rev. Charles Nichols, of Gileud, 
Conn. 

Nicholson, Samuel, New York city, 

, se. 61, one of the partners in the 

banking house of Brown Brothers & Co., 
of New York. He left about $800,000, 
which goes by his will in nearly equal 
proportions to the family relatives of his 
deceased wife and to his own sisters in 
Ireland. He left no children. 

Nicholson, William C, Wharton Co., 
Texas, Sept. 8, se. 27. Mr. N. was a 
son of the late Com. Nicholson, Unhed 
States navy, and at the time of his death 
was attached to the engineer corps of 
the B. B. B. & C. Railway. He pos- 
sessed many most estimable traits of 
character, and was much beloved by 
those who knew him best. 

NiLES, Mrs. Clara Virginia, Washing- 
ton, D. C, Feb. 25, se. — , wife of Ben- 
jamin T. Niles, and daughter of the late 
Jonathm Hager, of Micldlebury. 

NiLES, William Ogden, Philadelphia, 

Pa., , ce. — , for many years so 

well known as the junior editor of Niles's 
Register, a periodical whose reliable 



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character has made it vaUiable as an his- 
torical record, lie was attacked with 
})aralysis and ai)oj)lexy. At the time of 
lis decease he held an official jiosition 
in one of the executive departments at 
"Washington. 

NISWAXUER, Mrs. , Hagerstown, 

Md., , a:. '3o, wife of the Kev. 

Daniel Niswander. 

Noble, Cyrenus, Buffiilo, N.Y., March 
16, a?. 80. The father of Mr. N., Elna- 
than Noble, Esq., removed at an early 
day from Connecticut, and made his 
habitation in this county. He and his 
family Avcre pioneer settlei's in what was 
then Western New York. They were 
received and welcomed among the enter- 
prising and reliable members of that 
community. Cyrenus was the second 
son, endowed with judgment and pene- 
tration, and in early life engaged with 
others in plans for the improvement of 
society, and especially in the high con- 
cerns of sustaining institutions of religion 
and learning. 

Noble, Mrs. Esther B., Williamstown, 
Mass., Nov. 21, a?. 80, widow of the late 
Hon. Daniel Noble, of that place, who 
died in 1830. Mr. N. was of the legal 
profession, much in public life, as a mem- 
ber of the House of llepresentatives, 
the Senate, and the Executive Council 
of Massachusetts For 16 years he held 
the offices of treasurer and trustee of 
Williams College ; and his services and 
sacrifices for that institution in its early 
history wore very great. The professional 
attainments of Mr. N. were of a high 
order. He was a discriminating and 
fearless advocate, a friend and patron of 
those noble charities which characterize 
and adorn the present age. He was one 
of the earliest to move efficiently in the 
temperance reform. He was a devout 
and humble Christian, and adorned his 

f)rofession l)y an exemjjlary and useful 
ife. Mrs. N. survived her husband nearly 



28 years, living in the family mansion 
Williamstown, the centi'o of a large c'lT- 
cle of relatives and friends. The i)rom- 
inent traits of character which endeared 
her to all were gentle, cultivated, unob- 
trusive manners, a kind, disinterested, 
Rym]Kithizing heart, and a humble, Clu'is- 
tian walk and conversation. .She leaves 
three sons, graduates of Williams Col- 
lege, — Ivlward W., n clergyman in 
Truro, Mass., William H., a civil engineer 
in Wisconsin, and Solomon 15., a lawyer 



in the city of New York, — and three 
daughters — one the wife of Charles Stod- 
dard, Esq., Boston, and one the wife of 
A. F. Stoddard, Esq., Glasgow, Scotland. 

Noble, Mrs. Naomi, Pittsfield, Mass., 
March 16, a?, 85. 

Noble, Stephen I., New Castle, Pa., 

, 86. — , late of Cleveland, O., 

where he had served as prosecuting 
attorney. 

Nobles, Mrs. Olivia J., Stantonsburg, 
N. C, March 15, a?. 26, wife of Dr. John 
W. Nobles. 

NoLAND, Judge Pearce, Shgo, WaiTen 
Co., Miss., Feb. 11, a^. 67. 

Norman, Mrs. Elizabeth James, Leb- 
anon, Tenn., May 27, ae. 43, wife of Dr. 
Thomas Norman. 

NoRRis, Gen. Jacob, Binghampton, 
N. Y., June 9, ae. — , a prominent citizen 
of that place. 

North, Mrs. Rebecca, New Haven, 
Conn., July 5, a?. 74. 

Northup, Mrs. , North Kings- 
town, R. I., Oct. 26, a". 88, widow of the 
late Elder William Northup. From 
early life Mrs. N. was an active and 
consistent Christian. For nearly 60 years 
she was a respected member of the First 
Baptist Church in North Kingstown, a 
church founded by her ^ate honored hus- 
band, and over which he was the esteemed 
pastor for more than half a century. 

Norton, Rev. Charles H., Louisville, 
Ky., Jan. 6, a^. 34. He was pastor of 
the Congregational church at North 
Becket, Mass. That Saviour he recom- 
mended to others was his suj)]iort and 
trust in his last trying hour ; and, when 
assured that his work on earth was 
ended, he longed to go to Jesus. His 
sun went dosvn without a cloud, to rise, 
we trust, to a glorious immortality be- 
yond the grave. 

Norton, Mrs. Electa, Westfield, ^NLiss., 
Jan. 6, fe. 82. 

Norton, Dr. Herman, Cleveland, O., 
, a^ 76. 

Norton, Rev. H. N., Bloomington, 
K. T., Aug. 27, a>. — . He was a native 
of Canandaigua, N. Y., was educated at 
Oberlin, O., and graduated in 1842. He 
has since been engaged in the ministry, 
mostly as a missionary. He was, before 
removing to Kansas, missionary at Lodi, 
111. In June, 1856, he went to Kansas, 
and located at Bloomington, where he 
entered uj)on his missionary work. He 
preached at Bloomington and at Jvauwaca, 



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255 



Norton, James, Nicholas Co., Ky., 
Oct. 21, re. 96. In early life Mr. N. 
enlisted as a private soldier in the ranks 
of the army of the United States, was 
present and took an active part in many 
of the battles of the revolution, was at 
the sieije of Yorktown, and witnessed tlie 
surrender of Cornwallis's forces to Gen. 
Washington. He likewise afterwards 
participated in the war with the Indians 
in the north-west. He was a witness of 
the scenes and events which, but for the 
written history of the age in which they 
transpired, must in a few years more be 
known only from tradition. How few, 
alas, are the Unks in the living chain 
which connects the days of '76 with the 
present age ! One by one the old sol- 
diers have passed away. In a few years 
more they will have gone to their final 
rest. May their memories be ever re- 
vered. 

Norton, Rev. N. Jerome, Cordova, 
m., Nov. 19, SB. 37. Mr. N. passed the 
early years of his life in New Haven, 
Conn., where he learned and followed 
the trade of a mason. He was formerly 
connected with the Second, now known 
as the Wooster Place Baptist Church in 
that city. Being convinced that it was 
his duty to devote himself to the preach- 
ing of the gospel, he entered the insti- 
tution at Suffield, and commenced a 
course of study preparatory to this work. 
More than once he was forced by pov- 
erty to suspend his studies and resume 
his trade ; but he never lost sight of the 
object to which duty impelled him, 
though he was required, not only to 
provide for himself, but also to aid in 
providing for his aged parents. At length 
he was received as a beneficiary of the 
Connecticut Baptist Education Society, 
which continued till he graduated from 
Madison University, Aug., 18o2. In the 
autumn of 1852 Mr. N. was united in 
marriage to Miss Anna Holcomb, of 
Granby, and, some months after, was 
ordained pastor of the Baptist church in 
South Adams, Mass. Here he labored 
for two years, and then, much to the 
regret of the church, resigned his pas- 
torate, and removed to Ohio. For some 
months he was connected v.iih Fairmount 
Theological Seminary, preaching on the 
Sabbath as a supply to destitute churches 
in the vicinity. He then became pastor 
of the Baptist church in Cordova, 111. 
There the divide blessing attended his 



labors, and God granted seals to his 
ministry. 

Norton, Mrs. Sallv, Richmond, Me., 
March 29, a>. 70, widow of the late Bev. 
Noah Norton of Brunswick. Mrs. N. was 
born in Scarborough, Me., Oct. Ijl. 17S7. 
Her maiden name was Sally Libby. In 
1806 she was married to Capt." Scth 
Norton, of Castine, Me., and in IS] 2 to 
Mr. Noah Norton, a brother of her 
former husband. 

Norton, Capt. William 11., at sea, 
April 13, a?. 49, a passenger on board 
the ship Witchcraft, on the passaj^e from 
Boston to [Melbourne. 

Notes, Franklin, Charlestown, Va., 
April 4, ffi. 64. ISIr. N. was a native of 
New Canaan, Columbia Co., N.Y. About 
the autumn of 1817 he removed to Vir- 
ginia, and, after attending school for 
some time, entered business as a salt 
agent for an elder brother. Shortly after- 
wards he began merchandising on his 
own account, and has ever since main- 
tained a i)rominent and trustwortliy posi- 
tion in the mercantile and manufacturing 
interests of the community. As a man, 
the community has lost a prominent and 
valued member ; as a friend, there are 
probably none who knew him but de- 
plore his loss. The head of a large 
femily, those alone who have witnessed 
his domestic devotion and parental ten- 
derness can appreciate the love which 
greeted him at home, and the sorrow 
which now desolates his fireside ; as a 
father and husband, those to whom he 
occupied those relations can feel, but can- 
not express, the extent of their affliction. 

NoYES, Wilbur Fisk, Middletown, 
Conn., Aug. 6, a?. 23, a member of the 
senior class of the Wesle\an University. 

Nu>'N, Mrs. Elizabeth' A., Chestnut 
Bluft', Tenn., Jan. 3, se. 26, wife of Dr. 
Isaac A. Nunn. 

Nutting, Peter, Otisfield, ]Me., May 
9, ae. 89. He was a native of Groton, 
Mass. He moved to Otisfield when a 
young man, and assisted in removing the 
dense forest, and lived to enjoy tlie fruits 
of his labors. He enjoyed the blessings 
of Providence in life, and died in hope 
of the heavenly rest. 

Nye, Mr. Bartlett, Champlain, N. Y., 
Nov. 1, SB. — . Mr. N. had been a resi- 
dent of this county for many years, and 
was one of the most worthy as well as 
wealthy citizens. 

Nye, J. A., Taiiton, Pickaway Co., 0., 



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[1857.] 



OAKLEY 



Jan. 7, a?. 67. He was bom in Ilagers- 
towii, Md., and removed to Tarlton at 
an early day. Previous to the disability 
which terminated his existence, he was 
an active, popular, and successful business 
man. He was naturally endowed with 
a kind heart, was dignified and gentle- 
manly in his deportment, and winning in 
his intercourse with otiicrs. He was a 
useful citizen, an affectionate husband 
and father, and was extensively known 



and respected. His remains were fol- 
lowed to their silent resting place by a 
large concourse of people, and interred 
by the masonic fraternity, of which he 
was a member. 

Nye, Rev. Joel W., Hawleyville, Page 
Co., Iowa, Feb. 25, late of Tremont, 
Tazewell Co., 111. 

Nye, Solon, Berlin, Vt., , se. 93. 

He has voted for every president, and 
was a brave soldier of the revolution. 



O. 



O.VKLEY, Daniel, Groton, Mass., July 
7, 8B. 79, formerly a merchant in New- 
York city. 



Judge 



HON. THOMAS J. OAKLEY, 

New York city, May 12, je. 74 
Oakley's career was one of unbroken 
success. He Avas born about 1782, in 
Dutchess Co., wliich has produced many 
eminent lawyers; in 1810 he was ap- 
pointed surrogate of Dutchess Co. ; in 
1813 he was elected to Congress, and 
served one term ; in 1815 he sat in the 
New York Assembly ; in 1819 he suc- 
ceeded Mr. Van Buren as attorney gen- 
eral of the state; in 1820 he served 
again in the Assembly ; and in 1827 
again in Congress. When the Superior 
Court of the city of New York was or- 
ganized, in 1828, the bar of the city, 
who had originated the law for the new 
court and procured its passage, met and 
recommended, for the appointment of 
Judges, William Slosson, Thomas J. 
Oakley, and Peter A, Jay ; Mr. Oakley 
alone was appointed, however, he with 
Josiah Of^den lloflnian being the asso- 
ciate justices, and Samuel Innes chief 
^justice. When the court was reorgan- 
ized under the constitution of 184G, the 
suljject of this notice was made chief 
justice, which office he held at the time 
of his death, having sat on the bench 
of that court nearly 30 years. 

Such is a brief sketch of Judge Oak- 
ley's public life. In all these positions 
his strong, manly, and accurate intel- 
lect, his prudence, and his knowledge 
of men, marked liim out as a ])erson 
entitled to lead. As a member of de- 
liberative assembhes, he is thus char- 
acterized by a competent observer: 



" As a clear, ingenious, and logical, 
though sometimes sophistical reasoner, 
he has appeared to me unrivalled in our 
legislative halls at Albafiy. He is not 
an orator. He fails of being so from 
his want of ardor of feeling, and liis ut- 
ter lack of imaginative powers. His 
coolness, his caution, his forecast, and 
liis perfect self-command, peculiarly fit 
him for a party leader in a legislative 
assembly. In Congress he differed from 
the over-zealous eastern federalists. 
He wished, at least, to manifest an ap- 
parent disposition to furnish supplies to 
government, in carrying on the war, and 
to confine liis opposition to the manner 
in which the war was carried on. Mr. 
Clayton, an old and sagacious Virginian 
politician, told me, in 1816, that, had 
the federal members of Congress, dur- 
ing the war, put themselves exclusively 
under the management of Oakley, and 
implicitly followed his lead, in his judg- 
ment the administration would have 
been prostrated." — IlammoinTs Politi- 
cal Hist. ofN. Y. 

At the bar these same qualities gave 
him eminence, especially in arguments 
to the bench, in which his clearness of 
statement and great logical acumen 
were fully exercised. One of the last 
cases wliich he argued before his ap- 
pointment to the bench was the famous 
one of Gibbons v. Ogden, before the 
Supreme Court of the United States, in 
which he supported the right of the 
State of New York to grant to Robert 
Fulton and his associates an exclusive 
privilege of navigating her waters with 
steamboats. His view had been sus- 
tained by every court of the state, 
though eventually overruled by the 
court of last resort. Of tliis case, and 



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of Judge Oakley's part in it, Mr. Dan- 
iel Lord thus sjioke at the bar meeting 
called upon his decease : — 

" Judge Oakley represented the mighty 
sovereignty of the State of New York. 
His associate was Thomas Addis Em- 
met. And by whom were they- met ? 
By Daniel Webster and William Wirt. 
These four men debated that question 
before Marshall, Story, Washington, 
Todd, and Thompson. Tliis I conceive 
to have been the culmination of profes- 
sional eminence. AVhat court could 
have so great a question ? "WTiat court 
could be so greatly constituted ? What 
court had the power of bringing private 
men to sit in judgment upon sovereign 
states ? What court could feel the ca- 
pacity to arbitrate among arguments of 
such talent, power, and learning ? No 
one will say that the argument of Mr. 
Oakley on that occasion did not place 
him at least in the front rank, if not 
superior to others. This was a noble 
acliievement. It ought to, and it did, 
satisfy his ambition at the bar. To him 
the bar could have no higher honors, 
and he took a seat on the bench. How 
he has administered justice there I have 
akeady said. So are judges to be 
trained." 

But it was upon the bench, which he 
adorned for nearly 30 years, that he ac- 
quned his chief and most enduring rep- 
utation. And here his vigor and dis- 
crimination of mind, his impartiality in 
the largest sense, including a freedom 
from intellectual as well as moral bias, 
his strong common sense and practical 
sagacity, established his reputation on 
an enduring basis, and makes the place 
which his death leaves vacant, difficult, 
if not impossible, adequately to fill. 
The venerable Judge Duer has prom- 
ised to give the world, in a permanent 
form, his reminiscences of the life of his 
early friend and late associate. It will 
he looked for with great interest. — 
Monthly Law Reporter. 

Judge Oakley's funeral, in New York, 
was attended by a very large number of 
eminent legal gentlemen, including John 
Van Buren, Gulian C. Verplanck, and 
Judges Mitchell, Woodruif, and Ed- 
monds. The funeral ceremonies took 
place at Calvary Church, Fourth Ave- 
nue, Bishop Potter and Kevs. H. E. 
Montgomery and H. L. E. Pratt offici- 
ating. Thence the body was conveved 
oo ♦ 



to Trinity Church, and deposited in the 
" Crager " family vault, dated " 1797." 
The bench and the bar pur])ose to erect 
a monument at Trinity Church ceme- 
tery, on the banks of the Hudson, in 
which to permanently intomb the re- 
mains. The following gentlemen acted 
as pall bearers : Judge Ogden Edwards, 
Judge John Duer, Judges Murray Hoff- 
man, J. J. Koosevelt, and Sam. K. Betts, 
and Messrs. James AV. Gerard, Daniel 
Lord, and Moses H. Grinnell. 

O'Bannon, Judge William, Madison 
township, O., Jan. 8, a\ 75. Judge 
O'B. was born in Hardy Co., Va., in 
1781, and emigrated to Ohio in 1802. 
He settled in Madison toMnship on the 
farm where he resided at the time of his 
death. He was a man of sound judg- 
ment and indomitable energy, and by 
his industry and foresight accumulated 
a large fortune. He was a strictly just 
and upright man. In all his business 
transactions for a period of more than 
half a century he was never guilty of an 
unfair, dishonest, or dishonorable act. 
He died universally respected and 
mourned. 

Oberholtzer, Mrs. Phebe, Patter- 
son, Pa., July 25, se. 25, wife of Dr. J. 
W. Oberholtzer. 

Odell, William J., Cleveland, 0., 
Feb. 5, se. 39, proprietor of the Angier 
House, Cleveland, O., and formerly 
proprietor of the American Hotel, Bur- 
lington, Vt. 

Ogden, Col. F. B., United States Con- 
sul at Bristol, Eng., , se. — . He 

was appointed by Gen. Jackson as con- 
sul to Liverpool, where he served 11 
years, and was then transferred to Bris- 
tol. Mr. O. was one of the pioneers 
of steam navigation. So early as 1811 
he was attracted to it by the successful 
experiments of Mr. Fulton, and in 1816 
constructed the fost double engine that 
was ever placed on board a boat with 
expansive steam. With the boat thus 
equipped, he was the fii'st to venture on 
a sea voyage; he proceeded with her 
from New York to Norfolk, Ya., and 
established her as a packet on the James 
River. 

Ogden, Judge Robert, Greenville, 
La., Feb. 6, a?. 81. Judge O. was born 
at Elizabethtown, N. J., Sept. 15,1775, 
and died at Greenville, La., Feb. 6. 1857. 
Pure minded, generous, just, firm, and 



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[1857.] 



OLIVER 



independent, and, withal, a meek, hum- 
ble, and devoted Christian, his life was 
prolonged to an unusual jjeriod, and his 
death was a distinj^uished triumph of 
Christian faith. He was a lineal de- 
scendant, in the elder branch of the 
family, from John Ogden, who, more 
than two centuries ago, came from Eng- 
land to America to find religious and 
civil freedom. His father, Robert, and 
liis uncles, Mathias and Aaron Ogden, 
were actively engaged on the side of 
their country in the war of the revolu- 
tion. He was graduated at Nassau HaU, 
Princeton, N. J., and prepared for the 
bar in the office of his uncle. Col. Aaron 
Ogden, and in the law school of Judge 
Reeves. He married at Xewbern, N. C., 
a daughter of Abner Nash, one of the 
governors of that state during the rev- 
olutionary war, and there formed an 
association, in the practice of law, with 
Francois Xavier Martin, who had stud- 
ied law with Gov. Nash, and who in 
later years became so distinguished as 
a jurist in Louisiana. He afterwards, 
having pursued Iris profession for some 
years in Charleston, S. C, removed, in 
1821, to Louisiana; and in 1825 was 
appointed, by Gov. Henry Johnson, 
judge of the parish of Concordia. He 
discharged the duties of that office ac- 
ceptablv for several years, when he re- 
signed it. A difficulty of hearing, which 
had been growing upon him, about that 
time became so great as to unfit him 
almost entirely for the bar and for soci- 
ety. He soon withdrew from business, 
and has since led a life of great seclu- 
sion. His literary taste was excellent, 
his classical attainments great, his 
memory extraordinary, and his store of 
information varied, profound, and ex- 
tensive. Although Avithdrawn by a 
self-imposed isolation from the busy 
concourse of the world, his mind was 
constantly active, and his desire to do 
good and be useful was a ruling prin- 
ciple of his life. Having, in early life, 
in conjunction with Judge Martin, then 
liis partner, translated into English the 
treatise of Pothier on 01)ligati<)ns, to 
introduce it to the notice of the Ameri- 
can bar, he undertook and completed, 
some few years ago, a translation, not 
yet published, of the luminous and val- 
uable treatise of TouUier on the same 
sul)ject. The latter years of his life 
were devoted to efforts in the cause of 



religion. He labored assiduously, by 
writing, printing, and circulating short 
tracts adapted to the different condi- 
tions of men, to lead all within his reach 
to reflect on that important subject. 
And now, full of years, he is gathered 
to his fathers. Though feeble and ex- 
hausted in body, iiis mind remained 
clear and unclouded to the last. With- 
in a few moments before his departure 
he was enabled to invoke the blessing 
of God on his children and grandchil- 
di-en surrounding his peaceful couch, 
and to express by word and gesture the 
strength of his Christian faith. A pray- 
er offered at his funeral came from the 
lips of the same clergyman who, 24 
years before, officiated at the burial of 
his M'ife. Their immortal spirits are 
reunited. May our last moments be 
like his, happy and serene in the hope 
of immortality. 

Ogilvie, Alexander, EHzabeth, N. J., 
April 13, 88. 90, for many years ruling 
elder in the Presbyterian church. 

Ogletree, Mrs. Eliza A., Meri- 
weather Co., Ga., May 28, ge. 57, wife 
of Rev. P. Ogletree. 

Oliver, Dr. Andrew F., Penn-Yan, 
N. Y., June — , se. 65, a prominent and 
highly-esteemed citizen. He was a twin 
brother of Hon. Wm. M. OHver. He 
attained a high eminence in his profes- 
sion, to which he gave the strictest at- 
tention for over 40 years. 

Oliver, James L., Esq., at .sea, be- 
tween Key West and New York, May 
1, w. 30. 

Oliver, Stephen, McKcan, Erie Co., 
Pa., Jan. 14, a^. 97. Mr. O. was born 
in Eastown, N. J., Feb. 14, 1760, and 
entered the revolutionary army when 
only 16 years old, and continued in it 
until the close of the war. He was one 
of the survivors of the Wyoming Valley 
massacre, and his name was inscribed 
upon the monument erected in com- 
memoration of that event. ^Ir. O. em- 
igrated from Susquehanna valley, in 
1799, to M'Kean, where he resided on 
one farm until the day of his death. 
He was baptized 36 years ago by Elder 
Alford, since Avhich he has been a con- 
sistent member of the Baptist church. 
He voted for Gen. Washington and Col. 
Fremont, and at all the presidential 
elections between the two. His funeral 
was attended, Jan. 15, by a large con- 
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generations of his descendants being 
present. 

Olmstead, Edmund F., Portsmouth, 
Va., Feb. 8, (e. — . He was a master in 
the U. S. navy, and had been in the ser- 
vice nearlv 13 years, having entered it 
on the 28th of March, 1843. 

Olmstead, John H., M. D., Nice, 
Italy, Nov. 24, vs. 32. Dr. O., formerly 
of Staten Island, N. Y., was a son of 
John Olmstead, Esq., of Hartford, Conn. 

Olmstead, Lewis Montgomery, St. 
Louis, Mo., April 6, sc. 29, formerly of 
the firm of Halliday & Olmstead, of 
New Haven, Conn. 

OxDERDONK, Mrs. Elizabeth S., Man- 
hasset, Long Island, N. Y., Oct. 18, ae. 
— , wife of Judge H. C. Onderdonk. 

OoTHOUT, Mrs. Margaret Veeder, 
Schenectady, N. Y., March 10, a?. 52, 
wife of G. Lansing Oothout, Esq. Mrs. 
0., on her mother's side, descended from 
the family of Karl Hanson Toll, who 
settled as an early colonist, from Hol- 
land, on the Mohawk Valley at Schenec- 
tady, and was a relative of the family of 
Philip R. Toll, Esq. In all the relations 
of life Mrs. O. Avas most exemplary and 
faithful, and had attached to herself the 
affectionate regard and respect of a cir- 
cle of friends wide as our whole com- 
munity. Though her decease had not 
been unexpected for many days, it came 
at last like the shock of a calamity that 
will be experienced throughout the 
whole city. The loss of a single true 
and beautiful illustration of Christian 
usefulness and virtue, is one that can- 
not be bounded by the narrow circle of 
one desolated home. It is felt in all. 

Orbison, William, Esq., Hunting- 
don, Pa., Aug. 23, s}. 81. The deceased 
was a lawyer by profession, but had re- 
tired from practice for a considerable 
time before his death. He was, in the 
strictest sense of the word, a gentleman. 
Generous, kind, hospitable, and sincere, 
he won an unusually large share of the 
respectful and affectionate regard of the 
community ; and strangers who have 
enjoyed the comforts of his home will 
not soon forget him. But his greatest 
excellence was, that he was a Christian 
who adorned his profession by humble 
consistency in private, and by self-sac- 
rificing liberality to the church with 
which he was connected, and the cause 
of Christ at large. He has fallen like 
a shock of corn in its season. 



O'Reilly, Rev. Charles, Waterford, 
Mass., Sept. 29, a?. 45. He was bom 
in the Townland of Ardnalee, in tlie 
County of Cavan, Ireland, So])t. 29, ] 812, 
and was educated at St. Jarlath's Col- 
lege, Tuam, and was connected with 
the West India mission five years, and 
then came to the U. S. After his ar- 
rival in the U. S. he was ap])ointcd jjas- 
tor at Woonsocket, R. I., wliere he la- 
bored incessantly and effectually till the 
State of Rhode Island was separated 
from the diocese of Boston, when he 
removed to Waterford, Mass., Avhere he 
erected a splendid church. Father O'- 
Reilly was a true Irishman, in the best 
sense of that term. His ready wit and 
quickness of repartee won him the es- 
teem of all who could appreciate true 
genius. His Uberality and charity to 
the poor knew no bounds. And none 
ever crossed the Atlantic in whose bo- 
som burned more brightly the ardent 
fire oi amor pair ice — the lasting love of 
fatherland. 

Ormsby, Dr. C. W., , Sept. 

12, se. — . Dr. 0. was one of the ear- 
liest settlers of Lenawee Co., Mich. 
From Adrian in that state he removed 
to Ann Arbor some 20 years ago. In 
1848 or 1849 he left Ann Arbor and 
took the overland route to California. 
During his journey through the wilder- 
ness, he and his party underwent great 
sufferings ; but after spending the win- 
ter among the Mormons at Salt Lake, 
the doctor pin-sued his way, and finally 
arrived in safety at his place of destina- 
tion. During the great fire at San 
Francisco, Hon. Edward Fuller, of Ann 
Arbor, his wife's only brother, arrived 
sick in port, and Dr. O. performed the 
melancholy office of attending his death 
bed and committing him to his grave. 
He subsequently embarked in the min- 
ing business, and is said to have been 
in a fail* way to accumulate a fortune, 
when, by some one of the casualties 
attending such operations, he lost all. 
After again struggling fruitlessly to re- 
gain his property, he listened to the 
entreaties of his family to return home ; 
and anticipating a joyous reunion with 
those loved ones from whom he had 
been separated during long years, he 
set out on his return, and on his way 
committed himself to the ill-fated steam- 
er Central America, with which he per- 
ished. Dr. O. was a gentleman of in- 



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telligente and great moral Avorth ; and 
no one can claim to have left a brighter 
example of strict adherence to principle, 
and of kindness and benevolence in all 
the relations of life, whether as a father, 
a husband, a brother, citizen, or friend. 
He had served as a member of the state 
legislature, and otherwise received re- 
peated tokens of the confidence of liis 
fellow-citizens in his Udents and the 
soundness of his piinciples. 

Ormsby, J. AV., Esq., Leavenworth, 
K. T., Aug. — , a\ — , formerly editor 
of the "Watchtower" at Adrian, Mich. 
His editorial course was always marked 
with a gentlemanly and courteous bear- 
ing towards his contemporaries ; he had 
a warm heart, a generous and noble 
disposition ; and liis death, in the prime 
of manhood, by consumption, was deeply 
lamented by all who knew him. 

Our, llev. William, Ivenyon Co., Ky., 



ae. 



OsBORN, Mrs. Jerusha L., Xew York 
city, Aug. 25, ae. 34, wife of llev. Thos. 
G. Osl)orn. 

OsBORX, Justus, Girard township, 
Pa., Sept. 28, ae. 86. He emigrated to 
that town in 1816, when it was nearly 
an unbroken wilderness, where he spent 
the remainder of his life. How rapidly 
are the first settlers of our country pass- 
ing aM'ay ! 

OsBORX, Col. Nicholas, Leesburg, 
Va., April 24, a?. 76. Col. 0. was es- 
teemed by all who knew him for those 
sterling virtues of honesty and integrity 
which governed his course through life. 
No one was more kind and generous to 
the poor, or responded more freely and 
cheerfully to the wants of the needy 
and distressed. He gathered around 
him many warm and true friends, who 
mingled their sympathies with those of 
his family at tlieir loss. 

OsiiORXE, Benjamin, Attica, 0., Jan. 



22, EC. 73. The deceased was one of the 
hardy pioneers of Ohio, having emigrat- 
ed to tliat state prior to 1810, and man- 
fully performed no inconsiderable part 
in transforming the wilderness into fruit- 
ful, cultivated fields. 

Osgood, Miss Anne, San Francisco, 
Cal., Jan. 16, ss. 29. The deceased was a 
daughter of Rev. Samuel Osgood, D. D., 
of Springfield, Mass. 

Osgood, Mrs. Eunice, Sln-cMsbmy, 
Mass., April 22, a^. 90. 

Osgood, Mrs. Sarah, Bluchill, 'Me., 
Feb. 4, a'. 75, relict of the late Dr. Os- 
good, of that place. 

Ottley, Wm. Phelps, Ontario Co., 
N. Y., July 29, ae. 71, senior partner of 
W. Ottley & Co., stage company, that 
ran all the stages from Buffalo for many 
years, and one of the oldest inhabitants 
of Ontario Co., having emigrated from 
England and settled there in 1806. 

Overton, Mrs. Emily, New Bruns- 
wick, N. J., Nov. 30, ae. 33, wife of Wm. 
P. Overton, M. D. 

Owen, Dr. Charles W., North-East, 
]Md., April 12, a?. — , son of the late 
Wm. Owen, Esq., of Baltimore. 

Owen, David, Esq., Pittston, Me., 
Oct. — , ae. 80. Mr. O. was a native of 
Falmouth, now Portland. When ^low- 
att burned Portland in 1775, ]Mr. 0., 
Avith his father, worked all day hauling 
their goods and furniture from town. 
He retained his mental faculties to the 
last ; remembered every incident con- 
nected with the burning of Portland, 
and of the revolution. He voted for 
George Washington, and at every pres- 
idential election since that time. 

Owen, David F., Esq., Tiffin, O,, 
Sept. 4, a\ 82. Mr. 0. was a native of 
Northumberland Co., Pa. He removed 
with his family to Seneca Co., O., in 
1829, where he continued to reside till 
his decease. 



P. 



REV. LEVI PACIC^VRD, 

Stafford Springs, Conn., Jan. 11, an. 63. 
He was son of Levi Packard, of North 
Bridgcwater, Mass., and was born in that 
town Feb. 4, 1793; graduated at Brown 
University in 1821 ; studied divniity with 
Rev. Jacob Ide, D. D., of Med\\ ay j was 



ordained in Spencer, Mass., June 14, 1 826 ; 
married Clarissa Sandlbrd, daughter of 
Mr. Philo Sandford, of Med way, Aug. 
1(), 1826. He was more than 27 years 
minister of Spencer, and resigned his 
charge Sept. 26, 1853. He was instidled 
at Woonsocket, R. L, Dec. 21, 1853, but 
contuiued only two years. By an entire 



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prostration of health, he was compelled 
to relinquish preaching, and died at Staf- 
ford Springs, Conn., wliither he had gone 
to reside for the recovery of health. 

One circumstance of interest in con- 
nection with his course of study is found 
in the very earnest desire which he man- 
ifested of investigating, as his fii-st topic 
in tlieology, the doctrine of the " future 
punishment of the wicked." His teacher 
allowed him to gratify that desire. He 
gave his energies most intensely to the 
investigation for several weeks ; and when 
he had fully satisfied his mind by exam- 
ining the most able works on the subject 
from writers on botli sides of the ques- 
tion, and carefully comparing them with 
the Bible, he was then ready to pursue 
the usual course of theological study. 

The characteristics of his preaching 
were plainness and discrimination. He 
never blended subjects together, nor did 
he preach the truth in a confused man- 
ner. He had a precise object in every 
sermon, and he steadily pursued it. He 
apprehended a subject clearly himself, 
and so presented it to the minds of his 
hearers. He was not afraid to grapple 
with diflUcult subjects, nor to bring before 
his people the result of his investigation. 
Difficulty rather stimulated to thought 
with him, and increased the pleasure of 
persevering inquiry. In his preaching, 
he never lost sight of the cross, and no 
sin escaped his rebuke. 

As a pastor, he gained a very strong 
hold on the affections of his people, and 
retained that hold, it is beHeved, with 
the great body of them till the day of 
his death. Nevertheless, for reasons 
which satisfied him, he thought it best 
that he should be dismissed, and seemed 
decided in the opinion that it ^Vbuld be, 
all things considered, best that his re- 
quest should be granted, not\vithstanding 
the tearful and earnest plea of many of 
his people against it. In speaking of 
his death, which had long been expected, 
a citizen of Spencer remai-ked, " I think 
he is not dead yet, as his remains have 
not been brought here for burial, and I 
do not believe he would be buried else- 
where." To many, whom he had faith- 
fully admonished, instructed, and whom 
he had comforted in seasons of affliction, 
his very dust seemed precious ; and they 
seemed to look with interest to the time 
when he should rest among them. 

Dming his long sickness of pulmonary 



consumption, he looked forward to the 
great change with ]jerfect peace, and 
often spoke of the approaching event of 
his death with as mucli i'reedom and 
composure as though it was to be only 
some pleasant earthly journey. He knew 
in whom he had believed ; and his faith 
supported him in tranquillity and comfort 
to the last. According to his request, 
his remains were conveyed to Spencer, 
to rest by the side of those of his eldest 
son, and among that beloved people for 
whom he had spent the princij)al ener- 
gies of his life. At his funeral, which 
was numerously attended by the people of 
the place, and by many of the neigiibor- 
ing clergy, his own aged pastor. Rev. 
D. Huntington, under whose ministry he 
sat in his youth, was present, and preached 
a sermon fitly prepared for the. occasion. 
He had also preached his ordination ser- 
mon more than 30 years before, and was 
the only one present of the council that 
ordained him, though it is beheved that 
more than half of them are still spared 
among the living. By those who best 
knew him Mr. P. will be long remem- 
bered with true affection. While he 
Hved he labored foithfullv, and his 
" works " will " follow " him. "Ho " fought 
a good fight," and his remembrance will 
be safely chronicled with the remem- 
brance of the righteons. 

Page, Rev. Elias G., Watersille, Me., 
-, SE. 57, 



Page, Dr. Frederick B., at the resi- 
dence of his brother, in Edwards, Miss., 
July 26, 86. 59. Dr. B. was born m 
Hallowell, July 4, 1798. He was the 
son of the late Dr. Benjamin Page, for 
many years a celebrated physician in 
Hallowell, Me. His mother was Abigail 
Cutler, of Newburyport. After gradu- 
ating at Bowdoin College, 1818, with the 
highest honors, his medical studies were 
for a while pursued with his father, who 
was accustomed to receive students. He 
also attended courses of medical lectures 
away from home. He commenced prac- 
tice in Portland, Me., but removed, witliin 
a year or two, to Rochester, N. Y. ; and 
from R., where he was rapidly becoming 
eminent in his profession, he went to 
Louisiana, and settled in Donaldson\-ille, 
where he continued to practise most of 
the time until three years before his 
death. Many of his summers WTre spent 
at the north. His wife was a daughter 



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of Gen. John Da\is, of Washington, 
D. C, formerly of Augusta, Me. He 
left one cliild. As a physician, Dr. P. 
was eminently successful. When the 
cholera raged in New Orleans, some years 
since, his mode of treatment was attended 
•with great success. The same may be 
said of the yellow fever, which, it will 
be remembered, was so fatal there five 
or six years ago. Many valuable articles 
upon both these diseases were published 
by him. lie was in the habit of writing 
much for periodicals and papers. His 
tiilents were of a very high order. Read- 
ing was his delight ; books, his constant 
companions. He was a man of strong 
passions, ardent and impulsive, somewhat 
nen'ous, and generous to a fault. 

P.VGE, Gwyn, White Sulphur Springs, 
Va., Aug. — , a?. — . Mr. P. was for a 
number of years a citizen of Louisville, 
and represented that city in the legisla- 
ture during the session of 1848-9, in the 
lower branch of which he was speaker. 
A few years since, he removed to Cali- 
fornia for the purpose of practising his 
profession, in which he was eminently 
successful. 

Page, Dr. M. D., Manchester, N. H., 
March 31, a-. 40. 

Page, Robert, Newcastle, Me., March 
29, Be. 81. 

Paige, Dea. Asahel, New Salem, 
Mass., Nov. 15, 8P. 79, for 30 years treas- 
urer of that town, and for 27 years a 
deacon in the First Church, of which he 
was a member 43 years. 

Paige, Col. John Keyes, Schenectady, 
Dec. 10, fp. — , an officer of the United 
States army in the war of 1812, clerk 
of the Supreme Court of New York in 
1823, and a former mayor of Albany. 

Paine, Stephen, Hartland, Vt., April 
14, iB. 80. 

Paisley, Rev. Wm., Greensborough, 
N. C, March 10, se. 8(5. Mr. P. was 
for a long time pastor of the Presbyterian 
church in Greensborough. perhaps the 
founder of it, and was highly esteemed 
among his brethren for his sincere piety 
and kindness of heart. 

Palmer, Mrs. Adeline, Marshall, 
Mich., Oct. 2, IV. 3G, wile of Rev. L. D. 
Palmer. 

Palmer, Mrs. Mary, Chicago, 111., 
July 12, a'. 80, widow of the late Dr. 
James L. Palmer, of Waterville, Oneida 
Co., N. Y. 

Palmer, Richard A., Esq., New Bed- 



ford, Mass., Oct. 31, SB. 56, of the firm 
of Palmer & Ricketson. 

P.ALMER, Stejihen W., Orfordville, 
N. H., March 13, a;. 81. He was the 
' second of fom* brothers, who, but a few 
months ago, were living in the same 
town, at the remarkable ages 76, 78, 80, 
and 84 years respectively. The young- 
est died" November last. A few weeks 
ago the then remaining three, whose 
ages averaged 82, were bearers at the 
funeral of a fellow-citizen, Mr. Daniel 
Tillotson, who died at the age of 83. 

Palmer, Hon. Thomas, Little Comp- 
ton, R. I., June 28, x. 84, formerly judge 
of the Court of Common Pleas of R. 1. 

Pardee, Isaac, Batavia, N. Y., Jan. 
15, se. 77. Mr. P. was born in Water- 
bury, New Haven Co., Conn., July 2, 
1779. At an early day he moved to 
the town of Brookfield, Oneida Co., 
N. Y., where he remained several years. 
He then removed to Steuben Co., and 
was one of its early settlers ; and in the 
month of February, 1817, Mr. P. re- 
moved to Bata\'ia, and purchased the 
i farm where he resided until his death. 
In this, his rural home, he reared a fam- 
ily of nine children, Hon. Tracy Pardee 
being the oldest. This large family he 
was permitted to see grow up and become 
honored and influential members of soci- 
ety. Mr. P. was one of our oldest and 
most respected citizens. He was a most 
exemplary man m all the relations of 
life. 

Pardee, Rev. Isaac, New York city, 
Oct. 10, 86. 53, son of the late Rev. 
Amos Pardee. 

Parish, Col. G. F., Augusta, , 

a?. — . Col. P. was for many years an 
efficient member of the board of alder- 
men, and served many years as one of 
the justices of the Interior Court of the 
county, and held that office at the time 
of his death. 

Park, James, Chillisqnaque, Pa., late 
of South Butler, Wayne Co., N. Y., 
Dec. 16, X. 46. Mr. P. was truly one 
in whom the church could confide her 
interests. For several jears he has sus- 
tained the relations of steward and class 
leader, and, so far as his health M'ould 
admit, delighted in the worship of God, 
and the assembly of his saints. Last 
fall he went to Pennsylvania to s])end the 
winter with his brother, thinking the 
warmer climate of that region would 
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awhile there in the society of friends, he 
bade adieu to earth, and left in peace. 
He was an affectionate, intelligent, pious, 
persevering, and devoted Christian. It 
was a great source of enjoyment to hira 
to contribute to the happiness of others. 
His life has been a rare example of ex- 
cellence. Though he was weak in body, 
he was ])ossessed of a vigorous mind, 
blended with great force of character. 

Parke, Mrs. Eunice, Springville town- 
ship, Susquehanna Co., Pa., w. 90, widow 
of Col. Thomas Parke. Mrs. P. was 
the daughter of William Champlin, of 
Newport, R. L, born in 1768, married to 
Col. Parke in 1800, and came to the 
farm on which she died (Parkevilla) in 
1801, when the whole comitry north of 
the Wyoming Valley was a Avilderness. 
As her childhood and youth were spent 
in the midst of the turmoil and conflict 
of the revolutionary wai", separated for 
more than two years from her father and 
a portion of his family, who were ])rison- 
ers in Newj)ort while it was garrisoned 
by the British, so the mature part of her 
life was spent in rearing a numerous 
family, amid the privations of a new 
country. She saw the birth, infancy, 
and manhood of this nation, passed 
tlirough three generations, and Kved 
mitil her children's grandchildren arose 
to call her blessed. Though her sight 
■was nearly gone, her health was gener- 
ally good, her mind to the last unim- 
paired, and her recollection, especially of 
the scenes and events of her early life, 
perfectly clear and accurate. Though 
the change from her New England home 
and its refined society to a log cabin in 
the forest, almost without society, was, to 
one of her age, very great, yet, believing 
that her path was marked out, and her 
lot in life cast by Him who cannot err, 
who has joined our truest and most en- 
dearing pleasure with the conscientious 
performance of our duty, the whole tenor 
of her life was active, self-denying, lowly, 
and single-minded, spent in the zealous 
and faithful discharge of her duty in that 
state of life into which it had pleased 
God to call her, so that not only her 
family, but all who knew her, testified 
that she was an affectionate, kind, and 
faithful wife, mother, friend, and neigh- 
bor. Mrs. P. had in early life been 
trained in the faith of the founder of 
Rhode Island — Roger Williams ; but, 
when she made a public profession of 



religion, .she, with her husl);in(l, joined 
the Episcopal church, of which she re- 
mained a mcmljcr until her decease. 
Her Christian life was quiet, unobtrusive, 
steady, and ])caccful. 

Parker, Ebenezer, Cambridge, Mass., 
Nov. 15, le. 87. 

Parker, Mrs. Hannah ])imon, Cor- 
bettsville, Broome Co., N. Y., Dec. 24, 
aj. 70, wife of Dr. E. Parker. 

Parker, Com. Foxliall A., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Nov. 23, ac. G9. Com. P. en- 
tered the navy Jan. 1, 1808. His first 
striking adventure was his capture, with 
the officers and crew of the United 
States brig Nautilus, by the British fleet, 
which afterwards chased and nearly over- 
hauled the frigate Constitution. In com- 
pany with numerous other prisoners of 
war, he was taken to Halifax, and there 
confined. He remained a prisoner but 
a short time when he was exchanged. 
He then received promotion, and was 
ordered to the .sloop of war John Adams, 
Capt. Morris, with the rank of second 
lieutenant. After a series of adventures, 
the sloop was chased by a British fleet. 
The sloop put into the Penobscot, where, 
as readers of naval history will remem- 
ber, the vessel was burned by the crew, 
to keep her from falling into the hands 
of the enemy. The subject of these 
remarks was subsequently appointed to 
several single commands, when he was 
at length elevated to the command of 
the East India squadron. It was in this 
capacity that he took out our minister 
to China, Gen. Cushing, and his suite. 
Upon his return, he was ordered to the 
Boston navy yard, where he commanded 
three years and a half. During that 
period he w^as sent to Germany, at the 
desire of the German government, who 
wished an American officer ibr the pur- 
pose of organizing the German navy, at 
that time an inefficient and badly-man- 
aged department. Having accomplished 
that task, he returned, and was made 
commander of the home squadron, from 
which he was relieved in 1853. 

Parker, Frederick, Esq., Lowell, 
Mass., Jan. 29, a-. 43. He was son of 
Jonas and Olive (Bailey) Parker, of Car- 
lisle, Mass., and a graduate of Harvard 
in the class of 1833. He si)ent some 
years in teaching in Billerica and Glouces- 
ter, ^lass., and Hallowed, ^le. In 1841 
he received the degree of LL. B. at 
Cambridge, and opened his office in 



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Lowell. In 1844 he married Miss Har- 
riet M. Kimball. His tastes Avere liter- 
ary, and his feelings too refined and 
kindly to admit the law to the full pos- 
session of his mind, or its practice to 
the approbation of his affections. He 
was t^entlemanly in his bearing, and 
honorable in his intei'course with every 
bodv. He took great interest in the 
cause of education, and exerted a most 
successful influence in behalf of the 
Lowell schools during the four years 
he was a member of the school com- 
mittee. As the law, upon his plan of 
j)ractice, did not furnish him with all 
the results he wished, he sought other 
fields of business. He assisted to es- 
tabhsh the Howard Fire Lasurance 
Company, and became its secretary 
and treasurer. He afterwards opened 
a book and print store in Lowell and 
Boston, and manifested great taste and 
enterprise in the print business. But 
the feebleness of consumptive com- 
plaints gradually exhausted his ener- 
gies, and for his friends and the world 
about him, he too early passed away. 
His friends were drawn to him by the 
strongest affection and confidence ; but 
the strifes of life were not congenial to 
his philosophy, and quite repulsive to 
his spirit. He encountered reverses, 
but maintained unsullied integrity. No 
misfortune had power to tarnish the pu- 
rity of his spirit, or mar his Christian 
temper. 

Paukek, F. F., Detroit, Mich., 

— , sa. — , son of John G. Parker, late 
of Rochester, N. Y., and a brother of 
Mrs. Alexander Mann, of that city. > 
His wife is a daughter of the Hon. 
Henry Wells, of the Supreme Court. 

Paukkh, Mrs. Jane Virginia, Yell 
Co., Ark., April 28, a?. 35, wife of Rev. 
John C. Parker. She was born in Vir- 
ginia, Nov. 14, 1822, and daughter of 
Thompson and Frances Simpson. She 
professed religion and joined the M. E. 
church in 1840, and hved a consistent 
member up to the time of her death. 
She was married Dec. 17, 1841, to the 
Rev. John C. Parker, a member of the 
Arkansas conference, and afterwards a 
])resi(ling elder. 

PakivKR, Dr. James, Corinna, Me., 
Sept. 5, a*. 73. 

Parkku, Levi, Esq., East Cambridge, 
Mass., June 20, iv. 79, crier of the 
courts in Middlesex Co. for more than 



30 years ; a social citizen and honorable 
man. 

Parker, Margaret, Burlington, N. J., 
April 4, a'. 75, a valued preacher of the 
religious society of Friends. 

Parker, Mrs. Ruth, Meriden, Conn., 
Nov. 13, is. 76, widow of Daniel Parker, 
Esq. 

Parker, Miss Sarah, Cambridge, 
Mass., , a?. 91. 

Parker, Mrs. Sarah, Litchfield, 
N. H., Jan. 8, ge. 90, widow of Dea. 
Matthew Parker. She had been a wid- 
ow for 30 years, having resided on the 
old homestead. She Avas the mother of 
Hon. J. U. Parker, of N.Y., and of Hon. 
Nathan Parker, of Manchester, N. H. 

Parker, Mi-s. Sarah Ainsworth, Bos- 
ton, Mass., May 29, a;. 68, wife of Isaac 
Parker, Esq., an eminent merchant, 
and daughter of Rev. Labau Ains- 
worth, of Jaffrey, N. H. 

Parker, Willie, Clarksville, Tenn., 
Nov. 28, ae. 86. He was a native of 
Cumberland Co., N. C, but had resided 
in Tennessee for nearly half a century. 
During the last struggle with England 
he was one of the gallant band who ac- 
companied Gen. Jackson to New Or- 
leans, and aided in defending that city. 
He was a good citizen, and in all rela- 
tions of life was true and faithful, pos- 
sessing a warm attachment for his coun- 
try, his church, and family. He died 
in the triumph of the gospel. 

Parkiiurst, Col. Jonathan, Wilton, 
N. H., Jan 28, se. 70. He was long a 
prominent citizen of Wilton, and rep- 
resented that toAvn in the legislature. 
He was one of the selectmen for more 
than 20 years. 



HON. ALBION K. PARRIS, 

Portland, Me., Feb. 11, «. 69. He was 
born at Hebron, now in the State of 
Maine, Jan. 19, 1788; his father was 
Samuel Parris, an officer in the revolu- 
tionary war. The family was descend- 
ed from Thomas Parris, of London, 
Avho lived about the beginning of the 
17th century, one of whose four sons 
was minister of a Reformed church, 
near Plymouth, in England. His son, 
Thomas, came to New England in 1683, 
having sailed from Topsham, in Devon- 
shire, on the 28th of June. He lived 
successively on Ijong Island, in Boston, 
and at Pembroke, Mass., M'here his 



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grandson, the father of our departed 
friend, Avas born, in 1774; and after 
his marriage, removed to the then al- 
most unbroken wilderness, afterwards 
known as Oxford Co. The filial rever- 
ence and affection ever exliibited by 
this his only child seem to demand a 
passing tribute to the memory of that 
noble warrior, pioneer, and magistrate, 
whose venerable form some of us re- 
member. 

Albion was engaged in farm labors 
until the age of 14, when he began to 
study with Rev. Calvin Chaddock, of 
Rochester, Mass., and entered Dart- 
mouth College at an advanced stand- 
ing, graduated honorably, and, imme- 
diately commencing the study of law 
with Hon. Ezekiel AVhitman, was ad- 
mitted to the bar in Sept., 1809, and 
estabHshed himself in practice in Par- 
is, the shire town of his native county. 
He married, in 1810, Sarah, daughter 
of Rev. Levi Whitman, of Welltleet, 
Mass., his surviving partner, and the 
mother of his six children. Within 
two years he was appointed county at- 
torney, and tlu'ee years later was elect- 
ed a member of the 14th Congress, hav- 
ing in the mean time served one year 
as representative, and one as senator, 
in the legislature of Massachusetts. 
In 1816 he was a member of a conven- 
tion for forming a state constitution. 
Then followed his reelection to Congress, 
and his resignation in 1818, he having 
been appointed judge of the U. S. 
Court for the district of Maine, at 
which time he removed his residence to 
Portland. In 1819 he was a member 
of the convention, and of the commit- 
tee, for forming a state constitution, 
and the new organization then tak- 
ing place, he was in 1820 appointed 
judge of probate for Cumberland Co., 
wliich office, with that of district judge, 
he held until 1822, when he was chosen 
governor of Maine. This office he 
held by successive reelections, the later 
of them almost unanimous, for five 
years, when he declined a reelection, 
and was in Jan., 1827, chosen senator, 
in Congress, for six years. He, howev- 
er, resigned his seat in 1828, having 
been appointed a judge of the Supreme 
Court of Maine. After being eight 
years on the bench, he was in 1836 
appointed comptroller of the U. S. 
treasury, and removed, with his family, 
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to Washington. This office he held for 
14 years, until 18r>{), when lie gladly re- 
tired to private life, and wiih oli-ex- 
pressed satisfaction, found himself again 
under his own vine and fruit trees, sur- 
rounded by the friends of his youth, 
and occupying every Sabbath nearly the 
same place as before in the house of 
prayer whose foundations he had as- 
sisted in laj'ing. 

This rapid and continuous sketch of 
his pubHc Hfe presents him before us 
as one whom for some reason the peo- 
ple delighted to honor, and who also 
found favor in the eyes of those in au- 
thority, so that both the electing and 
the appointing power seemed to vie 
with each other in elevating him. That 
reason Avas not to be found in his pos- 
sessing the arts of the demagogue, or 
in any unscrupulous ])liancy in matters 
of principle. His conscience was his 
pole star ; and if he was faithful to his 
party, it was because he thought his party 
was right. That he was free from 
ambition during his long and brilliant 
career cannot be affirmed. He must 
have been singularly destitute of even 
the suscejitihilitii to that passion, not 
to liave had it mvakened during those 
rapid steps of advancement by Avhich 
he rose from one post of honor to an- 
other. County attorney at the age of 
23, representative in Congress at 25, 
district judge at thirt}> governor five 
times from 34 to 38, U. S. senator at 
39, and supreme judge at 40, Mith oth- 
er offices and honors filling the inter- 
vals, and even soliciting his acceptance 
after the approach of life's evening both 
admonished and disposed him to seek 
the shelter and repose of home ; but in 
whatever measure he was or was not am- 
bitious, one thing is certain — he was con- 
scientious, and that in no ordinary de- 
gree. And it is a comfort to the patriot 
to believe that this qualification was to 
him, and will yet be to others, a chief 
secret of success. When men, what- 
ever their- own characters, respect integ- 
rity in others, honor those that fear 
God, and gladly trust those who have a 
conscience, there is hope of the repub- 
Hc. Mr. P. was a faithful servant. _ 

No wonder that those periodical 
waves of party proscription, as they 
have gradually rolled on, paused for a 
time at his desk, neither submerging 
his independence, nor sweeping away 



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such a specinen of' useful, perhaps it 
might be said indispensable, fideHty, 
from tlie puljlio offices, where experi- 
ence is so rare a qualification. But if 
he thus maintained a good conscience 
towards men, how was it with his sense 
of duty to God? 

One illustration may suffice. The 
thoughts of the elders in tliis assembly 
have already outrun me, remembering 
that instance of obedience to a higher law 
than that of expediency, wliich called 
forth various comments from Maine to 
Georgia, and was known in other lands. 
You remember when " the nation's 
guest " was Portland's guest, and not 
least, the Oovenior's guest. Hospital- 
ity and taste combined to make the re- 
ception of Lafayette in the chief town of 
Maine noticeable among other displays 
of patriotic gratitude and veneration. 

But it suited the convenience of the 
illustrious man, and did not disturb his 
conscience, trained under other influ- 
ences that those of Protestant New 
England, to take his departure on the 
Sabbath. Governor Parris respectfully, 
but firmly intimated to the distin- 
guished visitor, that on any other day 
he should be happy to show him every 
proper attention on his departure, but 
that he had another and a paramount 
duty on the Lord's day. This he dis- 
charged by being promptly in his accus- 
tomed place in the house of God. This 
thing was not done in a corner. It was 
a noble exhibition of that regard for 
the Sabbath which some men, of mere 
worldly wisdom, have acknowledged to 
be a conservative element in society. 
What a union of principle and courage 
in a young man, not indifferent to pub- 
lic opinion, and not knowing how such 
a step would be received by public sen- 
timent, then just at the height of its 
patriotic effervescence ! It is believed, 
however, that the act was appreciated, 
and that a large proportion of the pub- 
lic sentiment was represented by the 
declaration of one journal concerning 
the governor's conduct — that " it 
ought to be recorded in letters of gold." 

Judge Parris was a Christian. When 
he became such it is not for me to say. 
It was not, perhaps, easy for him to de- 
termine the jirecise point in the path- 
way of his life, at which, like many 
others, who had before lacked but one 
tiling, he turned his footsteps into the 



naiTow path of piety, whose gfiteway is 
by the Cross. Many, even of his ac- 
quaintances, had supposed that he was 
a professor of religion, and Mere much 
surprised when they heard of his bap- 
tism and reception to the church, which 
took place on the spot where his re- 
mains now lie, Sept. 27, 18j2, when he 
was 64 years of age. 

Severe domestic afflictions, combin- 
ing with early associations, quiet lei- 
sure, and the kind encouragement af- 
forded by one of his old professional 
associates, then chief justice of Maine, 
brought him, under the supreme guid- 
ance of sovereign grace and almighty 
power to open his lips in prayer at a 
little morning meeting which he con- 
stantly attended during that summer 
in the basement below us. 

That utterance in prayer dissolved 
the spell of a long life of hesitation. 
That very day the mayor's office was 
the scene of such an interview as few 
pastors have enjoyed with an aged pa- 
rishioner. And from that day to the 
last sad Wednesday — sad to us, but 
O, how joyful to himi — his course was 
onward in the path of Christian duty. 

He soon came, Avith characteristic 
promptness, to the baptismal altar and 
the supper of our Lord. Nor was this 
the beginning and the end of his pub- 
lic and social demonstrations. He was 
not of the number of those who forsake 
the assembling of themselves together 
for Christian conference and prayer. 
With great discomfort, and at the peril 
of his life, he walked winter and sum- 
mer, on Tuesday evening with few ex- 
ceptions, the long distance from his 
house to the lecture room, always in 
season, and often having a icord in sea- 
son, and offering such prayers — the 
last only last week — that he seemed 
to stand quite on the verge of heaven. 
Nor M'as this all. The preparatory lec- 
ture, whenever held, he diligently at- 
tended ; and even spoke of going, a few 
hours before his departure, to a unit- 
ed meeting held with the most distant 
of the asssociated churches. 

He was, too, in his old age, a Sab- 
bath school teacher ; and it is no mis- 
placed laudation of him, or disparage- 
ment of others, to call him a model one. 

He was one of the feAV who were 
present with their classes on each of 
the 52 Sabbaths in the last year. 



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The young men who enjoyed his in- 
structions best know how wise, how 
gentle, how earnest those instructions 
were. May they appreciate them with 
increasing clearness, and remember 
them without 
and in eternity. 

copy of the 



remorse, through time 



In the room below lies 

Holy Scriptures in- 

his name — a tribute of 

from youth to 



a 

scribed with 

afiectionate 

age, M'hich he was to have received to 



reverence 



morrow — a gift from every scholar in 
the school. He had already received a 
token of regard from his own class on 
leaving them, Avhen physical infirmity 
had for some time compelled liim to sit 
down on doorste])s on his way to his be- 
loved Sabbath school. 

And now there is one more depart- 
ment of his life — the domestic. But why 
should I vainly attem])t to tell these 
sorrowing ones what he was, as a hus- 
band, a father, a brother, when they 
know better than any'of us what they 
have loved and lost in these relations, 
and when I should only succeed in agi- 
tating hearts with a new sense of their 
heavy loss, which I would rather calm 
with thoughts of his unspeakable gain. 

To that bright world, then, let us fol- 
low liim in our thoughts, and leave him 
in our imaginations safe, holy, and hap- 
py, with others, his brethren and our 
fathers, while we leave his poor re- 
mains, loved and honored only as re- 
maiiLS, in their appointed earthly rest- 
ing place, preparatory to their celestial 
change and resurrection. 

It is, then, no longer as a mortal man 
that we are to regard him ; no longer 
as an exemplary citizen, a loving and 
beloved head of a family ; as a just judge, 
a faithful magistrate, an incorruptible 
senator, an honest politician, a kind 
and candid parishioner, and a late but 
diligent laborer in Christ's vineyard, 
redeeming the time, demonstrating the 
necessity and the possibility of an 
advance from a high morality to an ar- 
dent and decided piety, and while ex- 
pressing deep regret at his long delay, 
showing, by fervent words and zealous 
labor, what faith in Christ, working by 
love, under the power of grace, can ac- 
complish in a man for himself, and hy 
a man for others, and for God's glory. 

No ! we look beyond and above all this, 
and see him already " offered," " the time 
of his departui'e" come and passed, 



painless, placid, desirable in its circum- 
stances to all who are pre])ared, as .titrh 
a departure was ex])(.'cled and desired 
by him ; and from that better land to 
which he has departed we seem to hear 
him saying to us all, — 

"Prepare to come up hither. The 
Lord, the righteous Judge, the Sover- 
eign Saviom-, is all, and more than all, 
that I believed him to be, as the neces- 
sity and the satisfjing portion of a hu- 
man soul. 

_ " He has saved me thi-ough faith in 
his atoning blood ; he can save you if 
you seek him seasonably ; he must save 
you, or you are lost forever. A crown 
of gold, if you had it, would not i)ur- 
chase this crown of glory which Christ 
has purchased for you, and offered to 
you, nor compensate for its loss." 

Thus to his scattered family, thus to 
his admiring friends, thus to his profes- 
sional and political associates, thus to 
his bereaved pastor and brethren of 
the church, does om- beloved and ven- 
erable friend seem to speak from his 
new home, his house not made with 
hands, eternal in the heavens. 

May we all heed the utterance, and 
may the Spirit of God make it effectual 
to our quickening and salvation. — Ex- 
tract from Dr. C'hickeri7ig's Sermon. 

Parsons, Benjamin, Esq., BrookljTi, 
N. Y., April 15, a?. 88. He was a son 
of Benjamin Parsons, of jSorthampton, 
who had nine chiklren born in North- 
ampton, and the tenth, Benjamin, was 
born in Chesterfield Gore, as it was then 
called, — now Goshen, — about 1768. 
The father died in Goshen, 1777. Ben- 
jamin graduated at Yale College, 1791 ; 
was a lawyer in Chesterfield many years, 
and afterwards in Boston. He some- 
times officiated in the pulpit, but was 
never ordained as pastor. He was some 
time secretary of the Ham])shire Musical 
Society, which met in various towns on 
the west side of the river, in 1800, A:c. 
This old society is doubtless recollected 
by some in Hampshire Co. 

Parsons, Mrs. Dorothy, West Gran- 
ville, Mass., Dec. 9, se. 89. 

Parsons. Mrs. Eunice J.,"\Vilkesbarre, 
Pa., April 30, a-. — , wife of Kev. W. S. 
Parsons, formerly of Saugcrtics, N. Y. 

Parsons, Mrs. Judith, Yarmouth, Oct. 
16, SB. 79, widow of the late Wm. Par- 
sons, M. I). 



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Partridge, Ellas, Paiis, Me., March 
6, iv. 91. 

Partridge, Norman, Worthington, 
Mass., Jan. 2, fp. 49. Mr. P. is worthy 
of more than the mere record of his 
name, age, and death. For more than 
30 years he was a cripple, shut out from 
the'busy world and its more active em- 
ployments. He had no use of liis lower 
limbs, and for nearly the whole period of 
his sufferings was confined to the bed, 
and under the necessity of lying on his 
back continually. In this unpleasant 
situation he early sought means of re- 
lieving the tedium of his confinement, 
and of making himself useful to others. 
He examined a watch, took it apart, and 
put it together again, and thus, by his 
own efforts, learned the art of cleaning 
and repairing watches and other articles 
of gold and silver. His business soon 
became quite extensive. His books 
show that in his most prosperous days 
more than 1000 watches annually passed 
through his hands for repairs, besides 
various other choice articles. His only 
help in this business was one female a 
portion of the time. He was well in- 
formed in the general news of the day, 
was usually cheerful, made others happy 
around him, and was a great comfort to 
an aged and widowed mother, who still 
survives. He died in hope of a world 
where bodily infirmities are unknown. 
Let invalids, as they look at this case, 
take courage, and try to be useful in 
some way. 

Patrick, Hon. Freeman E., St. Fran- 
cis Co., Ark., , ;i?. — . 

Patfen, Mrs. Ilhoda, Amesbury, 

Mass., , IB. — , wife of Kobert 

Patten, Esq. 

Pattengill, Capt. Lemuel, New Lis- 
bon, N. Y., , a?. 82. He was an 

active oiiicer in the wars of 1812 and 
1814, and was finally taken prisoner, 
when he suffered many hardships. 

Patterson, Hon. Chester, Newark 
Valley, Tioga Co., N.Y., Sept. 22, x. — , 
eldest son of Amos and Anne Williams 
Patterson ; was born in Richmond, 
Mass., Sept. 24, 1777, and removed with 
his fither to Union, Broome Co., N. Y., 
where he arrived Feb. 23, 18 — . He 
was sheriff of Uroome Co. from 1809 to 
1812, represented the county in the state 
legislature from 1819 to 1821 inclusive, 
and was one of the presidential electors 
for the State of New York in 1824, giv- 



ing his vote for John Quincy Adams. 
He was town cler-k of Union for many 
years, and otherwise much engaged in 
the service of the town. In 1839 he re- 
moved with his family to Newark ^^alley, 
where he spent the remainder of his life. 
He was a man of great liberahty, a friend 
to the poor, earnestly interested in every 
work of improvement, and of unflinching 
honesty and integrity. — Binij. Itepiih- 
lican. 

Patterson, John, Baltimore, Md,, 
March 11, a?. 70, a worthy citizen. 

Patterson, Robert, Putnam, N. Y., 
Aug. 18, a?. 87. Mr. P. was born in the 
parish of Cadder, Lanerk Co., three miles 
north of Glasgow, Scotland, Mhere he 
was baptized Sept. 20, 1770. He came 
to America in 1794, lived about New 
York and New Haven, Conn., until 1799, 
whence he left on board the shij) Hope, 
Dec. 31, on a voyage to the South Sea 
Islands. After a voyage of 34 months 
he returned, and once more briefly re- 
visited the scenes of his home in Scotia, 
and then, bidding a final farewell to 
fatherland, turned his face again to the 
young and rising states, where he arrived 
in the early part of the summer of 1803. 
In 1804 he found his way to Putnam, 
Washington Co., at that time an entire 
wilderness, built his cabin one mile from 
any inhabitant or road, and there resided 
53 years upon the same farm, until his 
death. He was a member of the Asso- 
ciate Presbyterian Church from the time 
of its organization, and left behind him 
at his death the halo of a good citizen. 
He was the last of his fomily, and the 
only one who has deceased away from 
the ancestral home. 

Patton, Mrs. Mary Weston, Stoning- 
ton, Conn., July 25, a;. — , wife of Rev. 
D. Patton, of" New York. Her re- 
mains were taken to Hartford for inter- 
ment. 

Patton, John W. H., Independence, 
Mo., Nov. 18, a printer by profession. 
He originated the first paj)er in Inde- 
pendence, which he put in successful 
operation, and carried on for 12 months. 
He also published the vKgrarian news- 
paper in this town for 12 months. He 
moved to San Antonio, Texas, in the 
fall of 1856, and had but recently re- 
turned for the purpose of remaining. 
The hardshijj of the long journey by 
land, cc)u])k'd with exposure on the road 
and sudden change of temperatui-e in the 



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weather here, no doubt brought on his 
decease. 

Patton, Rev. Samuel, pastor of the 
Associate Congregation of Detroit, Mich., 
Nov. 15, 86. 28, and in the sixth year of 
his ministry. 

Paul, John, Dunbar townshiji, Pa., 
Jan. 14, vs. 67. He learned the printing 
business in the office of the Genius of 
Liberty many years ago, but having more 
taste for farming than printing, he set- 
tled in Dunbar township, where he re- 
sided up to the time of his death. He 
was a son of Col. James Paul, who filled 
so large a space in the early histoiy 
of the county. He was universally es- 
teemed by his neighbors as an honest 
and upright man. He leaves no family, 
having lived and died a bachelor. 

PayjsE, Dr. John, Belfast, Me., 

— , se. 56. 

Payne, Ruggles, Madison, N. Y., Jan. 
24, 86. 86, the oldest resident of the 
place, and one of the first settlers. 

Patxe, Reuben, at the residence of 
his son-in-law, West Turin, Lewis Co., 
N. Y., Nov. 9, ae. 83. He was born 
in Sandisfield, Conn., October, 1776. He 
emigrated to this town some 60 years 
since, when there were but a very few 
inhal:)itants north of Rome and Utica, 
when the whole of what is now called 
Black River country was almost an un- 
broken wilderness. At that early period, 
soon after the settlement of the country, 
he, in connection with some other pious 
individuals, formed what has since been 
called the First Congregational Church 
in West Turin. Soon after its organ- 
ization he was constituted one of its 
deacons, in which capacity he served for 
about 20 years. 

Peabody, Mrs. Jerusha P. B., Newton 
Corner, Mass., Sept. 24, se. 57, of Am- 
herst, N. H. 

Peabody, Joseph L., Washington, 
D. C, Aug. 12, ae. 50. The lamented 
gentleman was a son of the late Gen. 
John Peabody. The National Intelli- 
gencer thus notices his death : " The de- 
ceased was a native of Newburj'port, but 
for many years past has resided in this 
city, where his many but unobtrusive 
vii'tues won the highest esteem and re- 
spect of a large and devoted circle of 
friends. To the intelligence of an edu- 
cated gentleman, and matured virtues of 
manhood, he united the innocence and 
modesty of a child. In his last moments, 
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accompanied with great suffering, he was 
characteristically patient, courageous, and 
resigned, and his death was a striking 
illustration, at once, of the beauties of 
religion and \irtues of a sincere Chris- 
tian." 

Peabody, widow Mercy, Topsficld, 
Mass., March 3, w. 77, was mother of 
Rev. Josiah Peabody, missionary at Erz- 
room. 

Peabody, Dr. William, Corinth, Me., 
Dec. 14, ffi. 90. Dr. P. was long and 
favorably known, having emigi-ated from 
the town of Boxford, Mass., his native 
place, and settled in Maine in 1804. He 
resided in the place where he died, with 
the exception of a short period, for more 
than 50 years. He commenced life here 
in the medical profession, when the coun- 
try was little better than an unln-oken 
wilderness, which profession he followed 
for many years, but more recently has 
been successfully engaged in the peaceful 
pursuits of agriculture, which he iollowed 
with great apparent contentment and 
satisfaction, as long as ajiproaching old 
age and its attendant infirmities would 
permit. He was an honest and upright 
man in his dealings, and manly in his de- 
portment ; a friend to temjjerance, ad- 
vocate and supporter of the doctrine of 
human fi-eedom ; a friend to good order 
in society and the religion of Jesus Christ, 
cheerfully giving his influence and means 
for its su])port ; lived in the observance 
and practice of its duties, and was sus- 
tained by the faith and hope of the gos- 
pel of the Son of God. 

Peak, Henry, Cedar Town, Polk Co., 
Feb. 7, se. 102, a soldier of the revolu- 
tion. 

Pe.\rce, Jonathan L., Lyons, Clinton 
Co., Iowa, Jan. 15, ae. 73, formerly a 
resident of the State of Rhode Island. 

Pearre, Mrs. Sarah, Frederick, Md., 
Feb. 3, ae. 88, consort of James Pearre, 
Sen., and mother of Rev. J. Pearre. 
Through all the relations of life, her 
great desire was centred in soothing the 
pathway of fife to all around her. As 
a mother she failed not to inculcate 
those principles that are lasting as eter- 
nity. 

Pearse, Col. Joseph C, Bristol, R. L, 
March 27, aj. 37, son of Hon. George 
Pearse. 

Pearson, Rev. Thomas B., Otis\-ille, 
N. Y., Nov. — , a?. 30, was formerly 
president of the Hedding Literary Insli- 



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tute, in Greene Co., a situation whicli he 
filled with much credit. 

Pease, Jeremiah, Edgartown, Mass., 
, 86. 66. 

Pease, Rev. Jesse, Tisbury, Mass., 
June 20, vo. 70, pastor of the Soutli Bap- 
tist Church in Tisbury. 

Peck, Mrs. Sarah, Lancaster, O., Jan. 
2, re. 74, \vidow of \Vm. B. Pock. She 
was one of the pioneer settlers of Lan- 
caster, havinj^, with her father's family, 
fixed her residence in the new town m 
1800, and was a constant resident therein 
from its commencement until her death, 
a period of 56 years past. 

Peebles, Patrick, Marathon, N. Y., 
Jan. 2, JE. 84, father of Lj-man Peebles. 

Pell, M. G., Cumberland, Md., June 
20, fe. 73. Mr. P. was formerly a resi- 
dent of this place, and for many years 
was engaged in teaching school in various 
parts of the county. His urbane man- 
ners and gentlemanly deportment made 
him many friends. 

Pexdill, Capt. James, Quincy, Mich., 
Feb. 23, a>. 75, formerly of Byron, Gen- 
esee Co., N. Y. 

Pendletox, Capt. Benjamin, Stoning- 
ton. Conn., Aug. 3, te. 70, for a long 
time a sea captain in the merchant ser- 
vice. 

Pexdleton, Capt. Charles, of the bark 
General Jones, ., a?. — . His ves- 
sel had struck on the Bahama Banks, 
and required shore hands to assist in 
pumping. As in many other places, 
these men do not bear unexceptionable 
characters, and impose upon foreign cap- 
tains when chances offer. Three or four, 
who had been fully paid for their labor, 
demanded from Cajjt. P. more money, 
which he refused to pay. They dogged 
him for two days, and on the evening of 
the 11th, as he was going on board with 
two other captains, he was attacked by 
these men and their friends, six in all, 
who were hidden behind some shooks 
on the wharf. After beating him with 
pieces of lumber in the most brutal man- 
ner, they ran away. Capt. P. was left 
senseless, with severe wounds on his 
head, near the temples. After being 
some da}s at a hotel on shore, he seemed 
to be recovering ; but contrary to the ad- 
vice of friends, he went on board his ves- 
sel. He came ashore soon after with 
lockjaw, lingered one day, and died on 
the 20th. He was universally esteemed 
in Cardenas, and his death much regret- 



ted. He belonged to Searsport, Me., 
whither his remains were sent. Capt. 
P. is s])oken of as one of the most gen- 
tlemanly and best educated men of his 
class. 

Penfield, Samuel, Fairfield, Ohio., 
May 21, a^. 52. Mr. P. was one of the 
early settlers of Fairfield township. He 
was a worthy man, highly esteemed by 
all who knew him. 

Pexixgton, Miller, St. Clairs^'ille, O., 
, se. — . As a lawyer his un- 
tiring industry and ability, with his per- 
suasive eloquence, made him deservedly 
eminent and successful ; as a citizen he 
was public-si)irited bej'ond any of his 
associates. His heart was in every en- 
terprise projected for the advancement 
of the public weal. For years to come, 
the men of public affairs, wanting his 
ready intellect and zealous cooperative 
will, will have occasion to remember and 
regret his loss. But whatever of excel- 
lence or success may have attended him 
in these departments of life, it was in his 
domestic and social relations that he ap- 
peared to the greatest advantage. There, 
indeed, he was altogether unexception- 
al)le. He was surpassingly devoted as a 
husband and father, and generous as a 
friend. 

Pexxey, Mrs. Martha A., East Sagi- 
naw, Mich., Feb. 2, ae. 38, wife of Dr. J. 
K. Penney. 

PexxiaLax, Hon. Edward A., Phila- 
delphia, Feb. 9, X. 46. He was born in 
the town of Brattleborough, Feb. 16, 
1810. He w^as descended from the 
earliest settlers of Massachusetts. His 
mother's ancestors came over in the 
Mayflower, while his father's arrived 
with the Adamses, and were among the 
original founders of the parish of Quincy. 
His grandfather was one of the most ex- 
tensive shipwrights of Boston during the 
revolution, and built the frigate Confed- 
eration, the first vessel owned by the 
government. His father removed to 
Utica, N. Y., where Edward remained 
until he attained his majority, when he 
moved to North Carolina ; subsequently 
he settled in Baltimore, and finally took 
up his residence in Philadelphia in 1830. 
Early in life he exhibited those evidences 
of determined will, persevering industry, 
and active energy which were the marked 
and remarkal)le traits of his mind. The 
excitement of a political career offered 
the aliment craved by such an organiza- 



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tion, and he entered with enthusiasm 
into public lite. Eminently radical in 
the tone of his character, he Avas at- 
tached to the democratic party from sin- 
cere belief in the purity of its princijiles, 
and remained its firm, consistent, and 
faithful adherent through all the vicissi- 
tudes and changes to which political 
opinions are incident. Though often 
tempted, by the proffer of place and po- 
sition, to desert its ranks, he continued 
true. In 1839 he was elected a mem- 
ber of the House of Representatives, and 
was noted at an early period for his at- 
tention to the interests of his constitu- 
ents and the general welfare of the state, 
by his industry and strict performance 
of the duties incumbent upon him. In 
1841 he was elected to the Senate, and 
the journals of that body are replete with 
the results of his labors. With the ses- 
sion of 1852 his connection with the 
legislature as a member ceased ; yet his 
experience, judgment, and thorough ac- 
quaintance with every element connected 
with the true interests of the common- 
wealth, made his ad-vice valuable, and 
the most prominent appealed with con- 
fidence to his kindness and counsel. 
While many yielded to the allurements 
and seductions of the capital, and wrecked 
character and hfe, his course as a legis- 
lator leaves no stain or blemish upon his 
private or political reputation. Mr. P. 
was for many years an inspector of the 
county prison, and while holding every 
officer to strict accoimtability, his kind- 
ness, generosity, and wise counsel were 
always prompt to the call of the unfor- 
tunate or criminal. Though a warm 
friend of Mr. Muhlenberg, such was the 
estimation of his worth entertained by 
Gov. Shunk, that he appointed Mr. P., 
without solicitation, to the office of regis- 
ter of wills, rendered vacant by the death 
of ]\Ir. Weaver. 

Pexxy, Thomas, at the Na-s^l Asvlum, 
Philadelphia, , se. 81. This gal- 
lant tar was one of the crew of Com. 
PeiTy's flag ship Lawrence, and fought 
most nobly on board that vessel, until, 
owing to her disabled condition, it was 
determined that Com. Perry should go 
on board the Niagara, when Penny was 
selected as one of the crew of the boat 
that was to convey his brave commander. 
The passage was effected amid a storm 
of round shot and grape, which sjjlin- 
tered many of the oars, and so shattered 



the boat that when it reached the Niag- 
ara it was in a sinking condition. The 
character of the figlit on board the Law- 
rence, in which this heroic seaman I'enny 
acted his part with cool and deti'rniinecl 
courage, may be gathered from the fact, 
that out of 103 fit for duty, 22 were 
killed and 63 wounded. 

Penrose, Hon. Charles B., Harris- 
burg, Pa., April 6, (V. 66, member of the 
state Senate from the city of Pliiladcl- 
phia. Mr. P. was born at his father's 
residence near the mouth of Frankford 
Creek, Philadelphia Co., in 1791, and 
had thus entered his 67th year. His 
father was a gentleman high in the es- 
timation of the public, who was ap- 
pointed by President Jefferson to a 
judgeship in Missouri Territory, Mhither 
he removed with his family. 'Sir. P. 
was educated at Washington College, 
and soon after studied for the bar. He 
commenced practice in Carlisle, and 
soon rose to distinction at a bar which 
was confessedly, when its numbers are 
considered, equal to any in the countrj'. 
He became also active as a politician, 
and took a leading part in many of the 
movements of the day. He was sent 
to the state Senate from the Cumber- 
land district for two terms of four years 
each, beginning with 1833, and during 
all that period there were few men who 
acted a more conspicuous part in the 
affairs of the commonwealth. He was 
appointed solicitor of the treasury by 
President Harrison, in 1841, and held 
the office till after the close of President 
Tyler's term. In 1849 he Avas appoint- 
ed by Mr. Meredith assistant secretary 
of the treasury ; but this office he re- 
signed in a short time, and returning to 
Philadelphia, resumed the practice of 
his profession. He has, during his res- 
idence here, served one term in the 
common council of this city, and was 
elected in October last to the office of 
state senator. He has been one of the 
most active and efficient members of 
that body, and was probably the oldest 
senator, Avith the exception of the ven- 
erable senator from Alleghany, Hon. 
Wm. Wilkins. In addition to his la- 
bors in political life, Mr. P. has done 
valuable service to the state by his ear- 
nest advocacy of important measures 
of internal improvement. He Avas the 
projector of the Cumberland Valley 
Railroad, and he labored zealously for 



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years for the ))romotion of that enter- 
prise. The olistacles it had to contend 
with were apparently insuperable, and 
there were not wanting malicious per- 
sons to misconstrue his motives and 
attemjjt to blacken his fame in connec- 
tion with the measure. But he had 
long outlived the few calumnies in- 
vented against him, and he lived also to 
see his favorite project not only accom- 
plished, but an acknowledged valuable 
and lucrative pulilic work. It is satis- 
factory to know that liis labors in its 
behalf were not unrewarded, and that 
by his investments in it and the profits 
of his laborious professional life, his 
family are sufficiently provided for. 

Pentz, Daniel C", New York city, 
Dec. 4, oe. — , an old, well-known, and 
highly respected New Yorker. 

Pexwell, Mrs. Martha, Shelbyville, 
HI.. Aug. 8, a^. — , Avife of Enos Penwell, 
M. D., and daughter of George Hollo- 
way, Esq. Mrs. P. was a member of 
the Presbyterian church, and has left 
many sympathizing friends. 

Percival, Mrs. Maria, Dorchester, 
Mass., Sept. 13, se. — , wife of Capt. 
John Percival, U. S. navy. 

Percy, Hugh, Paris, Mo., Nov. 8, 
a^. 79, was born in Greenbrier Co., Va., 
in 1778, Avhere he I'esided until he was 
19, when he emigrated to the State of 
Kentucky, where he married. He was 
one of those who listened to his coun- 
try's call in the contest of 1812, between 
Great Britain and the United States, 
when he shouldered his musket to repel 
the invaders of our country. In 1833 
he emigrated to Monroe Co., Mo., where 
he secured to himself a large circle of 
friends, who most sincerely join his 
family in lamenting his death. From 
an acquaintance with the deceased, we 
became well acquainted with his char- 
acter, both as a citizen and as a mem- 
ber of society ; and as a feeble tribute 
to his memory, it affords us much pleas- 
ure to say, that in all the departments 
of life father P. was one of the thost 
exemplary men we ever knew. As a 
husljand and father no one was ever 
more kind or ad'ectionate. — Western 
Paper. 

Perkins, Mrs. D., BrookhTi, N. Y., 
l^ec. 5, ic. — , wife of the llev. Avon 
Perkins, for many years pastor of the 
Central Baptist ("hurch of this city. 
Mrs. P. was a faithful wife, an affection- 



ate mother, and devoted Christian : she 
died in great peace, and has gone, we 
doubt not, from a life of cares and tibi- 
als to rest and joy in the glory of God 
her Saviour. 

Perkins, Thomas J., Philadelphia, 
Pa., May 19, te. 57. Mr. P. was for 
many years a member of the old city 
councils, and represented the seventh 
ward in the select branch, under the 
consolidation act. He was a useful 
citizen, and a much respected merchant. 

Perry, Col. James G., Logan Co., 
Va., Nov. 20, a?. 67. Mr. P. served two 
tours in the war of 1812-15 with Great 
Britain. Soon after this he was elected 
colonel, which commission he held for 
many years, and discharged the duties 
of that office to the satisfaction of all 
concerned. As a citizen and neighbor, 
Mr. P. was seldom equalled, and never 
surpassed. He was kind to the poor 
and needy, and obliging to all. 

Perry, John, Sherborn, Mass., 
April 24, vc. 86, the oldest male inhab- 
itant in the town, formerly a merchant 
of Boston. In political principles he 
was a federalist of the old school. 

Perry, Mrs. Lucretia L., Hinesburg, 
Vt., March 28, s-. 24, wife of Rev. John 
B. Perry, of Swanton. 

Perry, Mrs. Mary, Alden, Erie Co., 
N. Y., March 20, ve. 86, relict of the late 
Isaac Perry, of Le Hoy, Genesee Co. 
She was born in Swansey, N. H., Sept. 
2, 1771 ; and with her husband removed 
from Massachusetts to Le Roy, and ar- 
rived ]\Iarch, 1806, having been 29 days 
on the road ; planting themselves in 
that then wilderness country. 

Perry, Dr. Nathan, North Bridge- 
water, Mass., Aug. 16, iv. 81. 

Peters, Benjamin "\Y., Logansport, 
Ind., May 22, x. — . At a meeting of 
the members of the bar at the adjourn- 
ment of court, upon motion of L. Cham- 
berlin, Esq., Hon. Judge iNIcFadin was 
called to the chair, and E. Walker, Esq., 
appointed secretary. L. Chamberlin, 
Esq., presented the following resolu- 
tions, and moved their adoption, which 
was unanimously done : — 

" Resolved, That in the death of B. 
"VV. Peters, the bar has lost one of its 
valuable and useful members, of un- 
swerving integrity and unremitting fidel- 
ity to his duty. 

" Resolved, That the deceased has al- 
wavs been distinguished for his honor- 



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able course of conduct with his fellow- 
citizens, as ■weU as with his brethren of 
the bar. 

" Resolved, That as a slight token of 
our high esteem for the memory of the 
deceased, the members of this bar at- 
tend his funeral in a body, and wear 
the usual badge of mourning for 30 
days." 

Peterson, Rev. Daniel H., Haver- 
straw, N. Y., , £6. 62, pastor of 

the First Methodist Wesleyan Church, 
in Haverstraw, N. Y., formerly of Cam- 
den, N. J. 

Peterson, Mrs. Margaret C, Jeffer- 
son township, Alleghany Co., Pa., Oct. 
8, se. 90. She was the widow of Capt. 
Gabriel Peterson, of the army of the 
revolution, and daughter of Capt. Hen- 
ry Heath, who emigrated with his fam- 
ily from Winchester, Va., to the valley 
of the Monongahela in 1779, being one 
of the earliest settlers in that region of 
the country. Her long life was marked 
with many afflictions, both personal and 
domestic, which she bore with Christian 
fortitude and resignation. Her own 
children had all preceded her to the 
tomb, but a large family of orphaned 
grandchildren are left to feel the loss of 
one who for many years was its support 
and head. 

Petigru, Capt. Thomas, U. S. N., 
Washington city, March 6, ae. about 60. 
He was brave, manly, true, and gener- 
ous. Never has he turned his back 
upon a friend, nor feared to face an 
enemy. His faults were those of the 
times when he was young ; his virtues 
were those that are young for all time. 
He was eccentric even in his kindness, 
but his heart beat in the right place, and 
all might feel its throbs that asked its 
sjTnpathy. His wife survives him. We 
may praise the dead — we may mourn 
the dead — we dare not speak of this 
most excellent lady, the companion, the 
consoler, the support, the one rich and 
enduring blessing which God reserved 
to him till the last. A son and daughter, 
their only children, had already passed 
away. 

Petriken, John M. B., Harrisburg, 
Pa., May 15, a^. — , a member of the 
Pennsylvania House of Representatives 
from Lycoming. He died of disease 
contracted at the National Hotel, Wash- 
ington. 

Petuy, Michael, Westminster, Md., 



April 25, a^. 59. Having faithfullv dis- 
charged his duty in all tlie relations of 
life, both as a man and a Clnistian min- 
ister, he has gone to rest from his ]al)or, 
and his many good works will, we doubt 
not, follow him. 

Pettit, Richard, Philadelphia, Pa., 
March 30, ir. 78, an old and influential 
merchant of Philadelphia. 

Phelps, Hon. Charles Porter, Had- 
ley, Mass., Dec. 22, a^. 85. He was son 
of Charles and Elizabeth (Porter) Phelps, 
and was born in Hadley, Aug. 8, 1772. 
He was partially fitted' for college by 
Rev. Joseph Lyman, D. D., of Hatfield, 
Mass., (Y. C, i767) and graduated with 
high honors at Harvard University in 
the class of 1791, the salutatory 'ora- 
tion, in Latin, having been assigned to 
him at commencement. Having se- 
lected the profession of the law, he pur- 
sued his legal studies under the instruc- 
tion of Hon. Theo])hilus Parsons, of 
Newburyport, (H. U., 1769.) On his 
admission to the bar in 1795, he estab- 
lished himself in Boston, and attained 
to a high rank in his profession. Dur- 
ing the latter part of Ins 22 years' resi- 
dence in Boston he was engaged in 
mercantile pursuits. In 1815 he M-as 
chosen a representative from Boston to 
the state legislature. Li 1816 and 1817 
he was commander of the celebrated 
company of cavalry, well remembered 
by the elder portion of this community 
as the Hussars, being the immediate 
successor in command to the Hon. Josiah 
Quincy. This company paraded for the 
last time on the occasion of the visit of 
President Monroe to Boston, in June, 
181 7, and was soon afterwards disbanded. 
In 1816, Mr. P. was appointed cashier 
of the Massachusetts Bank, in Boston. 
This office he resigned the following 
year, when he returned to the estate in- 
herited from his father in Hadley, where 
he passed the remainder of his long life, 
highly respected by the community, who 
manifested their regard for him by re- 
peatedly electing him to offices of honor 
and trust. He represented the town of 
Hadley in the state legislature in 1820, 
1821, 1822, 1824, 1829, 1832, 1838, 
1839, 1840, and 1841 ; and in 1826 and 
1827 he was elected senator from the 
district of Hampshire. As there M-ere 
rival social and civil interests in town, it 
sometimes happened that they could 
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sentative. When tliis was the case, so 
popular was Mr. P., that they would 
compromise the matter by electinnj him. 
Mr. P. was married ia Jan., IH{)0, to 
Sarah Davenport Parsons, daughter of 
Moses Parsons, of Haverhill, Mass., 
(H. U., 176,-).) She died Oct., 1817, 
and he married, Nov., 1820, Charlotte 
Parsons, daughter of Hon. Thcophilus 
Parsons. His second wife died in July, 
1830. In 1833, he was married a third 
time, to Mrs. Elizabeth C. Judkins, 
daughter of Major John Hastings, of 
Cam])ridge, Mass., who survives him. 
He had 14 children, of whom 10 are 
now living. Of commanding form and 
bearing, of abilities which acquired the 
respect, and integrity which secured the 
confidence, of all, Mr. P. was, for more 
than half a century, an acknowledged and 
consistent disciple of Christ. Among 
his neighbors, his clear judgment and 
high principle caused him to be often 
consulted on matters of doubt or dis- 
pute. The affection of his family was 
blended with deep reverence. His mind 
retained its powers to the close of life, 
and among his last words were expres- 
sions of the faith that looks beyond the 
grave. 

Phelps, Erastus R., Albany, N. Y., 
May 14, ce. 37, late of Williamsburg, 
Long Island, and son of Col. Homan R. 
Phelps, formerly of Albany. 

PillLBRiCK, Mrs. Almira Y., at the 

Island of Trinidad, , se. 28, wife 

of Samuel R. Phill)rick, M. D., and 
daughter of Eliab Gilmore, of Boston. 

PuiLlPS, Benjamin, Worcester, Mass., 
April 18, ic. 75, of Grafton, a member of 
the Ilapanamisco tribe of Indians. 

PiiiLLirs, Mrs. Christiana, New Ha- 
ven, Conn., April 28, x. 109. She -was 
supposed to be the oldest person in the 
state. 

PiiiLLirs, Judge Joseph, Murfreesbor- 
ough, Tenn., July 25, x. 73. He was 
born Oct. 6, 1784. He lived for many 
years a highly esteemed citizen of Ruth- 
erford county, and filled many important 
positions in life. 

PuiLLiPS, Capt Richard, Vicksburg, 
Miss., Aug. 17, iv. about 50. For many 
years Capt. Phillips was tlie proprietor of 
the St. Louis Union, a ])aper published 
on the very post where this last tribute 
was paid to his memory. He was a na- 
tive of New York, l)ut was brought up 
in Pennsylvania. Early in life he was 



burg American Manufacturer, at 
time regarded 



apprenticed to the printing business in 
Pittsburg, and after becoming a jour- 
neyman, he worked in several printing 
offices of the eastern cities. He was at 
one time foreman in the office of the 
Philadelphia Saturday Evening News, 
where his ability and energy in his voca- 
tion were duly appreciated ; and some- 
where about 1830, in company with Wm. 
H. Conway, Esq., afterwards secretary of 
state in Iowa, he established the Pitts- 

that 
as one of the most able 
and vigorous democratic journals in the 
west. In 1836 Capt. P. came to the 
west, and purchased one fifth of the 
town of Peru, 111., which interest still 
belongs to his estate. He subsequently 
became connected with our vast river 
marine, in which he took a great and 
special pride. He built the steamer H. 
L. Kinney, and arrived with her at St. 
Louis May 1, 1837. Since that period 
he built and commanded more than 20 
steamboats, and surrendering himself to 
the uncertain fortunes of the river in that 
day, lost by calamity one or two fortunes, 
which his unconquerable energy and en- 
terprise enabled him to regain with a 
large interest. He died in the posses- 
sion of a handsome fortune, amassed by 
a strict and honorable course of devotion 
to the various enterprises in wluch he 
was engaged. 

No man, during his eventful life, ever 
breathed a suspicion of his integrity; 
none ever questioned his intrinsic good- 
ness of heart; and many are the once 
destitute and hopeless that have reason 
to bless his generosity in their time of 
sore and eventful trial. However keen 
and energetic a man of business, his ear 
was ever sensitive to the cry of distress 
or appeal, come from what quarter it 
might. 

The St. Louis Daily Union, under 
the charge of Capt. P., was a journal re- 
markably characterized by energy and 
talent. On relinquishing this trust, he 
again returned to the river, and shortly 
afterwards became proprietor of the 
Flying Cloud, a favorite boat in the 
New Orleans trade, which he had relin- 
quished to the command of his 'brother- 
in-law, Caj)t. Rolnnson, himself taking 
charge of the Alleghany, purchased by 
him, and reputed to be the fastest boat 
on the Lower Mississippi. 

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this boat from New Orleans that Capt. 
P. was attacked liy the fatal complaint 
which put a period to his valualile life, 
and which rendered it jn-udent that he 
should land at Vicksburg, where he 
breathed his last. The deep sorrow of 
a large circle of sincere mourners at- 
tested his value as a friend and liis worth 
as a man. 

HOX. STEPHEN C. PHILLIPS, 

On the passage from Quebec to Mon- 
treal, of Salem, Mass., June 26, se. 55. 
The Salem Register gives an account, 
filling two columns and a half, of the 
history, character, and public services 
of Mr. Phillips, in connection with a no- 
tice of the services at his funeral, on 
Tuesday, June 30. The folloM'ing para- 
graphs are from this notice. After a 
reference to the father of Mr. Phillips, 
an enterprising shipmaster of Salem, 
who died Oct. 19, 1838, aged 72, the 
Register says, — 

" Stephen C, the honored son of this 
honored sire, was born in Salem, Nov. 4, 
1801. At the early age of 18 he was 
graduated at Harvard University, in the 
class of 1819. After leaving college, he 
pursued, we believe, a course of law 
reading for a time, and then entered 
upon his father's business as a merchant, 
in which he engaged with great energy 
and success. 

" While yet quite young, his efficiency 
and ability were employed in the service 
of the public. In 1823, and until 1828, 
he was a fireward. More than 30 years 
ago, in 1826, he was chosen a member 
of the school committee of Salem, upon 
which, for the greater part, if not the 
whole, of the intervening time, until 
quite recently, he has been a most de- 
voted, untiring, and useful member. 

"In 1824 he was a representative 
from Salem in the General Court, and 
80 continued until 1830. In 1830 and 
1831 he was one of the Essex county 
delegation in the Senate of Massachu- 
setts; and in 1832 and 1833 was again 
a member of the House of Representa- 
tives. 

" In 1834 he was elected a representa- 
tive in Congress from the Essex south 
district, to fill the vacancy occasioned by 
the resignation of Hon. Rufus Choate, 
and continued to occupy that post until 
the fall of 1838, when he resigned, and 



was succeeded by Hon. Levcrett Salton- 
stall. 

"On the 5th of December, 1838, he 
was elected mayor of Salem ; on the lOtli 
of the same month he was inaugurated, 
and remained in office till March, 1842, 
when he voluntarily retired." 

The following statement, honorable to 
Mr. Phillips, is made in connection with 
his mayoralty : — 

" He gave to our common schools an 
impulse which has been constantly in- 
creasing rather than diminishing ;' and, 
upon retiring from the mayoralty, relin- 
quished the salary of his entire "tcmi of 
office for their benefit. The following 
modest letter, accompanied by the re- 
ceipt of the treasurer, announced this 
donation : — 

" ' To the City Council : In the exe- 
cution of one of the purposes with which 
I entered upon the office of major, and 
in contemplation of my approaching re- 
tirement from it, I have paid into the 
hands of the city treasurer the sum of 
twenty-fom- hundred dollars, which I de- 
sire may be appropriated by the City 
Council for the use of the schools, to be 
expended under the direction of the 
school committee. S. C. Phillips. 

Salem, Feb. U, 1842.' 

" This munificent donation was placed 
by the school committee at the disposal 
of the donor, who expended it in the 
enlargement and improvement of the 
Latin and High School building, and in 
the purchase of philosophical and other 
apparatus for the use of the High School. 
In 1840 he was one of the presidential 
electors for Massachusetts. He was a 
member of the board of education of 
Massachusetts from 1843 to 1852; a 
trustee of the state Lunatic Hospital from 
1844 to 1850; and has sustained various 
other offices of public trust and respon- 
sibility." 

Of his political career the Register 
says, — 

" Mr. Phillips began life as a republi- 
can of the old regime, and was one of 
the ablest and most strenuous leaders of 
the whig party from its organization un- 
til 1848. How he bore himself during 
that period it is not necessary for us to 
specify, as the record is clear, cxi)hcit, 
and ineffaceable, and there are too many 
hving who remember it, to need that it 
should be recapitulated. 



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"In 1848, Mr. Phillips, urged by the 
power of his rei^ard for the rights of hu- 
manity, with that inflexible adherence to 
his own convictions of duty, regardless 
of the course of others, which marked 
his conduct in all the affairs of life, en- 
gaged in the free-soil movement with 
characteristic energy, and he was the 
candidate of that party for governor in 
1848 and 1849. ^Slostof his former po- 
litical associates, disagreeing with him in 
this policy, did not follow him, and be- 
came alienated in political counsels; but 
none who knew him intimately ever 
doubted the purity of his motives and 
the integrity of his purpose. Since that 
time he has mostly withdi'awn himself 
from ])olitical life, so far as appearing in 
the struggle as a candidate, but has never 
shunned the arena when his efforts were 
demanded for the good of the cause. 

"As an orator, Mr. Phillips always 
commanded attention. Of a noble pres- 
ence, his full, sonorous voice, earnest 
tones, fluent utterance, and evident sin- 
cerity, attracted the sympathy of his au- 
diences. He was always listened to with 
resjiect, and, for the most part, with 
admiration. 

" Friday afternoon, June 26, this great 
and good man embarked from Quebec 
on the ill-fated steamer [Montreal, whither 
he had been on business, to return to 
Three Rivers, the head quarters of his 
operations in Canada, and thence on a 
short visit to his home in Salem. Before 
the sun went down, in the fulness of his 
mental and physical powers, and in the 
midst of his usefulness, he passed that 
bourn whence no traveller returns, and 
went to his reward. Of the precise 
manner in which he met his fate, or how 
he was preci])itated from the burning 
boat into the river, Avhere his body was 
found floating, no reliable details have 
been commmiieated, or vvill, perhaps, 
ever be known." 

"We may a])pend here the following 
from the Quebec Pilot : — 

The Pilot says, that when the news 
of the disaster was received there, two 
steamers immediately started for the 
8])ot, l)ut on reaching it, the Montreal 
was burned to the water's edge, and not 
the sign of a living soul could be seen 
near her. " At a hotel at Cape llouge 
there were three bodies, (which had been 
])icked up floating near the shore,) and 
they were immediately recognized as 



those of Mr. M'Laren, brother of the 
jailer of Quebec jail, Mr. Phillips of 
Three Rivers, and a woman belonging to 
St. Roche, Quebec." 

A great concourse of citizens, with 
many of the public functionaries of the 
state, attended the funeral of Mr. Phil- 
lips, at Salem. The Register mentions 
the following impressive incident, which 
occurred near the end of the services : — 

" Rev. Dr. Thompson, the pastor of 
the deceased, next commenced a fervent 
and impressive prayer, struggling with 
emotions too powerful to be controlled. 
After jjroceeding till he had commended 
the afiiicted family to the care of Christ, 
he prayed that the bereavement might 
be sanctified to the church. Here his 
feelings overcame him, and he suddenly 
stopped, faltered in his seat, fainted, and 
was borne thoroughly prostrated into 
the vestry, and subsequentlj- to his resi- 
dence, under the care of a physician. 
The scene was particularly solemn and 
painful, and produced a profound effect 
on those who witnessed it." 

Piatt, J. W., Boone Co., Ky., Jan. 
— , se. 57. Mr. P. was born in 1800, in 
the same house in which he died — a fine 
old stone mansion on the banks of the 
Ohio, nearly opposite the mouth of the 
Miami, built by his gi'andfather, and one 
of the first residences erected in Ken- 
tucky. Immediately on coming of age, 
he was admitted to the bar of Hamilton 
county, and continued a close practitioner 
for over 30 years, not missing in all that 
time a single term of court. He was for 
a time clerk of the Court of Common 
Pleas of this county. Mr. P. was, in 
many respects, a remarkable man. With 
an utter disregard of personal popularity 
and a terrible power of sarcasm, he 
seemed to take pleasure in presenting 
the most unfavorable exterior to the 
public, concealing his kindlier traits from 
all but his friends and more intimate as- 
sociates. A sufferer from a painful ner- 
vous disease from his childhood, never 
enjoying a well day, it might have been 
expected that his tem])er would be 
soured ; yet those who knew him inti- 
mately represent him as affectionate and 
kind of heart, and his charities, though 
never ostentatious, were far larger than 
the world supposed. He left an estate 
valued at between $200,000 and $300,- 
000, all amassed by his own exertions. 



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PIERCE 



277 



Putt, William, McEwcnsnlle, Pa., 
April 7, se. 78, father of Hon. AVm. M. 
Piatt, late speaker of the state Senate. 
Mr. Piatt was formerly deputy sm-veyor 
for old Northumberland county, and 
served also as sheriff, under his fkther- 
in-law, John Brady. 

PlciCiRD, Benjamin, Paris, N. Y., Aug. 
— , 86. 101, formerly of Niagara town- 
ship, but who for several years past had 
resided near Paris. Mr. P, was one of 
the few remaining U. E. Loyalists, and 
the last survivor of the famous corps 
of Butler's Rangers, in which he served 
as a drummer through the American 
revolutionary war. He was generally 
and deservedly respected, having been 
for 60 years a member of the Wesleyan 
Methodist church. 

Pickering, Mrs. Louisa J. W., at the 
navy yard, Portsmouth, N. H., May 18, 
ae. 67, mother of Com. C. W. Pickering. 
PiCKERT, Frederick Manheim, Her- 
kimer Co., N. Y., March 15, a?. 84. He 
was one of the oldest inhabitants of the 
town where he resided, and had lived, 
with his venerable widow, who remains, 
on the same firm for over 60 years. 

Pierce, Dr. Daniel, Goshen, Mass., 
Aug. 24, ge. 74. He was a man of 
strong mind, tender feelings, and irre- 
proachable character. As a Christian he 
was prayerful and devoted to his Mas- 
ter's ser\-ice. He was born in Peru, 
Mass., and studied medicine ^N-ith Dr. 
Peter Bryant, fither of the poet, and 
practised afterwards with much success 
in Peru, Windsor, Worthington, North 
Brookfield, and Goshen. He united with 
the Congregational church in Peru when 
18 years of age, and had consequently 
been a church member for a period of 
56 years. In Worthington he was 
chosen as deacon of the church in that 
place, which office he honored in the 
faithful discharge of its duties. 

Pierce, Dyer, Winchester Co., Iowa, 
March 14, ae. 73. He was an aged and 
highly respectable citizen of Winchester 
Co., Iowa, to which place he removed 
several years since, from Sandusky Co., 
0. The departed was the father-in-law 
of Mr. George Slocum, residing in the 
south-west part of Wabash Co., whom 
he was visiting at the time of his demise. 
He had been upon a visiting tour among 
his children in different sections of the 
coimtry, and, with the exception of a son 
near Crawfordsville, had seen them all. 
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Pierce, Col. Evi, Winchester, N. H 
Jan. 18, 33. 82. Col. P. was born in 
Hmsdale, N. H., in 1775, but for more 
than 50 years previous to his death had 
been a resident of AVinchestcr. He had 
lived so long in the latter j)lace as to be 
identified with all its improvements, no 
less than though a native of the town. 
He was one of the noble, but retiring, 
pubHc-spirited men of the ])ast gener- 
ation. Like Hugh ^Miller, he was a self- 
made man, and, like him. his taste led 
to the natural sciences. The writings of 
Miller he read with enthusiastic interest 
in the latter part of his fife. Though a 
mechanic, his self-acquired attainments, 
especially in geology, were very consid- 
erable. The curiosities of the mineral 
and floral kingdoms rarely escaped his 
quiet but interested gaze. A creditable 
letter of his, on the geological features of 
the Ashuelot valley, may be found in Dr. 
Jackson's survey of New Hampshire. It 
is remembered to his honor, that, long 
before the temperance reform began, he 
was one of the first in town to fcike a 
jjublic stand against the habits of drink- 
ing. When colonel of the regiment he 
made a special request of the officers not 
to " treat their companies " — a request 
which several of them hailed with joy 
and complied with. The knowledge he 
acquired by his own exertions he was 
always ready to impart to others, and 
especially the young. He was accus- 
tomed to gather them as he had oppor- 
tunity, and deliver familiar lectures to 
them on his favorite sciences — all to in- 
spire them with a love of such studies, 
and to prove the being and wisdom of 
God. Several such lectures did he give 
in the school of the late Miss Fisk, of 
Keene. Himself favored with but six 
weeks of schooling in his life, his interest 
in the schools was remarkable, and con- 
tinued unabated to the close of life — 
evincing itself by his visiting repeatedly 
every school in town, though not official- 
ly required to do so. His habits those 
of strict temperance in all things, his 
personal appearance that of repose and 
self-reliance, his conversation entertain- 
ing and instructive, his passions under 
the rigid control of reason, he secured 
and retained the respect and confidence 
of the entire community as a safe and 
wise counsellor, and as one of the fathers 
of the town. 
Pierce, Dr. James W., Montgomery, 



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PLATT 



Ala., Feb. 4, cd. 47. Dr. P. was bom in 

Riclilaiid district, just below Columbia, 
S. C, Oct. 30, 1810. He graduated at 
South Carolina College in 1832 ; and 
as a doctor of medicine, some 12 or 18 
months after, lie moved to Montgomery, 
Ala., in 1S34, where he lived up to the 
time of his death. Of his personal qual- 
ities, of his honesty and strict integrity, 
of all those characteristics that go to 
make uj) a useful, worthy, and estimable 
citizen and friend, perhaps the best evi- 
dence that could be given would be an 
almost, yea, we might say an entire, ab- 
sence of personal enemies. Ardent in 
his temperament, strong in his convic- 
tions, he contended for his principles Avith 
frankness and warmth, but never with 
personal animosity or hate. He loved 
his country with the ardent devotion of 
a true patriot, and sought, in the meas- 
ures he advocated, and the pai'ty with 
which he acted, only its security, welfare, 
and hajjpiness. Dr. P. was what may 
be termed a true man. He was open, 
bold, and manly as an adversary, and 
warm, ardent, and trusty as a friend. 
Being of a social turn of mind, and pos- 
sessed of considerable intellectual en- 
dowments, he always wielded a consider- 
able influence in his neighborhood, and 
ever exerted it for the common good ; 
indeed, this seems to have been his only 
aim, for although always standing high 
in the favor of his fellow-citizens, he 
never sought their suffrages for office. 
Few pass from us who have so faith- 
fully fulfilled all the engagements of life, 
and in this his example may well be held 
up to admiration. 

Pierce, Jeremiah, South Attleboro', 
Mass., Nov. 19, a>. 93. 

Pierce, Judge John, Brooklj-n, N. Y., 
Jan. 9, te. 57. 

Pierce, Joshua, Hudson, N. H., 

— , a". 101. 

Pierce, Mrs. Susannah, Weston, 
Mass., March 9, vc. 89, wife of the late 
Thiiddcus Pierce. 

PlliRCE, Mrs. Phebe, Pleasantville, 
Westchester Co., N. Y., March 10, a>. 
81, wife of Mr. Thomas Pierce. 

I*IERS0X, J)r. Daniel C, Augusta, 111., 
Feb. 29, ae. 64. 

PlERSox, Mrs. Ruth, Chatham, N. J., 
March 2, le. 90, widow of Gabriel Pierson. 

Pilate, Mrs. , Laurens Co., 

Ga., Dec. 22, iv. 116. She was a wile 
during the revolution. 



PiLLSBURT, Dea. Oliver, Henniker, 
N. H., Feb. 27, vc. 73, for 25 years a 
deacon of the Congregational church in 
Henniker. He" was a man of unusual 
mental abihties, which he early conse- 
crated to Christ and the church. He 
was universally esteemed, and his death 
has occasioned much unfeigned grief. 

PiLLSBURY, Stephen, Shapleigh, Me., 
Jan. 23, se. 75 ; also, March 5, Margaret, 
his widow, a>. 69. 

Piper, Daniel, Sharpsburg, Md., 
March 3, an old and esteemed fanner. 

Pitkin, Mrs. M. Elizabeth Gilbert, 

Coldwater, Mich., , ae. 25, wife of 

Rev. S. Dwight Pitkin. 

Place, Enoch, ProA-idence, R. L, 
March 1, se. 73. 

Place, Mrs. Maria L., East Green- 
wich, R. I., Feb. 8, se. 59, wife of Rev. 
William F. Place. 

Plaxte, Mrs. Alice Emeline, Hyde 
Park, Pa., Nov. 21, a;. — , wife of J. C. 
Plante, jNI. D. 

Platt, Mrs. Elsie, Canfield, O., March 
11, io. 65. 

Platt, ISIrs. Elsy, Columbus, O., July 
6, se. 59, wife of Augustus Platt. Mrs. 
P. was unobtrusive and retiring in her 
disposition. Her example and influence 
shone preeminently in the domestic and 
family circle. She was a devoted wife, a 
tender and aff'ectionate mother, a kind 
and obliging neighbor, and a sincere 
Christian. She was beloved and es- 
teemed by a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances, who decj)ly sym])athize 
with her worthy and respected husband 
and children in their bereavement. 

Platt, Jeremiah, Northeast, Pa., May 
29, se. 69, was one of the most worthy 
citizens. 

Platt, Jonathan, Owego, N. Y., Jan. 
16, x. 73. " Thus another of the pa- 
triarchs of our village has jjassed away> 
after a protracted life of usefulness and 
of honor. The demise of such a man 
deserves more than a transient notice ; 
and yet our tribute must be a brief one. 
It shall be sincere, as it is well intended, 
from one who knew him long and well. 
Mr. P., an elder son, was born in the 
town of Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y., 
in October, 1783, just at the close of our 
hazardous but succcs.sful struggle for in- 
dopoiulence. Tlie place of his birth was 
at and near some of the localities famous 
for the most exciting scenes of that ro- 
mantic history j and his father, together 



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PLUME 



279 



with the Formans, the Hyatts, the Sack- 
etts, Hunts, Wrights, and several others 
of his neighbors who came to Tioga Co. 
about the same period, and settled to- 
gether, were witnesses and participators 
in many of those scenes. He inherited 
many qualities which might be suj)posed 
to come from such a parentage, sur- 
rounded by such chcumstances — activi- 
ty both of body and mind, perseverance, 
fortitude, and a will not to be diverted 
from a course of conduct which his heart 
and his judgment approved, by slight 
obstacles. He came to Tioga Co. with 
his father, wlio settled in the town of 
Nichols about 1792, when nine years old. 
At or near the age of 22, in 1805 or 
1806, he came to Owego, and was en- 
gaged as a clerk in the store of Gen. 
John Lanning. He was for a time en- 
gaged in a similar capacity by Judge 
Gere, of Ithaca. Subsequently, on his 
return to Owego, he was engaged in 
business as a merchant for many years ; 
first as a partner with Gen. Goodrich, 
next with G. Hewitt, and then with Da- 
vid Turner, all connected by marriage ; 
also with James Ely, and finally alone. 
He was also for several years president 
of the Bank of Owego. For half a cen- 
tury the name of Jonathan Piatt has 
been as familiar to the citizens of Tioga 
Co. as that of Owego. He has been 
known during that long period as one of 
its most active and enterprising citizens. 
His exertions and industry as a business 
man had long ago secured him a com- 
petency and placed him in a situation to 
do good. He was a public-spirited man, 
and was cheerful and liberal in his con- 
tributions to any and every olyect which 
was calculated to improve the place or 
promote the substantial interests of its 
inhabitants. The common school and 
academy found in him a zealous friend ; 
whilst the different religious societies of 
the \'illiige and neighborhood can testify 
to his willingness to aid in building them 
up and sustaining them. It may be 
truly said of him, he was a good citizen, 
a good neighbor, a good husljand, a kind 
and indulgent parent, and a worthy, 
honest man. He descends to the tomb 
honored, respected, and esteemed by 
those who knew him whilst living." s. 

Pleasant, Rev. Nicholas, Columbia, 
Pa., Feb. 1, te. 66. 

Plumbe, John, Dubuque, Iowa, about 
the beginning of July, se. — . He was 



about the first to introduce the daguer- 
rian art in this country, and most of the 
citizens of New York will recollect his 
unpretending little ollice first oi)ened on 
the corner of Division Stri'ot and the 
Bowery, the window of wliicii was inimt'- 
diately beneath the large clock which 
then ornamented that locality. His ef- 
forts were then crude and' imjierfcct, 
indeed, as compared with the finished 
specimens of the art at the present day. 
For some object, with the reasons of 
which we are unacquainted, it was neces- 
sary then to look at the rcfiectcd rajs of 
the sun, the brilliancy of which gave a 
decided frowii or scowl to the features 
of the person portrayed. The portraits 
were also comparatively indistinct, and 
required twisting in a variety of ways 
to get a fair view of the lineaments tlis- 
played. After a while Mr. P. removed 
to the corner of Broadway and Murray 
Street, over what was then Tenney's jew- 
elry store, where he established or suc- 
ceeded to one of the finest daguerro- 
type establishments in this country. For 
that day it was, indeed, truly magnificent. 
The establishment of that day has been 
eclipsed, however, by the almost regal 
beauty and luxury of the leading daguer- 
rian galleries of the present day. But 
much of the credit of originating these 
splendid repertoires of recreation and 
amusement — for it aflbrds both, to visit 
them and while away hours in gazing at 
the most celebrated men of this and 
other countries — is due to our deceased 
enterprising townsman. Besides a lead- 
ing daguerrotyjjist, ]\Ir. P. was a gen- 
tleman, an able writer, and a man uni- 
versally respected wherever known. We 
give him the credit of being the first 
man who publicly advocated the feasi- 
bility and need of a railroad route to the 
Pacific. We heard the project discussed 
by him long before it was relerrcd to in 
our columns. Mr. P. was an ambitious 
man. He occupied a leading jjosition in 
the city of New York, and doubtless ac- 
cumulated a comfortable indcj)endence. 
After leaving business, the loss of his 
means made him restless, and unfitted 
him for a new commencement in life. It 
is frequently thus. It is not every man 
who can recujjerate his fallen fortunes, 
for it is a difficult lot to be satisfied with 
small beginnings after one has once re- 
tired u])on a competence. 

Plume, George W., San Francisco, 



280 



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[1857.] 



POOL 



Cal., March 2, .t. — , son of the late Col. 
John J. Plume, of Newark, N. J. 

Plummer, Ebenezer, Newburvport, 
Mass., July 2, .t. 80. 

Pointer, Jonathan, Eden townshij), 
Wyandot Co., ()., A]n-il 12, a>. 72, a col- 
ored man, and an old resident with the 
Wyandot Indians. He was taken pris- 
oner, when six years old, by the Wyan- 
dots, at or near Kanawha, Va. ; was 
raised by the Wyandots, and well treated 
by them. He became one of the best 
interpreters in the nation ; was a useful 
man at the time of the last war with 
Great Hritain ; was a secret spy for Gen- 
erals Harrison, Cass, and McArthur; was 
given U]) at Detroit by Hull, at the time 
of Hulls surrender. On that occasion 
he knew it was a question of life or death 
with him, having been a spy, and set 
many cunning trajjs to deceive the Wy- 
andot Indians of Canada in their efforts 
to get the scalps of Americans during 
the war. Consecpiently, William Walker, 
^father of Hon. William Walker, now of 
Kansas,) William Dawden of Pickaway 
Co., O., and Jonathan devised ways to 
make their escape, after they had been 
given up by Hull. The next night, as 
soon as they could make their arrange- 
ments, they started. Dawden, going out 
to the wagon yard, procured four of the 
best horses he could select. Under 
cover of the darkness they succeeded in 
getting out of reach of the small arms 
and cannon. They soon separated, think- 
ing it would be a safer plan for each one 
to look out for himself, which proved to 
be the best arrangement ; and in a few 
days Dawden readied a small settlement 
where Mansfield now is, and Walker and 
Jonathan arrived at Lower Sandusky 
within 48 hours of each other. Jona- 
than reniiineil from that time with the 
Wyandots, and was a great favorite, par- 
ticularly with what was called the War- 
pole ])arty. He was for a long time 
interpreter for tlie old ))ioneer, Ilev. 
James H. Findlay ; was interpreter for 
James B. Gardiner in 1831, when the 
treaty was made at McCutclicnville for 
what was called the Big Spring lleservc, 
in Seneca Co., amounting to 1(),000 
acres. When the Wyandots sold out 
and removed to Kansas, he refused to 
go with them, as he feared they might 
make a slave of him, or give him back to 
Rome (as he called them) of his " young 
masters in Virginia." He was confined 



to his bed but a few weeks, and was Avell 
cared for by his white neighbors in the 
neighborhood of Bellvernon. He said 
he had only one request to make, which he 
hoped would be cari'ied out — that was 
that his body be laid by the side of Rev. 
John Stewart, a colored man, and the 
first missionary preacher Avho gave reli- 
gious instruction to the Wyandots with 
any degree of success. He always seemed 
to have the most implicit confidence in 
Ilev. Messrs. Findlay and Stewart. 

POLVTS, Mr. Jacob G., New Orleans, 
La., April 27, a;. 52. He was born in 
Staunton, Va., Oct. 3, 1805. In youth 
he emigrated from Virginia to Cour'tland, 
Ala., where he passed a large portion of 
his life. Of quiet and unobtrusive man- 
ners, of courteous and gentlemanly de- 
portment, discharging all the amenities 
of life in his intercourse with his fellow- 
man, he died without an enemy. 

Poland, Dr. Joseph, South Reading, 
Mass., April 8, as. 48. 

PoLiiEMUS, Rev. Dr., Newburg, N. Y., 
Oct. 28, se. — , pastor of the North Re- 
formed Dutch Church. 

Polk, Hon. Charles, Milford Hundred, 
Del., Oct. — , se. 70, ex-governor of that 
state. 

Polk, Rev. David, A. M., Brookville, 
Pa., April 18, a". 44. 

Pollard, "Sirs. Olive, Manchester, 
N. H.,_ Feb. — , a;. 97. She drew a 
revolutionary pension, and was probably 
the oldest person in Manchester. 

Pollock, Capt. James, Waterford, 
Le Boeuf township, Erie Co., Pa., May 
24, (£. 87. 

PoMEROY, Henry Bigclow, DeWitt, 
N. Y., a;. 14, son of Rev. Thaddeus 
Pomeroy, formerly of Gorham, Me. 

Pond, Major Cutter, Franklin, Mass., 
April 3, a^. 83. 

Pond, Caleb, Hartford, Conn., Dec. 
21, Si. 85. 

Pond, Mrs. Merriam, Hampton, Vt., 
A])ril 9, a^. 50, wife of Dr. Daniel Pond. 

Pool, Asa, Hanover, Mass., April 3, 
86. 93, formerly of Abington. 

Pool, Mrs. Sarah, Rockport, Mass., 
Oct. 25, iB. 87 years 6 months. 

Pool, Mrs. Sarah Rebecca, Waukesha, 
Wis., Sept. 27, a-. 34, wife of A. J. Pool, 
Esq., of Unlontown, Ala. Mrs. P. was 
a native of Ludlow, Vt., and was edu- 
cated at Mount Holyoke Seminary, Mass. 
On leaving that institution in 1842, she 
went to Alabama, and became a teacher 



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281 



in the Marion Female Seminary, in that 
state, an institution at that time under 
the supervision of the late Rev. S. R. 
Wright, of Matagorda, Texas. Mrs. P. 
was a lady of sujjerior accomplishments, 
and leaves a large cu-cle of relatives and 
friends to mourn her departure. She 
died in the devout faith of a true Chris- 
tian, welcoming the approach of death 
with perfect calmness and serenity, and 
reposing to the last with a cheerful, stead- 
fest faith upon the bosom of her Saviour. 

Poor, Mrs. Anna S., Georgetown, 
Mass., Oct. 30, se. 80, formerly of Pem- 
broke, N. H. 

Pope, Mrs. Harriet L., Rome, N. Y., 
March 17, x. 29, wife of Willard S. Pope, 
of Chicago, and daughter of the late 
Emery Bissell, M. D., of Norwalk, Conn. 

Porter, Bruce, Covington, Ky., Dec. 
— , 86. — , a distinguished member of the 
bar of that city, and a very estimable 
gentleman. 

Porter, Mrs. Esther, Brooklyn, N.Y., 
April 9, a?. 19, wife of J. Q. Porter, 
Unionville, Conn., and daughter of Hon. 
Samuel Hulbert, of Lee, Mass. 

Porter, Capt. John, Sterling, Mass., 
April 4, se. 88. 

JOHN PORTER, ESQ., 

Derry, N. H., Dec. 4, se. 81. His char- 
acter is so fully and agreeably sketched 
by the court and gentlemen of the Rock- 
ingham bar that we find great pleasure 
in copying their proceedings as an obit- 
uary notice. At the opening of the 
Su])reme Judicial Court in Exeter, His 
Honor Judge Bell upon the bench, W. 
H. Y. Hackett, Esq., of Portsmouth, 
announced his death as follows : — 

" May it please your honor : In the 
rapid flight of time, we have reached the 
period for the convening of this court. 
The preliminaries have been gone through 
with, and the business of the term has 
been commenced. Yet we miss the ven- 
erable form and the measured step of 
the president of this bar. Who among 
you can recollect a time or term when 
he did not associate our distinguished 
brother and his presence with the Rock- 
ingham courts P 

" Mr. John Porter, with one exception 
the oldest counsellor of the bar, died 
suddenly at his residence in Derry, on 
the 4th of December last. During the 
day, and up to within a few minutes of 
24 * 



his death, he was engaged in his usual 
professional avocations, thus licautU'wIly 
ending a long and well-spent life, with- 
out decay of mind or jjuin of body, and 
fulfilling his well-known and frequViitly- 
expressed wish, not to outlive his use- 
fulness. 

" Mr. P. was born in Bridgcwater, 
Mass., on the 26th of February, 1776, a 
few months before the promulgation of 
the declaration of inde])endence. Soon 
after, his father removed to Lebanon, in 
this state. He graduated at Dartmouth 
College in 1803, and studied his ^jrofes- 
sion with the late Aaron Hutchinson, 
and more than a half century ago settled 
in Derry, where he continued to reside, 
uninterruptedly engaged, with marked 
ability and success, in the practice of the 
law, until his death. He soon accpiired, 
and ever afterwards held, a high rank at 
the bar, and at a time when it contained 
lawyers who would have conferred dis- 
tinction upon any bar in this or any other 
country. His fidelity, patience, and in- 
dustry, his learning and high-bred cour- 
tesy, his effective preparations for the 
duties of court, and his quiet waiting on 
its routine, are known to all wlio are 
acquainted with the administration of 
justice in this county. 

" Not only was he for many years 
among the first at the bar in this county 
and this state, but for many sessions he 
was among the fu'st and soundest of our 
legislators. The town in which he re- 
sided often conferred honor u])on itself 
and upon the state by electing him to 
the House of Representatives. A quar- 
ter of a century ago the state secured 
his services, in conjunction with those of 
other distinguished jurists, in the revision 
of our statutes. It would be difficult to 
name one who, during the last lialf cen- 
tury, had so frequently occupied a seat 
in the popular branch of our state gov- 
ernment, or who had exerted a greater 
or better influence in giving shape to our 
statutes and character to our general 
legislation. 

" Neither at the bar nor the legislature 
did he seek o])portunities for mere dis- 
play, but in both ])ositions he was always 
foulid equal to what the occasion de- 
manded. 

"The last time I heard him address 
the court, he delivered in this room his 
beautiful and appropriate speech upon 
the life and character of om- late brother 



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PORTER 



Tilton. The bar had delayed offering to 
tlie court the resolutions which they had 
adopted, with a viev/ to Mr. P.'s partici- 
pating in the jjroceedhigs on the occasion. 
When he arrived in town he readily 
undertook the part assigned to him ; 
and some who hear me will recollect 
how admirably he performed it. 

"With what fearful rapidity such occa- 
sions as these are succeeding each other ! 
Where now are the men who gave char- 
acter to the Rockingham bar when your 
honor and myself were admitted to it — 
Mason, Smith, Sullivan, Bartlctt, Wood- 
bury, Cutts, Haven, French, Butler, 
Plu'mmer, Cushman, Tilton, Thom ? All 

fone ; and now Porter, after a long and 
oaored life, is added to the list. 
" It is fitting that such occasions as 
this should be marked at least by a 
momentary cessation of those contests 
incident to the profession in which we 
are spending our lives ; that we should 
call to mind our brethren who have gone 
before us ; and, If their eminence is be- 
yond our i-each, that we should resolve 
the more sedulously to imitate their vir- 
tues, and endeavor to realize the rapidity 
with wliich we are hurrying after them." 
Judge Stickney then addressed the 
court as follows : — 

" May it please your honor : The bar 
in the county of Rockingham has been 
called within a few years to part with 
many of its valued members. Mr. P., 
who for a long time occupied a promi- 
nent position among us, and whose death 
has just been announced to the court, is 
now added to this number ; and we are 
called upon to pay a tribute of respect 
to his memory. 

" Few men have left behind them a 
more enviable reputation than Mr. P. 
In all the stations of life which he was 
called to fill, — and they were numerous, 
— he fully mot the ])uhlic expectation, and 
performed his duties with marked ability 
and success. His attainments in the 
profession to wliich he devoted himself 
were of a high order. As a sound law- 
yer and safe counsellor, he was among 
the first of the profession ; and for in- 
tegrity of character and honesty of pur- 
jiose lie had no superior. I remember 
liim well thirty years ago, wlien I first 
became a member of the bar in this 
county. He was then in the full and 
successful practice of his profession. I 
remember also his associates and com- 



petitors at that time — Mason, Sullivan, 
Bartlett, and others eminent in the pro- 
fession ; and it is no small praise to him 
to say that among such men he main- 
tained a high reputation as a lawyer, 
and his counsel and services were much 
sought after and relied upon. 

" I have been engaged with him and 
against him in the trial of cases ; and 
any one thus situated could not fail to 
observe and acknowledge his superior 
ability and carefulness in the pre])aration 
and management of his cases. He was 
distinguished for the accuracy and sound- 
ness of his judgment, and for his ex- 
tensive knowledge of the law and its 
practice. As a sj^ecial pleader, he stood 
in the front rank of the profession at 
a time when special pleading was more 
regarded in jjractice than at the pres- 
ent day. His manner in court was pe- 
culiarly unassuming ; nothing was ever 
said by him for the mere jJurpose of dls- 
plav ; but he stated his positions dis- 
tinctly, in language clear and concise, 
and he seldom h.id occasion to restate 
them. In his manners and deportment 
he was uniformly gentlemanly, kind, and 
courteous to all; nothing assuming, over- 
bearing, or offensive ever came from him. 
He was particularly kind to the younger 
members of the bar, and was ever ready 
and happy to advise and aid them, when 
requested, in matters of practice. I 
often had occasion to avail myself of his 
superior knowledge and experience in 
the early years of my practice ; and no 
man ever rendered such aid more will- 
ingly or more cheerfully. 

" His social qualities were of a high 
order. As a man and a friend, he was 
kind and obliging ; in his domestic rela- 
tions he was singularly hajipy ; as a 
husband and flither, he was kind and 
affectionate, and was greatly beloved . in 
return. But the most prominent trait 
in his character, and the one which gave 
value to all the rest, was his sterling 
integrity, his honesty and uprightness in 
all his transactions, and in all the rela- 
tions of life. No man stood higlier in 
these respects, or enjoyed in a greater 
degree the confidence and res2)ect of the 
community where he lived. 

" His earthly course is now ended. 
He has jiasscd through a long life unsul- 
lied, and has gone to anotlier world, 
where, I trust, he received the welcome 
of the good and faitliful servant." 



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Judge Bell said, — 

" The court participate in the sorrow 
expressed by his professional brethren 
for the great loss sustained by the })ro- 
fession, the courts, and the community, 
by the lamented death of INIr. Porter. 
We are ready to unite with them in 
bearing testimony to the sound judg- 
ment, the eminent learning, the pure 
and upright character, the amiable dis- 
position, and tlie honorable bearing, 
which for so long a jieriod rendered him 
the ol)ject of the high respect of the 
courts, and of the esteem and kind re- 
gard of his associates at the bar. 

" It was my fortune to become well 
acquainted with him at the outset of my 
professional studies in 1817. I was for 
a period of ten jears in practice in his 
immediate neighborhood, was associated 
with him in various trusts, and served 
with him on the committee for the re- 
vision of the statutes in 1827-8; and I 
had an opportunity to know and value 
his extensive and accurate learning, his 
good judgment, his great care and ha- 
bitual caution in the transaction of all 
business which fell under his charge, and 
the honest and conscientious principles 
by which his whole conduct was regu- 
lated. 

" The statutes draughted by him, which 
remain the l^asis of existing laws, bear 
witness to his thorough knowledge and 
unusual accuracy. 

" The court deem it eminently fit that 
the brethren should desire to jilace on 
record some permanent memorial of their 
esteem and respect for one so deserving ; 
and we feel a melancholy pleasure in 
complying with the wishes of the bar, by 
ordering the resolutions now presented 
to be entered on the records of the court." 

Pott, Mrs. M. Eliza, at the Chlncha 
Islands, June 14, pe. — , wife of Dr. S. U 
Pott, formerly of Muncy, Pa. 

Potter, J. C, Marquette Co., Wis., 
Jan. — , 86. — . He was a native of In- 
diana, and had held several of the lead- 
ing offices of trust in ]Marquette Co. No 
man in the county was so universally 
beloved, or had so many friends, as he 
had. He was whole souled and gener- 
ous to a fault ; and that he was an effi- 
cient and faithful officer, his repeated 
reelectioiis abundantly testify. 

Potter, Charles, Providence, R. I., 
Mai-ch 27, vc. 75. Mr. P. possessed a 



large amount of jirojierty in real estate 
in Providence and elsewhere. His dis- 
ease was dropsy. He has no heir of 
age; and a large amount of i)ro])irtv, 
which was to liuve been sold, is lell in 
the haiuls of trustees. He was a thor- 
ough-going business man in his day, and 
his great wealth was accumulated by 
industry, perseverance, and integrity. 

JUDGE HENRY POTTER, 

Fayetteville, N. C, Dec. — , a>. 93. 
Judge P. was born in Mecklenburg, Va., 
in 1765, was ap])ointed district judge 
by Mr. Jefierson in ISOl, and was long 
associated in the discharge of his du- 
ties with Chief Justice Marshall. He 
was a contemporary of Caswell, Davis, 
Alexander, -Daffy, Taylor, Hill, and oth- 
ers, distinguished in their day in North 
Carolina, and was the last survivor of 
those who signed the original constitu- 
tion of the Grand Lodge of Masons in 
that state in 1787. Judge P. was in 
Philadelphia, and was present and heard 
Gen. Washington deliver his first mes- 
sage to the Congress that convened after 
his election to the presidency. He was 
also familiar with the presence of Ham- 
ilton, Madison, Adams, Jefferson, Lee, 
Wayne, Carroll, Pinckney, Randolph, 
King, and others. 

Potter, Rev. Otis W., Providence, 
R. L, — , sp. 50. 

Powers, Deacon Daniel E., Boston, 
Mass., Dec. 27, a?. 81. 

Powers, Samuel, Newbury, Vt., Jan. 
21, as. 91. He was a native of Newbi*. 
ry, and a resident of the town all his 
life. He was born less than four years 
after the first white man made his resi- 
dence here. He was son of Rev. Peter 
Powers, the first minister of Newbury, 
whose parish included Haverhill, N. H. 
At the time of the birth of Mr. P. Con- 
cord and Charlestown, N. H., were^ the 
nearest neighboring settlements to New- 
bury and Haverhill. 

PoYTRESS, Mrs. Frances, Yalobusha 
Co., Miss., Nov. 7, a^. 78. Her maiden 
name was Ladd. She was united in 
marriage to Lyttlebury Poytress, Aug. 
6, 1811. Witli him she resided several 
years in Granville Co., N. C. They then 
removed to ^Mississippi in 1836, lived 
two years in Tallahatchie Co., from 
whence they moved to Yalobusha, near 



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GrcMiada, and lived at their present 
lioniostead about 19 years. Her vener- 
able husband preceded her to the grave 
only a few months. Both lived to ripe 
old a<;e. She professed religion in early 
life, joined the Methodist church, and 
was truly an exemplary Chiistian for 
more than half a century. 

Pratt, Jabez, Boston, Mass., Aug. 
5, a". 53. Mr. P. came to Boston in his 
younger days, comparatively poor and 
friendless, having, however, those ster- 
ling qualities, energy and industry, by 
which he obtained honorable preemi- 
nence, holding for a number of years 
the office of deputy sheriff and constable. 
For a long period he was the chief cor- 
oner of the city, and many tragic cases 
of death, in various forms, have been 
investigated under his supervision. The 
inquest which he held upon the body of 
Dr. Parkman, from the circumstances 
attending the murder, gave his name a 
Avide notoriety. He M'as also a military 
man, having been at one time com- 
mander of the Soul of Soldiery, and at a 
later day of the Veterans. At the North 
End, of wliich he was always a resident, 
there are few who did not know him. 

Pratt, Mrs. Sarah, Millfield, Athens 
Co., O., Xov. — , a>. 81. She came with 
her father from Connecticut, when 13 
years old, to the wilderness of Ohio. A 
litUe band of adventurers had travelled 
in wagons over very rough roads lead- 
ing through Pennsylvania, over the Al- 
leghanies, to the Ohio River, at Wheel- 
ing; thence they descended the river 
until they reached the mouth of the 
Muskingum. But they were not per- 
mitted to settle in peace. The Indian 
hostilities, which were so perilous to the 
first settlers of Ohio territory, soon af- 
ter the arrival of the company of emi- 
grants, were so fearful that for years it 
was difficult to obtain the necessaries 
of life. A rude fort protected them from 
the savage by night, while, during the 
season for cultivating corn, they went 
forth to the fields covered by an armed 
band. Such were some of the perils of 
the youthful life of one Mho has lived to 
see that wilderness turned into a vast 
region of surpassing excellence — cities, 
towns, and a po])ulation of over 2,()( )(),()()() 
of the most enter])nsing class of citi- 
zens, all ])ointing significantly to the 
church and school house, where the Bi- 
ble illumines and moulds the mind. 



Pratten, Henrv, 



, , 86. 

, a gentleman who had attained a 
high degree of eminence in the sciences 
of geology and ornithology, under cir- 
cumstances that make his life remarka- 
ble and exceedingly interesting. He 
was, at the time of his death, engaged 
in making a geological report of the 
State of Illinois, in connection with Dr. 
Norwood. The Advocate informs us 
that Mr. P. resided in Mount Vernon 
many years, supporting himself by 
shoemaking, and pursuing his scientific 
studies, during his leisure hours, with 
a zeal and ability that have since secured 
him a pi'ominent place among men of 
science. His first favorite study was 
ornithology, and whUe pursuing it in 
his humble and recluse life, he obtained 
by his own hands a large collection of 
rare birds, some of which have never 
been classified. He was subsequently 
attracted by geology, to which he gave 
the whole attention of his ardent mind. 
Some years ago he Avent to California, 
over the plains, and on the route made 
many interesting geological and botan- 
ical discoveries. On his return he was 
associated as an assistant with Dr. Owen, 
with whom he improved his practical 
knowledge of geology. Of late he has 
been connected with Dr. Norwood in a 
geological survey of the State of Illinois, 
and engaged in making the report of 
this survey — which is said to be the 
most complete and able of any portion 
of the territory, yet examined by geolo- 
gists, in the country — when his eartlily 
pursuits were arrested. He died in the 
maturity of manhood, with only a prom- 
ise of the fame which his future hie, if 
spared, would have secured to him. 
We have, in this age, so few men mIio 
pursue philosophy or science from a 
genuine love of their secret and beauti- 
ful truths, that an ardent, disinterested 
student is now a more remarkable char- 
acter than such were ages ago. 

Pray, Mrs. Sarah E., Dover, N. H., 
May 15, se. 29, wife of T. J. W. Pray, 
M. D., and only daughter of John H. 
Wheeler, Esq. Seldom does the ruth- 
less destroyer lay his hand upon one 
more lovely, and possessing more of 
the spirit of her Master, than did the 
deceased. Naturally mild and amiable, 
she diffused all around her those gentle 
graces which so nobly adorn the female 
character. Strictly conscientious in the 



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discharge of her duty, prompt in obedi- 
ence to the demands of Christianity, 
she died beloved, leaving behind her a 
bright example of that religion which 
she professed. The sweetness of her 
character derived its greatest excellence 
from her consistent Clii'istian life. 

HON. WILLIAM PITT PREBLE, 

Portland, Me., Oct. 11, ». 77. Judge P. 
was educated at Harvard College, and 
graduated in 180G, in the class with Ur. 
Coggswell, of the Astor Library, Alex- 
ander H. Everett, and other distin- 
guished men. Previous to the war of 
1812 he was appointed district attorney 
of the United States, and became a lead- 
er of the democratic party. He subse- 
quently represented Portland in the 
constitutional convention which framed 
the state constitution of Maine, and was 
one of the most influential members of 
that body. On the inauguration of the 
new state government he was appointed 
a judge of the Supreme Court, where 
he acquitted himself with the same 
marked ability which he had manifested 
in all other situations. Later, he was 
appointed minister to the Netherlands, 
and has since served his fellow-citizens 
in many public stations. He was the 
first president of the Atlantic and St. 
Lawrence Railroad, and was reelected 
several successive years, and until the 
accomplishment of that great work was 
made certain. 

Pendergrast, Col. Wm., Chautauque, 
N. Y., Nov. 11, ff. 78. He was one of 
the earliest settlers of the county, hav- 
ing emigrated to the place on which he 
died, in 1S06. He was one of the best 
of men, and will long be remembered 
for his virtues. 

Prentice, Benjamin, Marlborough, 
March 20, se. nearly 97, a negro, and 
once a slave in Connecticut. He was 
born in New London, Conn., Feb. 4, 
1760. In 1792 he ran away, and got 
as far as Shrewsbury, Mass., where he 
was caught and taken back to Connect- 
icut, and sold for $300. He soon after 
made a second attempt for his liberty, 
and succeeded. He went to Stow, Mass., 
where he lived a few years, and then 
came to ^larlborough, where he has re- 
sided for nearly 60 years. He married 
Candace Hapgood, April 23, 1800. She 



dying after a short time, he married a 
second wife, whom he survived about 30 
years. He had no cliildrcn, l)ut spent 
his last days with the chilch-eii of liis 
second wife. At the time of liis death, 
he was the oldest man in town, being 
97 years, 1 mo., 16 ds. old. 'I'liough 
uneducated, he was intelligent and re- 
spected, and for many years exercised 
the right of suflrage, the question of 
his citizenship having never been raised. 

DAVm PRENTICE, LL. D., 

Geneva, N. Y., Aug. 14, <t. 70. He 
was born in Woodbury, Litclifield Co., 
Conn., Sept. 7, 1787. He was i)re])ared 
for college under the instruction of Rev. 
Azel Backus, D. D., of Bethlehem, Conn., 
and graduated at Yale, in 1812. He 
studied law at Oxford, Chenango Co., 
N. Y., with Henry Vanderlyn, Esq., and 
was admitted to the practice in 1816. 
He was, however, better adapted, by his 
whole character and tastes, to academic 
life than to the practice of his ])rofes- 
sion and the strifes of the bar, and in 
1820 took charge of the academy at 
Oxford. After discharging its duties 
Avith great fidelity for four years, he was 
elected principal of the Utica Academy, 
and entered upon his duties in this new 
sphere early in 1825. Here he remained 
12 years, discharging his laborious du- 
ties with unwearied assiduity, and lay- 
ing the foundations for the future suc- 
cess of many of his pupils in that thor- 
ough drilling in the elements of learning 
and scholarship, which, in the hurry of 
a new country, and the natural impa- 
tience of processes which do not prom- 
ise speedy results, is so apt to be neg- 
lected or thrust aside. He was content 
with nothing imperfect in his omu schol- 
arship, and nothing imperfect from his 
pupils. In the autumn of 1836 he was 
elected to the professorship of the Greek 
I and Latin languages and literature in 
i Geneva College, and in January of the 
i year following entered upon its duties. 
Here, too, he pursued the same thor- 
ough and painstaking course which he 
had followed so successfully with his 
less advanced pupils. He found, how- 
ever, that all who are admitted to col- 
lege have not received the same; careful 
preparation which he liad ])ecn accus- 
tomed to give, and he a])i)lied himself 
to remedy the defect, sparing no pains, 



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and shrinking from no labor, to repair 
the deficiencies of the early training of 
those who came under his instruction. 
He sometimes chose to take the younger 
classes in preference to the more ad- 
vanced, that he might the more certainly 
secure that accuracy of grammatical 
knowledge and analysis which lies at 
the foundation of all success in classical 
studies. He was uncommonly learned 
in the grammatical minutia; of the Greek 
and Roman languages, and had a sin- 
gular love of grammatical analysis, man- 
ifesting the same high enjoyment of the 
clear working out of the sense of a diffi- 
cult passage by its application which 
mathematical men show in a neat dem- 
onstration. He remained in his pro- 
fessorship till the summer of 1847, when 
the oolk'ge having suddenly and unex- 
pectedly lost much the greater part of 
its reliable income, he resigned, and 
returned to Uve among his old friends 
in Utica, where he opened a private 
classical school. This enterprise he 
conducted successfully for about five 
years, when, his health failing, he again 
removed, by the advice of his physicians, 
to Geneva, the climate of which was 
more favorable to him, and where he 
could have the assiduous and skilful 
attentions of a son-in-law engaged in 
the practice of medicine. Here he 
opened a classical school, which, with 
the help of an assistant, he conducted 
till within two years of his death. In 
his laborious life, though he had ac- 
cumulated much of the M-ealth of learn- 
ing, and imparted it M'ith ungrudging 
liberahty, he had gathered little in the 
way of material wealth ; and now, en- 
feebled by age, as well as disease, he 
was still obliged to toil. He was not, 
however, forgotten by those whom he 
had benefited in former years. Five 
of his old pupils, one of them an ex- 
governor of the State of New York, 
sent him, through Bishop Delancey, a 
Christmas present of $100 each ; and 
this they continued to do with every 
return of this holy season to the end of 
his life. It Avas a beautiful acknowl- 
edgment of services of a kind too often 
unapi)reciatcd and overlooked, and 
ecpialiy honorable to the givers and to 
tlie receiver. This kind rememl)rance 
and grateful testimony to the value of 
his labors deeply touched and greatly 
cheered him, and it enabled liim, as his 



infirmities increased, to close his school 
without anxiety in reference to his daily 
bread. 

Dr. Prentice's work was almost ex- 
clusively given to teaching. He wrote 
little. It is understood that he at one 
time conceived the plan of editing an 
edition of one of his favorite authors, 
Tacitus, but those who knew him will 
not be surprised, that such a plan, if 
undertaken, should never have been 
executed. His care was too great, and 
his solicitude to attain the utmost ex- 
actness too sensitive, to have allowed 
him ever to regard his work as com- 
pleted. Although devoted to classical 
studies, he was not totus in iJlls. His 
instruction in other departments was 
exact and full, and he was a most ap- 
preciative reader of the best English 
authors. His judgment of them, how- 
ever, was modified by his classical tastes, 
and he delighted princi])ally in those 
whose minds had been formed by the 
study of the great writers of antiquity. 
His last illness, though attended with 
much and often severe suffering, left his 
intellect clear, and he had not only 
many of his old favorite authors read 
to him, but was able to follow the dis- 
cussions of some of the great topics of 
the present day. Among the books 
which he desired to have read to him, 
in the last few months of his life, was 
Berkeley's " Minute Philosopher," and 
among the more recent books, which he 
had by him was ProfeSsor Lewis's " Bi- 
ble and Science." He was a Christian 
man, thoroughly informed, and strong- 
hearted. He waited patiently for his 
change, vividly enjojing the conversa- 
tion of his friends, and what of life was 
left to him, and, knoM'ing in whom he 
had believed, serenely confident of the 
future. Though he well knew' that 
death was not far off', he did not sup- 
pose himself so near his end as he was, 
and when it came, his face, as he be- 
came awai-e of it, seemed radiant, as his 
friends remarked, with a glad surprise. 
Thus ended his life, long, laborious, and 
useful. 

HON. SAMUEL PRENTICE, LL. D., 

Montpelier, Vt,, Jan. 1/5, a>. 74. He was 
born in Stonington, Conn., ]\Iarch 31, 
1782, removed with his father. Dr. Sam- 
uel Prentice, to Worcester, Mass, and 



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subsequently to Northfield, where he 
commenced the study of law. He com- 
pleted his studies in Brattleboro', Vt., 
and commenced practice in Montpelier 
in 1803, Avhere he soon attained success, 
acquired the re])utation of a learned, 
eloquent, and upright lawyer, and became 
one of the foremost men of the Vermont 
bar. In 1824-o he represented Mont- 
pelier in the state legislature. In 1829 
he was elected chief justice of the Su- 
preme Court of the state, ha^^ng several 
years before declined the office of asso- 
ciate justice of that court. He was sen- 
ator in Congress from 1831 to 1842. 
While in Congress he did much to eflect 
the passage of the law against duelling 
in the District of Columbia. Li 1842 he 
was appointed judge of the federal Dis- 
trict Court, which office he held at the 
time of his death. His private life was 
of great purity and worth. He was the 
father of ten sons, all but one of whom 
survive their father, and are in the nrac- 
tice of his profession. 

Prescott, Mrs. Jane M., Roxbury, 
Mass., April 28, a?. — , widow of the 
late Dr. Henry Prescott, of Phipsburg, 
Me., and daughter of the late Samuel 
Porter, of Portland. 

Prescott, John, Bristol, N. H., May 
20, a?. 92 years, 5 months, and 3 days. 
He was born Dec. 17, 1764, married 
Deborah Hill, daughter of Benjamin 
Hill and Betsey Dudley, of Northwood, 
June 11, 1792, by Mhom he had 14 
children, but four of whom survive him, 
to wit : Mrs. Abraham Drake, of New 
Hampton, Mrs. Newell Sanborn, of Con- 
cord, N. H., and two sons who have 
gone west. His health was remarkable 
for its uniformity during life. He voted 
for Washington as first president of the 
United States, and has voted at every 
presidential election since, making 18 in 
all. He was of the sixth generation 
from James Prescott, who was born in 
England about 1645, came to this coun- 
try while a young man, settled in Hamp- 
ton, N. H., where he married Mary, 
daughter of Nathl. and Grace Boulter, 
about 1668. She was born 1648. Their 
second son, James Prescott, 2d, was born 
1671, married Maria Marston 1695. 
Their second son, Samuel, was born 
1697, married Mary Sanborn 1717. 
Their oldest son, Jeremiah, was born 
1718, married Mary Hayes, of Epping, 



(where he settled,) 1740 ; and Owir old- 
est son, Jeremiah, was liorn 1741, mar- 
ried Jane Sherburne Jan. 1764, and 
settled in Ejjsom. lie served his coun- 
try in the revolution, in the ca])acity of 
lieutenant, captain, and colonel, and "was 
the father of the subject of this notice. 

Prescott, Samuel Jackson, Brooklinc, 
Mass., Feb. 7, a-. 84, a graduate of Har- 
vard College of the class of 1795. 

Preston, Jonathan, Amherst, Mass., 
April 11, fp. 66. 

Prestrige, Mrs. Mary Jane, Wash- 
ington, Ark., Jan. 19, a?. 25, wife of Jo- 
seph Prestrige. She Mas born in Lime- 
stone county, Ala., Nov. 23, 1832. She 
emigrated to this state with her mother, 
and was married June 4, 1850. 

Priddy, Mrs. Marv, Westford, N. Y., 
July 22, 03. 57, wife of Ilev. Jas. Priddy. 

Prince, Thomas, Salem, Mass., Nov. 
15, ffi. 73. 

Primm, N. E., Esq., Illinois, , 

86. — . Kind, affable and courteous at 
all times, he mod the esteem and respect 
of all who came in contact Avith him, and 
his death is universally lamented. Cut 
down in the prime of manhood, sur- 
rounded as he was by every thing calcu- 
lated to make life dear to himself and 
friends, the blow seems hard indeed. 
His professional career, as a lawyer, 
though short, was marked with success, 
and gave bright promise for tiie future. 
His remains were followed to the grave 
by the masonic ft-aternity, of which he 
was a worthy member, as well as by the 
members of the bar, and a large con- 
course of friends and acquaintances. 

pROAL, Rev. Pierre A., D. D., Utica, 
N. Y., Sept. 15, 33.61. Since the or- 
ganization of the diocese of Western New 
York, 20 years ago. Dr. P. had been one 
of its most prominent and efficient cler- 
gymen. At its first convention he was 
elected secretary, and was regularly there- 
after reelected unanimously, without the 
formality of a ballot. Indeed, so great 
was the respect, and so deej) the regard, 
entertained for him, that, although pre- 
cluded by physical infirmity from attend- 
ing the two" conventions preceding the 
last, he was on each occasion reelected 
by acclamation, so loath were the mem- 
bers to supersede the man who had 
served them faithfully and well. The 
intimate knowledge which Dr. P. pos- 
sessed of the multifarious afiairs of the 
diocese, acquired in the preparation of 



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the annual journal of the convention, m 
whicli is given a detailed account of the 
affairs of each parish ; liis forailiarity 
vdth the rules of order and the constitu- 
tion and canons of the church ; his apt 
business qualifications, good sense, tact, 
and admirable temper, had won the high- 
est contidence of the clergy and laity. 
A fine linguist, a graceful writer, a ready 
and effective speaker, an industrious and 
faithful pastor, and a sound, conservative 
son of the church, lie was deservedly 
regarded as one of her best and wisest 
counsellors. The intelligence of his de- 
cease was received with profound regret 
by that large body of intelligent church- 
men who knew and appreciated the ster- 
ling qualities of his head and his heart. 

Probasco, Judge John, Cincinnati, 
Sept. 18, a?. 43. He was born in Xew 
Jersey, but has been a resident of Leba- 
non since his boyhood. He studied law 
with Hon. Thomas Corwin, and was ad- 
mitted to the bar about 20 years ago, 
and has ever since been actively engaged 
in the practice. In 1849 he was elected 
to the Ohio legislature, and was after- 
wards twice chosen to the same position. 
Although a young man when in that 
body, he distinguished himself by his 
talents and industry, and ranked high as 
a legislator. In 1849 he was elected by 
the legislature judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas, which office he retained 
until the adoption of the new constitu- 
tion. He made an able and upright 
judge, and left the office with a good 
reputation as a jurist. During the last 
few years. Judge P., in partnership with 
Mr. Corwin, has been a memljer of the 
Cincinnati bar. In this new field he rose 
rapidly to eminence, and was universally 
regarded as one of the ablest lawyers in 
that city. Judge P. possessed a vigorous 
and well-cultivated mind. He was one 
of the most fluent, brilliant, and cha-ste 
speakers we have ever known. He was 
always ready to address an audience, and 
could apparently make as good a s])eech 
without as with preparation. It will be 
long before Lebanon will ])roduce a 
young man equal or sujierior in intellect- 
ual attainments to Judge P. We ex- 
ceedingly regret the loss of such a man. 
He is cut otl" in the prime of manhood, 
in the vigor of life, and in the midst of 
his useluines.s. During the last ten years 
Judge Probasco was an acceptable mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian church. 



Pkoctor, George P., Hartwick, K Y.. 
Jan. 15, a;. 21, late professor of mathe- 
matics at Cooperstown Seminary. 

Pruitt, Major James, Jersey Co., HI, 
a?. 87. Mr. P. was one of the oldest 
settlers of Jersey county. He was hale 
and hearty up to within a short period of 
his death, and scarcely knew the infirmi- 
ties of age, so lightly did they press upon 
him. He was one of the few old ran- 
gers which time had spared, and with 
him much of the unwritten history of 
that section is lost. He was a soldier in 
the war of 1812, and also in many skir- 
mishes with the Indians. But he rests 
now from his labors beneath the sod he 
fought to redeem fi-om the savage and 
the oppressor. 

PuGH, Mrs. Elizabeth, Shelby Co., 
Ky., Aug. 14, aj. 47, wife of Rev! Wm. 
Pugh. 

PuMPKREY, Silas, Sr., Marion Co., 
Ind., May 23, pe. 75. Mr. P. was long 
a resident of Fayette county, removing 
there in the year 1817, and continuing 
to reside there until a year or two since, 
when he went to reside with Mr. Berry, 
his son-in-law, in whose house he died. 
He was highly esteemed during his whole 
life by all who knew him, and leaves a 
large circle of children and friends to 
mourn his death. 

PUNCHARD, Dea. John, Salem, Mass., 
Feb. 13, w. 93 years, 10 months, and 1 
day. In 1774 he removed with his fa- 
ther to Dunstable, and subsequentlv to 
Lyndeboro', N. H. At the age of 17 he 
volunteered as a drummer in a company 
attached to Col. Nichols's N. H. regiment, 
and passed several months in the neigh- 
borhood of West Point, where he was 
an eye witness of many of the thrilling 
scenes connected with the treachery of 
Arnold, and the capture of the unfortu- 
nate Major Andre. At the age of 19 
he purchased what remained of his mi- 
nority, returned to Salem, worked for a 
time as a journeyman shoemaker, and 
then commenced business on his own 
account. With the exception of twelve 
weeks' instruction, by the late Daniel 
Hopkins, D. D., his mental culture had 
been left to his own efforts and the teach- 
ings of a most excellent and devoted 
mother. That these had not been mis- 
ajijjHed is sufficiently indicated by the 
fact that from the outset of his man- 
hood he commanded the respect of those 
who had improved the best advantages 



PURCELL 



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QUIMBY 



289 



of education, and was marked as one 
eminently qualified for public trust. For 
seven successive years he was elected to 
the office of town clerk, and several 
times as town treasurer, selectman, and 
representative to the state legislature. 
From 1807 to the year of his decease 
he held the commission of justice of the 
peace, and was a judge of the Court of 
Sessions during the whole term of its 
existence. Feb. 9, 1783, he made a 
puljlic profession of religion by uniting 
with the Tabernacle Church, and for 
nearly three quarters of a century his 
name is identified with its history. As 
early as 1799 he assisted at the forma- 
tion of the Massachusetts Missionary So- 
ciety — among the first in point of time 
of that series of philanthrojnc organiza- 
tions which are the cromiing glory of our 
age. To a sterling common sense, sound 
discriminating judgment, and an unbend- 
ing integrity, he united an amiable dispo- 
sition and a gentlemanly deportment. 
His descent from William Punchard, 
who, according to tradition, came to Sa- 
lem from the Isle of Jersey, in the Eng- 
lish Channel, is as follows, viz. : William 
Punchard, married, Oct. 26, 1669, Abi- 
gail Waters, of Salem. John Punchard, 
Salem, b. April 2, 1682; m. Nov. 6, 
1706, Martha Hooper. John Punchard, 
Salem, b. Feb. 20, 1708; d. Dec. 30, 
1767 ; mar. Oct. 22, 1730, Hannah Mars- 
ton, d. Nov. 10, 1788. James Punchard, 
Salem, b. March 14, 1737 ; mar. July 
30, 1760, Dorcas Townsend, d. June 6, 
1777. John Punchard, Esq., Salem, b. 
April 12, 1763 ; d. Feb. 13, 1857 ; mar. 



July 26, 1783, Keziah Masury, d. July 
22, 1846 ; had 1 1 children, of whom 2 
are living, viz. : Keziah Musury, bora 
March 19, 1790; llev. Geo. Punchard, 
late editor of the Boston Traveller, b. 
June 7, 1806. 

PuRCELL, Major Thomas F., , 

ae. — , a gentleman long and favorably 
known as one of the firm of A. P. La- 
dew & Co., of St. Louis. 

PuRDY, Mrs. Margaret, Spencer, 
N. Y., Nov. 9, a?. 107. She was a na- 
tive of Westchester Co., N. Y. ; was 
married in 1773. Her husband was 
killed in the revolutionary war, in the 
year 1777. She remained a widow to 
the time of her death, consequently was 
a widow upwards of 80 years. She 
was a member of the M. E. church 60 
years, and lived in the town of Spencer 
about 50 years. 

PuRRiNGToN, Francis T., Topsham, 
Me., May 20, a?. 44. He was one of 
the leading citizens of Topsham ; to 
his enterprise that village owes much of 
its prosperity. He Avas a man every 
where respected. His sudden death 
will be the occasion of much regret to 
all who knew him. 

Putnam, John Johnson, Rock Co., 
Wis., Aug. 19, ffi. 61, formerly of Brad- 
ford, Vt. 

Putnam, Willard Johnson, Amherst, 

Mass., , se. 20, of Hopkinton, 

Mass., a member of the junior class in 
Amherst CoUege. 

Putnam, Mrs. Phebe, Sutton, Mass., 
March 9. se. 85, wife of the late Aixhe- 
laus Putnam. 



Q. 



Quash, Francis Dallas, Charleston, 
S. C, Feb. 17, se. 63. He was a native 
of Charleston, and graduated at Har- 
vard College, in 1814, with high hon- 
ors. The valedictory oration, delivered 
by him in August, 1817, when he took 
his master's degree, was published. He 
23 



studied law, became a planter, and was 
for 18 years a member of the state legis- 
lature. 

QuniBY, Moses, Westbrook, Me., 
May — , 8B. 71, a graduate of Bowdoin 
College in 1806, and a counsellor at 
law. 



200 



RADEKER 



[18.37.] 



RANNEY 



E. 



Radeker, Jacob, Colchester, N. Y., 
Apr. 3, Be. 87. He was one of the origmal 
14 with whom the Presbyterian church 
in Colchester was constituted in 1825. 
He was one of its fost trustees, and 
ever an active and efficient member 
till old age and disease laid him aside, 
and always ])rompt and liberal to sup- 
port the gospel and relieve the dis- 
tressed. 

Kadford, Mrs. Susan S., Green- 
field, Botetourt Co., Va., Jan. 15, se. — , 
wife of Wm. M. Kadford. Possessed 
of an understanding of the first order, 
with acconii)lished and fascinating man- 
ners, she exercised an attractive influ- 
ence over a large circle of friends, by 
whom she was greatly respected and 
beloved. 

Kadlin, John, Anglaize Co., Ohio, 
June 22, a?. 105, a revolutionary vet- 
eran, and a native of Pennsylvania. It 
is said that he voted at every presiden- 
tial election since the formation of the 
government. 

Ralston, Archibald, Muddy Creek, 
Va., May 2, x. 74. He was one of the 
oldest and most respected citizens of 
our county. He had long been an ac- 
tive member and a ruHng elder in the 
Presbyterian church worshipping at 
New Erection. 

Ralston, Henry, Georgetown, July 
14, a?. 93. He was born in Augusta 
Co., Va., where he resided until after 
his marriage, and then emigrated to 
Bourbon Co., Ky. His character and 
disposition have ever been such as to 
command the respect and esteem of all 
who knew him. 

Ramsey, Hon. Benjamin, Franklin 
township, Pa., March 11, a?. 45. 

Rand, Rev. Thomas, Holyoke, Mass., 
May 31, a?. 81. 

Randall, Hon. Benjamin, Bath, Me., 
Oct. 14, a>. G8. He was matriculated 
at Bowdoin College in 1805, and took 
his degree at the head of his class as a 
scholar in 1809, and entered the office 
of the late Benj. Hasey, of Topsham, 
where he pursued the study of the law 
with more than ordinary diligence, and 
in 1812 was admitted a memlx'r of the 
Lincoln bar, and commenced practice 
in Bath, where, for the last 45 years, he 



has resided. Like others of his pro- 
fession he made politics a part of it. 
In 1833 he was elected, from Lincoln 
district, a member of the state Senate, 
and in 1838 a member of Congress, and 
during Gen. Taylor's administration 
was appointed collector of the port of 
Bath. He was twice married. His 
widow is daughter of the late Kilborn 
Whitmore of Pembroke, Mass. He 
was of a mild temper and well bal- 
anced mind, and through all the strong 
fields of his profession he was never 
known to show passion or discourtesy 
to his opponents. He was a man of 
great learning in his profession, and a 
fine classic scholar. In many respects 
he resembled his legal instructor, Ben- 
jamin Hasey, who was deeply leai'ned 
in the law. 

Randall, George, Pomfret, Conn., 
Aug. 28, se. 87. 

Randolph, Mrs. Mary, Plj-mouth, 
III, Nov. 19, se. 29, wife of Dr. James 
Randolph. 

Rankin, Dr, Watson "W., Salisbury, 

N. C, , a?, about 45. He was a 

member of the Presbyterian church. 
His loss is great to the society in which 
he lived ; he had a large practice, and 
enjoyed the confidence of all who 
knew liim. 

Rankin, "Wm. S., Mercer, Pa., June 
5, ae. about 71. He was an old and re- 
spectable citizen of Mercer, and during 
his life occupied several prominent and 
important positions. His death leaves 
a vacancy which will be hard to fill. 

Rannells, Mrs. Mary Eliza, La- 
clide, near St. Louis, Mo., March 19, 
a?. 38, wife of D. Watson Rannells, 
M. D. 

Ranney, Mrs. M. G., Rangoon, Bur- 
mah, April 26, is. — , wife of Mr. T. 
S. Ranney, late mission printer. Mrs. 
R. went into Burmah with her husband 
in 1844, residing first at Tavoy, and sub- 
sequently at ]\Iaulmain. She qualified 
herself, by the acquisition of the Bur- 
mese, to teach a school for the childi'en 
of the native Christians and others, in 
which religious instruction had a prom- 
inent place. She met M'ith encouraging 
success, and found much enjoyment 
in this work. The failui-e of her health 



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[1857.] 



RAYMOND 



291 



led her to revisit this country ; but the 
hope of restoration was disappointed, 
and she returned to Burmah to enjoy 
for four months the society of her hus- 
band and of missionary associates. 

Ranney, WiUiam, West Hoboken, 
Nov. 18, se. 44. Mr. R. was born at 
Middletown, Conn., in 1813. His fa- 
ther, Capt. William Ranney, command- 
ed a vessel belonging to Middletown. At 
the age of 13 young Ranney was taken 
to Fayetteville, N. C., by his uncle, Wm. 
Nott, a merchant, who was then doing 
an extensive business there. After re- 
maining some six months with his un- 
cle, he grew weary of the counting 
house, and as his mother had expressed 
a wish that he should learn a trade, he 
was apprenticed to a tinsmith, with 
whom he had been but a short time 
when he had the misfortune to lose his 
father, who perished whilst in command 
of a brig called the Utica, on the pas- 
sage from St. Croix to Boston, in 1827. 
Honorably serving out the period of 
his apprenticeship, he returned north in 
his 22d year, and applied himself to 
the study of drawing and painting in 
Brooklyn for some six months. About 
this time the Texan struggle com- 
menced, and under the influence of a 
mind not yet matured, he relinquished 
his studies, departed for New Orleans, 
em'olled his name in the company of 
Capt. Hubbell, and at once pushed on 
to do battle in the cause of the " Lone 
Star." 

It was during the Texan campaign 
that he became acquainted with many 
of the guides, trappers, and traders of 
the Rocky Mountains, who flocked to 
the standard of Houston, and to whose 
tales and stories of wild adventure 
around the camp fire he was indebted 
for the style which characterized his 
paintings ever after. To portraying the 
pictm-esque costume and wild life of 
those hardy mountaineers, he at once 
devoted his pencil, and continued origi- 
nal and almost without a competitor to 
the day of his death. His works on 
these subjects will live as faithful his- 
torical representations when that race 
of men — who are even now fast disap- 
pearing — will have passed away. His 
subjects were purely, and almost exclu- 
sively, American ; and it was his de- 
light to portray the half hunter and 
half soldier-like characters of the rev- 



olution. Several of liis works were 
engraved by the American Art Union, 
anongst which were " Boone's First View 
of Kentucky," and his masterly and 
admirable picture of " Marion and his 
Men crossing the Pedco." Another 
very spirited work, " The Trapjjcr's last 
Bullet," was also engraved, whilst his 
" Battle of Cowpens," " On the Wing," 
" Cow Bovs fighting over their Plun- 
der," "The Sleigh Ride," &c., cU., 
have been frequently and widely copied. 
Possessing a most prolific inventive gen- 
ius, he was never at a loss for subjects, 
and hence the perfect originality which 
so strongly characterized his comjjosi- 
tions. He was one of the founders of the 
New York Cricket Club in 1843, of 
which he continued a member until his 
death, and by whose members he was 
highly respected. 

Ratiibun, Dea. EKsha, Groton, 
Conn., May 6, se. 74. The circle of his 
acquaintance, both among the churches, 
and with " them that go down to the 
sea in ships," was large, and doubtless 
justifies more than a passing line to liis 
memory. He loved the sea ; and hav- 
ing been a sailor from boyhood, was 
placed in command of a vessel several 
years before he had attained liis majority ; 
and, in some form, he thus continued a 
successful shipmaster to near the close 
of Ufe. We may well say successful, 
for it has been remarked of him, that 
in all his voyages to nearly every port 
along shore, from the Bay of Fundy 
to Campeachy, including voyages across 
the Atlantic and over the Caribbean 
Sea, he never lost a spar, nor grounded 
his vessel, nor did he ever meet with a 
serious disaster. Few that have fol- 
lowed the sea for 60 years have been 
able to say as much. 

Ray, Mrs. Mary, Boston, Mass., Jan. 
5, ae. 95, widow of the late Mr. George 
Ray. 

Raymond, Lemuel B., Rock Island, 
111., Oct. 25, S£. 54, late of Jordan, On- 
ondaga Co., N. Y. He was born in 
Rome, N. Y., was educated in St. Law- 
rence Co., and studied law with the late 
Hon. Levi Beardsley, then of Cherry 
Valley. He practised his profession for 
many years in Onondaga and the ad- 
joining counties; but having become 
severely afflicted with paralysis, was 
obliged to rehnquish his business en- 
tirely several years since. He was, 



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READ 



[ 1857. ] 



REECE 



for many years, a communicant of the 
Episcopal church, for whose teachings 
he had a strong affection. 

Read, Abel, Harford, Pa., Nov. 28, 
a?. 85. lie was a native of Attlebor- 
ough, Mass. He removed to Harford 
about 60 years since. At his death 
he was the oldest inhabitant in the 
place. During the last 51 years he has 
been a member of the Congregational 
church, exemplary in life, and in the 
infirmities of old age, blest constantly 
with a sustaining hope in the Saviour. 

Kead, Col. Joseph E., Fall lliver, 
Mass., , a>. 81, and the day pre- 
vious, his wife, Sibyl V., a*. 77. For 
more than half a century, this venera- 
ble pair have lived together most happily, 
and ha\e brought up a numerous fam- 
ily of children, all respectably settled 
down in life, and now, Uke shocks of 
corn fully ripe, they are gathered to 
their fathers. Side by side, as they 
have lived, so are they on the same day 
laid in the same grave together. Col. 
Read, in middle life, was much engaged 
in public business. He held many 
offices, civil and military, in the tOAvn, 
county, and commonwealth, the duties 
of which were faithfully and acceptably 
discharged. While making arrange- 
ments for the funeral of his wife he 
was instantly summoned to join her in 
the spirit land. 

Read, Hon. Robert, Nashua, N. H., 
March 19, a;. 71. He was a native of 
Amherst, and well known as a success- 
ful merchant, and one of the most ef- 
fective business men. 

Read, W. S., Beaver Dam, Wis., 
June 2, le. 37, a native of New York. 
Honest, upright, and trustful, he won 
not only the esteem and confidence of 
those who knew him, but a reputation 
for honor and integrity in his business 
transactions. He enjoyed Hfe, and held 
to it with a tenacity which nought but 
the bri<;hter prospects which the hope 
of Christianity inspires caused him to 
relinquish. 

Reaudon, Rev. John, California, 
Feb. — , a*. — , a native of County 
Cork, Ireland. In 1849 he entered the 
College of All Halloways, I)ul)lin, and 
the same year sailed for Pittsburg. 
Here he prosecuted his studies in the 
R. C. Tlieological Seminary, and in 
1852 was elevated to the i)rio.sthood by 
Bishop O'Connor. The congregation 



of Cameron's Bottom was subsequently 
under his pastoral care. He then went 
to Alabama on account of his health, 
and afterwards sailed for California, 
where he labored at Placerville until 
his death. 

Record, ]\Irs. Abigail, Hartford, Me., 
March 26, ae. 91, widow of the late Jona. 
Record, Jr. 

Redfield, W. C, New York city, Feb. 
12, a?. 70. His name has long been 
familiar in the annals of science, es- 
])ecially in the division of meteorology. 
Mr. R. was born at Middletown, Conn. 
As early as 1822 he was engaged in an 
attempt at steam navigation on the Con- 
necticut, and soon after was one of a 
company that established a line of boats 
from Hartford to New York. In 1825 
he went to New York, and at once en- 
gaged in steamboating on the Hudsdn. 
In 1828 he published a paper on a 
" Route of a Great Western Railway," 
to connect New York with Lake Erie 
and the great rivers of the Western 
States. Nearly 30 years afterwards the 
iron horse crossed the Mississippi at 
Rock Island, the precise place proposed 
in Mr. R.'s pamphlet. He was an early 
and efficient promoter of railroads, on a 
smaller scale, along the Hudson and 
Connecticut valleys. Forty years ago 
he began to study the theory of storms, 
and has published from time to time 
many valuable papers upon meteorology, 
in the nautical magazines, the American 
Journal of Science, and the journals of 
the day. He also devoted much atten- 
tion to geology, and carefully investi- 
gated the fossil fishes of the red sand- 
stone formation in Connecticut and New 
Jersey. 

Redlon, Mrs. Sarah, Maine, , 

le. 100, widow of Ebenezer Redlon, a 
revolutionary soldier. 

Reece, Mrs. Polly, Rienzi, Miss., Oct. 
2, te. 79. She was born in Bedford Co., 
Va., during the stormy period of the rev- 
olution, was a daughter of Col. Little- 
berry Leftwich, and inherited all that 
devotion to, and love of, country that 
characterized her ancestry, not only 
through the war of independence, but 
through all subsequent wars. Although 
belonging to the softer sex, and in a gov- 
ernment Uke ours, where the females but 
seldom take an active interest outside of 
their domestic concerns, she, like the Ro- 
man matrons of old, was ever alive to 



REED 



[1857.] 



REEVES 



293 



every thing that was ennobling or calcu- 
lated to advance the interest of those 
most near and dear to her. When the 
writer of this brief notice, at a tender 
age, was about to embark in the service 
of his country, she, although widowed 
and alone, followed him to the gate, 
clasped him in her arms, and exclaimed, 
" Go, my son, where duty and honor 
call you ; I know you will never dis- 
grace your ancient Hneage at any post 
of danger. Go ; God \\ill protect the 
■widow and the fatherless." 

Reed, Dr. Alexander C, Peoria Co., 
111., Jan. 30, 86. 34, formerly of West 
Liberty, Ohio Co., Va. 

Reed, Mrs. Amanda G., Montpelier, 
Aug. 4, 8B. 52, wife of the late Hon. H. 
H. Reed. 

Reed, Edmond F., Aug. 17, se. 22, 
formerly of Richmond, Ind. He was a 
young man of unblemished reputation, a 
graduate of Oxford College, a member 
of the Presbyterian church, and a man of 
very correct business habits. Through- 
out his long sickness he bore himself 
with great fortitude, and in his death his 
acquaintances feel that they have sus- 
tained an irreparable loss. 

Reed, George, Millcreek township, 
Pa., April 6, se. 80. He was one of the 
earliest settlers of the county, and highly 
esteemed as a neighbor and citizen. It 
could almost be said of him that he had 
no enemies, so equable was his temper, 
and so amial)le his traits of character. 
A devoted Christian for 50 years, he died 
in the exercise of a full faith in the sav- 
ing merits of the Redeemer. 

Reed, Dr. George A. V., Baltimore, 
Md., Aug. 22, se. 46. Dr. R. was for 
many years a member of the Methodist 
Protestant church. He travelled a short 
time in the bounds of the Virginia an- 
nual conference ; but the greater part 
of his life was spent in the practice of 
his profession as a physician, and in the 
relation of an unstationed minister. As 
a Christian gentleman Dr. R. had few 
superiors. He was an ardent Mend, a 
kind husband, an excellent citizen. His 
genuine piety was unquestioned by all 
who knew him, and his personal friend- 
ship was of the strongest character. He 
died in the peaceful anticipations of a 
glorious resurrection. The writer stood 
by his bedside a few moments before he 
expired, and has seldom witnessed a 
more tranquil exit. 

25* 



Reed, Josiah, Obey, HI, April 10, 
se. over 70, postmaster of Olney. Mr. 
R. was a ])rinter by trade ; he formerly 
worked in the office of the National In- 
telligencer, in Washington city. He 
was a man of firm will, independent, 
and unyielding when he thought himself 
right. He was strictly honest, and made 
an excellent postmaster. 

Reed, Mrs. Mary, Sharon, Conn., 
June — , 86. — , widow of the late Dr. C. 
Reed. 

Reed, Porter, Grand Rapids, Mich., 
July 29, 86. — . Mr. R. was one of our 
country's pioneers. He moved to Grand 
Rapids in 1834, and shortly after pur- 
chased of the government, and settled 
upon, the land which his unremitting 
and well-applied industry, for 23 years, 
has converted into the s])lendid farm and 
homestead now left to his 
family. 

Rees, Mrs. Sarah, Lancaster, 0., Feb. 
12, se. 86, widow of the late Gen. David 
Rees. She, with her husband and their 
family, consisting of three small children, 
emigrated from Virginia, and erected 
their cabin on the north side of Wheel- 
ing, between Front and Second Streets, 
in Lancaster, "which had been just laid 
out," in the fall of 1800, and at a time 
when the original plat of the new town 
was covered by an almost unbroken for- 
est. In a few years after, the family re- 
moved to a farm, upon which they re- 
sided till a short time previous to the 
death of her husband, which occurred 
Dec. 30, 1844, in Lancaster, in which they 
had again fixed their residence. Since 
his death she has lived with her (laugh- 
ter, in whose care she died. She left 
behind her a numerous and respectable 
family, down to the fourtli generation. 
And during her long residence among 
us, " a period of more than 56 years," 
she sustained a character worthy of im- 
itation ; mild in her disposition, patient 
in affliction ; and lived and died beloved 
by all who knew her. 

Ree\'E, William, Henrietta, N. Y., 
Jan. 10, 86. 61. Mr. R. was one of the 
pioneers of Western New York. He 
came into this section in 1816, and final- 
ly settled in the towni of Henrietta, where 
he continued to reside until his death, 
respected and esteemed by all who knew 
him. 

Reeves, Dr. Thomas, Swedesboro', 
N. J., Jan. 6, se. 32. 



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rexford 



Reid, Elder John, Middle Grove, 
Monroe Co., Mo., May 25, a\ 83. 

Keid, Maj. Shannon, Shelbyville, Ky., 
Jan. 24, a\ 49. The father of the sub- 
ject of this notice, Judge Alexander 
Reid, was one of the early settlers of 
Shelby Co. — a jirominent and useful cit- 
izen, beloved and respected by all, and 
M'as frequently honored by the citizens 
of the county as a representative in the 
legislature of Kentuckj\ AVhen far ad- 
vanced in life, he emigrated to the State 
of Missouri, where in a few years he 
died, leaving a family and numerous 
friends, who hold the many virtues of his 
life in sacred remembrance. Major R. 
was a native of this county, and resided 
here till his death. The companions of 
his youth were his devoted friends in 
manhood ; and during his active career 
in the various jiursuits of life, and the 
many transactions between him and his 
fellow-man, he seldom lost a friend or 
made an enemj-. Truly can we say that 
Shelby Co. has lost one of her most use- 
ful and respectable citizens — one who 
always took an active interest in the wel- 
fare and prosperity of her citizens, and 
never faltered in the support of any enter- 
prise calculated to promote the honor or 
interest of the county. How often will 
the thought occur to our minds, that 
Shannon Reid is no more ! But he lives, 
and will ever live, in the memory of his 
friends. But the most prominent char- 
acteristic of Mr. R.'s life was his devo- 
tion to the principles of his religion and 
his church. He was a Christian, and the 
duties of a Christian life were held sacred 
by him, and ])aramount to all others. 

Reigart, Philip, Frederick City, Md., 
July 9, a'. 70. He served his appren- 
ticeship in the Intelligencer printing 
office, in this city, under the fostering 
care and instruction of ]Mr. "Wm. Dick- 
son, its first editor and ])roprietor. Mr. 
R.'s amial)le disposition of character soon 
gained him many friends. He built the 
banking house on the corner of Duke 
and East King Streets, now occupied by 
the Farmers' Bank. During the war of 
1812 he marched to Baltimore, and was 
one of the gallant defenders of that city, 
having exliil)itcd the bravest conduct at 
Fort ]\IcHenry during the bombardment 
by the Britisli. He afterwards conduct- 
ed and superintended the publication of 
Niles's Register, as assistant editor and 
publisher, until after Mr. Niles's death. 



and was his executor. He died lament- 
ed by all who knew him. He was much 
belored as an affectionate parent and 
friend, and highly resj^ected as a worthy 
member of the Rev. Dr. Heiner's church, 
in Baltimore. 

Reiner, Jacob, Eldredge township, 
Schuylkill Co., Pa., :March 8, .-p. 96. 

Rf'lmiardt, John C, Philadelphia, 
Pa., Feb. — , ae. 97. Mr. R. was one 
of the patriots of the revolution, and took 
an active part in the battles of our coun- 
try at that time. He was born in Baden 
in 1759, and in 1776 came to this eoun- 
tiy, and subsequently, in company with 
Lafayette, participated in a number of 
battles. He was at the battle of Ger- 
mantown, where he ])erformed many 
deeds of daring. He was severely 
wounded at Stony Point, but soon re- 
covered and again joined the army. He 
resided in Philadelphia upwards of 70 
years. 

Reitzell, John, Montville, Pa., April 
5, ee. 78. He marched to Baltimore in 
the Avar of 1812. 

Remsen, Abraham, Wall, Monmouth 
Co., at the residence of his son, March 
25, a>. 86. 

Renxinger, William E., at the resi- 
dence of his brother, Northumberland, 
Pa., Jan. 14, a?. 35. Mr. R. was by 
profession an engineer, — a self-made 
man, of excellent character, — and at the 
time of his death was in the employ of 
the Northern Central Railroad. 

Rexford, Hon. Samuel, Lock Haven, 
Pa., (late of Palmyra, N. Y.,) Feb. 24, 
se. 81, at the residence of his grandson, 
Samuel R. ]\Iann. The name of Judge 
Rexford is familiar to the ears of a large 
number of the citizens of this state, for 
few had a more extensive acquaintance. 
He commenced life in poverty, and by his 
own unaided, persevering exertions he 
made himself what he was ; for no man 
was more truly the architect of his own 
fortunes. With a hardy constitution, that 
scarcely knew disease until his last ill- 
ness ; with a mind remarkable for good 
sense and judgment, and an accurate dis- 
cernment of men and things ; and, above 
all, with an honest, confiding disposition, 
— Judge R. had carved out for himself 
a character and rejiutation in community 
not easily attained, and had secured for 
himself the warm friendshij) of all who 
made his acquaintance. He was foi^ 
merly judge of Delaware Co., and from 



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1828 to 1832 was senator from the sec- 
ond senatorial district. He had been 
very extensively engaged, diu'ing his life, 
in the lumbering business ; and his later 
years were more particularly directed to 
his own affairs, to the exclusion of public 
matters. He was engaged, even to the 
close of life, in its most active duties, 
with mind and body retaining their 
strong ])owers and faculties to a most re- 
markable degree. Faithfiil and honest 
in the discharge of all duties, both public 
and private, he will long be remembered, 
by all who knew him, as a good man and 
a useful member of society, — Kingston 
Journal. 

Reynolds, Elisha B., Braintree, Mass., 
March 28, ae. 61, formerly of Sidney, 
Me. 

Reynolds, Dr. James, Greenupsbury, 
Ky., Nov. 20, ae. 44. 

Reynolds, Lieut. John G., Brooklvn, 
N. Y„ Nov. 19, se. 29, of the United 
States revenue service, and son of Major 
J. G. Reynolds, U. S. M. 

Reynolds, Mrs. Maria Gushing. Der- 

ry, N. H., , ae. 32., wife of Alfred 

Reynolds, and daughter of George Gush- 
ing, of Scituate, Mass. 

Reynolds, Hon. Nyi-um, Gainesville, 
N. Y., Nov. 14, se. 68. Mr. R. was bora 
in Calebskill, Schoharie Co., N. Y. ; has 
been a resident of Gainesville since 1815, 
during which time he possessed the con- 
fidence and general esteem of his fellow- 
men, being regarded as an honorable 
man and worthy citizen. He served his 
county as associate judge, his town as 
justice of the peace, and his countrymen 
as counsellor and adviser, in all of which 
capacities he discharged his duties with 
fidelity and to the satisfaction of his 
friends. 

Reynolds, Mrs. Rosanna M., East 
Hartford, Conn., March 27, fe. 46, wife 
of William P. Reynolds, and daughter of 
the late James Pitkin. 

Rhlnelander, Dr. John R., Hun- 
tington, N. Y., May 8, se. 65. Dr. R. 
was for many years one of the distin- 
guished physicians and surgeons of New 
York, not only as a practitioner, but a 
lecturei-. When the cholera was ap- 
proaching through Canada in 1832, he 
and the late Dr. Dekay, of Oyster Bay, 
visited Monti-eal and Quebec, and ren- 
dered essential service to the municipal 
authorities in New York. About 20 
years ago Dr. R. retired to Huntington, 



in admeasure abandoning the practice of 
medicine, and devoting himself to lit- 
erary pursuits and to horticulture. Still, 
however, he was always ready and ])rompt 
to attend to the wants and necessities of 
his poor patients, to whom, by day and 
night, he was most kindly and charitably 
devoted. The doctor was a severe suf- 
ferer from disease during the last year or 
two, but he died tranquilly and without 
apparent pain. 

Rice, Charles, East Canaan, N. H., 
Oct. 4, a;. 68. He was a soldier in the 
war of 1812. 

Rice, Henry D., New York cit^', April 
2, SB. 49. He was a native of Massa- 
chusetts. He recently purchased the 
country seat formerly belonging to Mr. 
N. P. Willis, in Owego, The Vuneral of 
Mr. R. took place from his new resi- 
dence at Owego. The services were 
conducted by the masonic fraternity, of 
which Mr. R. was a member. The at- 
tendance, though the day was unpleas- 
ant, was very large, probably fiumbering 
more than 1000 persons. Mr. R. had 
just completed an elegant mansion at 
Glen Mary, formerly in the possession of 
N. P. Willis. He had intended to be in 
the occupancy of it, for the first time, on 
the day appointed for his funeral. His 
remains were interred in Glen Mary, near 
the spot where Mr. Willis's child Avas 
buried. A delegation of Masons fi'om 
Elmira attended the funeral. 

Rice, Nathaniel, Clinton, INIass., Jan. 
6, fe. 56. He was one of the few native 
citizens of Clinton. He was born, and 
spent his hfe, on the hill where it was 
closed. He was a man of industry, en- 
terprise, and prudence, and secured for 
himself a worldly competence and the 
confidence of his fellow-citizens. 

Rice, Ralph, Essex, Vt., July 10, ae. 
81, one of the first settlers of the place. 

Richards, Mrs. Ann Hunter, Read- 
ing, Pa., at the residence of Hon. Wm. 
Strong, April 25, ae. 66 ; and on the 
same day, her daughter. Miss Elizabeth 
Bull Richards, se. 38 ; mother and sis- 
ter of John S. Richards, Esq., late of 
Lancaster Co., Pa. 

Richards, Mrs. Emily T., Reading, 
Pa., July 29, se. — , wife of Rev. E. 
J. Richards, of the First Prosbjterian 
Church. 

Richards, Mrs. Sarah B., Marllioro' 
Mass., May 4, se. 32, youngest daughter 
of Rev. S. F. Bucklm. 



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RIDDICK 



RlCllARDsnx, ^Irs. Catharine, New 
York, city, Aiifx. 10, a\ — , mother-in-law 
of Mayor "Wood, of New York. She was 
of quite an advanced age, and was the 
widow of Judge liichardson, of Auburn, 
N. Y., eminent as a distinguished juiist 
of that state. 

Richardson, Daniel, Attleboro', 
Mass., March 12, (c. 91. 

Richardson, J. M., Liberia, , 

fp. — . The bark Utah, which recently 
amved from Liberia, is the bearer of sad 
intelligence to the friends of colonization. 
The experiment in sugar making was 
confided, to a considerable extent, to Mr. 
R., near ^lillsbury, and a large sugar 
mill Iwd just been ship])cd to him. We 
have now the news of his untimely death 
by drowning. Mr. R. had several boats, 
but these being emj^loyed, he started for 
Monrovia, down the St. Paul's River, in 
a canoe, which was hea%'ily loaded with 
shingles, <S:c. Between Virginia and 
Caldwell the river is half a mile wide, 
and in crossing it the canoe filled with 
water. All on board jumped into the 
river, and ke])t the canoe from turning 
over, by steadying it as they swam by 
its side ; but Mi*. R. was drowned. 

Richardson, Robert F., Topsham, 
Vt., Feb. 3, a*. 78. Mr. R. was one of 
the early settlers of T., and endured the 
labors, suffering, and deprivations inci- 
dent to the settlement and clearing up 
of a new country. 

Richardson, Dr. William P., Na-an- 
say. 111., March 27, ae. 46. "He was 
born in Salem, Mass., and emigrated to 
tliis state and county in 1847. His 
sickness was short — only seven days ; 
but his work was done, and well done. 
During his residence here he had taken 
an active jjart in the educational and 
agricultural interests of our county. His 
benevolence was unbounded ; and none 
knew him but to love him. Ilis charac- 
ter as a man and as a Christian was un- 
blemished ; and he was one of our most 
useful and amiable citizens." — Illinois 
Faper. 

RiCHBOURG, Mrs. Elizabeth, East 

Tennessee, 26, a>. 80, a daughter 

of Joseph Marion, and a relative of Gen. 
Francis Marion. She was born in 1776, 
and died at the residence of a son-in-law. 

Richmond, Dr. Henry C, Rochester, 
Vt., Jan. 6, iv. 26. Dr. R. commenced 
the study of medicine in the summer of 
1853, and attended tliree courses of med- 



ical lectures in the Vermont IMedical 
College at ^A'^oodstock, at which institu- 
tion he graduated in June, 1856. He 
was an accompHshed scholar, and much 
esteemed by all who had an acquaintance 
with him. 

Richmond, Dr. John W., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., April 4, a?. 82, of Providence, 
R. I. Dr. R. was eminent in his profes- 
sion, and was well known from his con- 
nection with the Sound steamers. He 
has long been at war with the State of 
Rhode island, on account of her repudi- 
ation of her revolutionary debt. He 
carried his antipathy so far that he pur- 
chased a burial lot in Stonington, Conn., 
some years ago, and gave $500 to the 
town to keep it in repair, that his remains 
might rest in soil uncontaminated by 
forgetfulness of the services of the men 
of the revolution. 

Richmond, ■Mrs. Lucy, North Middle- 
boro', Mass., Aug. 1, a'. 68. 

Richmond, Col. R. F., Hannibal, 
N. Y., Nov. 28, a?. — . Col. R. was a 
distuiguished lawyer and politician ; and 
his death will be sincerely regretted 
throughout the entire state. 

RiCKER, Ezekiel, Somersworth, N. H., 
a?. 50, recently employed as agent of 
Lewiston (]Me.) jNIanufacturing Co. 

RiCKER, Mrs. IMary, Waterbury, Vt., 
Dec. 5, a;. 85, wife of Gideon Ricker. 
Mrs. R. was born in Lyman, Me., in 
1772. In early life she was deprived of 
both her parents, and was brought up m 
a strict Congregational family. She was 
converted to God when but 19 years of 
age, under the ])reaching of the Rev. 
Simon Locke. She was married in 1795 
to her husband, who siu'vives to mourn 
the loss of the wife of his youth, and 
soon after moved to Berwick, and united 
with the Baptist church at Great Hill. 
For 18 years past she has lived in Ver- 
mont. She was sound in doctrine, and 
for more than 66 years was a faithful, 
devoted Christian, and, like a shock of 
corn fully rijie in its season, was gathered 
home to God. 

RiCKERT, ]Martin, Clearspring, Wash- 
ington, Md., , aj. 107. He came 

to America at the close of the revolu- 
tionary war, and cast his first vote for 
Wasliington. The Ilagcrstown Mail says 
he was accustomed, when 100 years of 
age, to walk to Clearsj)ring, a distance 
of lour and a half miles. 

RiDDiCK, Richai-d, Norfolk, Va., May 



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297 



2, 33. — . " The writer of this brief 
notice knew and loved him well. He 
has watched the workings of his gener- 
ous, manly heart, through many trying 
scenes, and can bear witness to the enno- 
bling ^^rtues that lived and lingered there. 
Bearing the soul of honor, and guided 
by the instincts of truth in his every rela- 
tion of life, no man was better fitted to 
•win the confidence and esteem of his 
fellow-men ; and, when won, they were 
certain to last. Alas that the light of 
such virtues should so soon have become 
extinguished ! " 

Riddle, Benjamin, Beloit, Wis., June 
— , 85. 53. Mr. R. was among the ear- 
liest settlers, having removed there in 
1839 ; and, as a citizen, he was highly 
respected and esteemed. He leaves a 
wife and several children, together with 
a large circle of other relatives, to mourn 
over their severe loss and deep and poig- 
nant affliction. 

Riddle, Charles, Canonsburg, Nov. 16, 
se. — , of Martinsbury, Va. He was a 
nephew of Dr. Riddle, of Pittsburg, a 
member of the senior cla.ss of Jefferson 
College, and beloved and respected by 
all who knew him. 

Riddle, Mrs. Elizabeth B., Martins- 
bury, Va., Dec. 28, se. — , wife of Wil- 
liam N. Riddle, merchant, and daughter 
of the late Richard Ragan, Esq., of 
Hagerstown, Md. 

RiDGWAY, Thomas S., Gloucester City, 
N. J., April 2, 86. 78, for many years a 
higlily-esteemed citizen of the borough 
of Pottsville. 

RiGGS, Mrs. Ruth, Georgetovra, Me., 
Jan. 13, X. 96. Mrs. R. was the daugh- 
ter of Capt. Pearle, and was born in the 
town of Edgecomb, Me., 1761, and at 
the age of 21 married Benjamin Riggs, 
and removed with him to Georgetown a 
little after the revolutionary war. Here 
they began life together, sustaining each 
other in the labors and pleasures of do- 
mestic life, beginning with little, and 
gradually increasing in wealth and happi- 
ness till the death of her husband in 
1846, having lived together 64 years. 
Mr. R. was a man of energy and enter- 
prise, and at his death was the wealthiest 
man in Georgetown. Their children — 
James Riggs, Sarah Riggs, Mrs. Watson, 
Moses Riggs, and Benjamin F. Riggs — 
survive their parents, and are well known 
for their virtues and industry. Mrs. R. 
was for more than 50 years a worthy 



member of the Methodist Episcojjal 
church ; and her profession and life were 
distinguished for her failh, hope, and 
charity. Few will live so long as she 
did : may those of her sex who do not, 
imitate her example, so that their last 
end shall be like hers — a peaceful and 
happy death, and an assurance of a glo- 
rious and ha])py immortalitv. 

Ritchie, Mrs. Louisa, Libertv Town, 
Ky., June 14, x. 38, wile of Dr. Albert 
Ritchie. 

RiTENOUR, Mrs. Catharine, IMerritts- 
town, Fayette Co., Pa., Jan. 3, iv. 96. 
She was born near Philadelphia, whence 
she removed to Eastern Virginia, and re- 
mained until the fall of 1855, and then 
crossed the mountains to close her earthly 
career under the care of a beloved son. 
She was a member of the Baptist chm-ch 
for 50 years. 

RiVARD, Auguste, Plattsburg, N. Y., 
Sept. 1, se. — . He was born at Cin-ay, 
(department of Vienna,) France, Nov. 9, 
1816, was an officer in the 2d regiment 
of engineers, French army, and served 
in the campaigns in Africa. 

RiVEiis, lion. John, Johnsonville, 



James Island, S. C, Aug. 3, x. 



He 



had served his country well and faith- 
fully in the capacity of captain in the 
war of 1812, and in the legislative halls 
of his native state. 

RlZER, Rev. Lawrence, Cumberland, 
Md., Aug. — , X. 31. He received his 
theological training at the Evangelical 
Lutheran Seminary at Gettysl)urg, was 
licensed to preach the gospel by the 
synod of Maryland, and was engaged in 
the active duties of the ministry about 
three years in Lancaster and Canton, O. 
Mr. R. was a young man of fine ])romise, 
bidding fair to attain to eminence and 
usefulness in his profession. He was a 
good preacher, and a firm, dignified, and 
conscientious pastor. Distrusting him- 
self, he trusted above in Jesus Christ for 
salvation and success in liis ministerial 
work. 

RoAHB, John, Frederick Co., Md., Nov. 
19, X. 100. 

RoBB, James, Muncy, Pa., March 5, 
se. 82. He was a man of universal esti- 
mation, and died Mithout an enemy. 

RoBBiNS, George, Allentown, N. J., 
April 24, 3C. 84. 

Roberts, Aaron P., East Varick, — — , 

, se. 62. He was a native of New 

Jersey, and removed into tliis county at 



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an early day, when it was comparatively 
a wilderness ; and through his toils, to- 
gether with those of other ^jioneers, our 
beautiful county has become what it is. 
He had lived for many years on the spot 
where he breathed his last, and leaves a 
large family, as well as numerous friends 
and neighbors, to mourn his departure. 
llOBERTS, Mrs. Annie Gibson, Carlisle, 



Pa., Aug. 28, fe. 



wife of W. Milnor 



Roberts, civil engineer, and daughter of 
the late Chief Justice Gibson. 

Roberts, Mrs. Elenora, North Hud- 
son, N. Y., Nov. 2, se. 37, wife of Major 
Charles Roberts, and daughter of the 
late Hon. Reuben Whallon. A large 
circle of friends will be pained to learn 
the death of this accom])lished lady. To 
the graces of person and education she 
added the still more desirable and valua- 
ble loveliness of piety. At the time of 
her decease, Mrs. R. was a member of 
the Presbyterian church at Glen's Falls ; 
and it is the highest comfort to those 
who mourn her loss, that in the tryhig 
hour, conscious of a])proaching death, 
she was sustained by the consolations of 
religion which she professed, and passed 
away from the scenes of earth trusting 
peacefully and alone in the merits of her 
Saviour. 

Roberts, Enoch, Wilmington, Del., 
Dec. 18, a;. 61. Born in Bucks county, 
Pa., March 15, 1796, he removed to 
Wilmington July 9, 1819, and resided 
here ever since, until he became identi- 
fied with the city in all its sympathies 
and its mterests. Indeed, we have be- 
come accustomed to associate him with 
the earliest reminiscences of Wilmington, 
and to look upon him as one of the pa- 
ti"iarchs of the city. Long have we ob- 
served him. His suavity of manners, 
his urbanity of demeanor, and his uni- 
form civihty in his intercourse with his 
fellows, were such as to force themselves 
upon the observation of every one. Him- 
self candid, frank, and courteous, he de- 
6i)ised their o])posites. ]\Ieanness, cant, 
and insincerity he could not tolerate, and 
of them hesitated not to express liis ab- 
horrence. Quick in appreciating char- 
acter, he was ever ready to breathe a 
word of cheer into the ear of the de- 
spondent, and to extend a helping hand 
to struggling merit. No deserving man 
ever sought his sympathy or his aid in 
vain. Although not a professor of re- 
ligion, the reality of religious principle 



he was ever ready to concede, and to 
admire and applaud that consistency of 
character which true religion never fails 
to im])ai't. With his comjirehensive 
grasp of mind, he could not tail to rec- 
ognize, to some extent, the claims of 
Christianity, and although long rather 
disposed to look through nature up to 
nature's God, yet of late his mind has 
been gi-adually undergoing a change iu 
the matter of belief, and he has been 
becoming more disposed to regard the 
truths of revelation as affording the 
surest groundwork and rule of faith and 
])ractice. Punctual in all his appoint- 
ments and dealings, he was lenient to- 
wards others, so much so, indeed, that 
in a business life of 38 years he never 
had an action at law. Without any pe- 
culiar advantages of education or fortune, 
he had, by the force of his industry and 
energy, acquired an ample competency ; 
and whatever may be the estimate of 
men as to his general character, there is 
not one among us, we venture to say, 
who will hesitate to write him down " an 
honest man." 

Roberts, Mrs. Melissa A., Northamp- 
ton, Mass., Feb. 5, is. 40, wife of Dr. 
George W. Roberts. 

Roberts, Dr. G, B., Stamping Ground, 
Ky., , vc. — . 

Roberts, Dr. James F., Richmond, 
Fort Bend Co., Texas, formerly of New 
Orleans, March — , a>. — . 

Roberts, John, Reading, Schuyler 
Co., N. Y., June 22, a>. 79. 

Robertson, ]Mrs. Elizabeth, Harris- 
burg, Ky., July 17, a?. — , wife of Dr. 
William Robertson. 

Robertson, Mrs. ]SIargaret, San Fran- 
cisco, Cal., Nov. 11, fe. 50, widow of the 
late Capt. R. L. Robertson, formerly of 
Buffalo, N. Y. 

Robertson, Thompson, Pittsylvania 
Co., Va., March 30, cT. 71. He vVas fa- 
vorably known to all the old citizens of 
Pittsylvania and surrounding counties. 

RoBlE, Mrs. Walter, Candia, N. H., 
March 25, se. 93. At the time of her 
death, Mrs. Robie was the oldest person 
in town ; but her chief distinction is, that 
she was a humble Christian. The last 
two and a half years of her life she was 
a great sufferer, and almost lost her men- 
tal faculties ; yet the mention of Christ 
and of heaven always brought an intelli- 
gent smile upon her pleasant counte- 
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Robinson, Di-. Benjamin, near Fav- 
etteville, N. C, Marcli_ 8, ac. 81. He was 
for o2 years a laborious practitioner in 
the profession of medicine, and in the 
performance of the various duties of a 
patriotic and public-spirited citizen and 
magistrate. He was formerly mayor of 
Fayetteville, and was once U. S. marshal 
for' Florida. In 1825 he was appointed 
by Ml". Adams one of the three commis- 
sioners to treat with the southern In- 
dians. He was born in Bennington, Vt., 
in February, 1776. 

Robinson, Ebenezer, South Reading, 
Vt, Oct. 31, oe. 92. He was a soldier of 
the revolution, and during that war was 
for some time held as a prisoner by the 
British. 

Robinson, Hon. Edward, Thomaston, 
Me., Feb. 20, a?. 61. 

Robinson, Ezekiel, West Gardiner, 
Me., Jan. 7, se. 86, a native of Glouces- 
ter. 

Robinson, Miss Fanny, East Wind- 
sor, Conn., March 19, a?. 85. 

Robinson, Isaac N., Charlotte Co., 
Va., Aug. 22, se. — . He made a will 
emancipating about 75 slaves, and divid- 
ing his real estate and other property 
among them. Pro^dsion is made in the 
will for their removal to Liberia. 

Robinson, John, Esq., Jasper Co., 
Geo., June 14, ;e. 70. He was born in 
Richmond Co., N. C, April 10, 1786. 
His public and private life demands a 
notice by some contemporary who can 
speak of him as his character deserves. 
Mr. Robinson came to the county of Jas- 
per a short time after it was organized, 
and, although a young man, by his in- 
dustry, energy, and honest life, soon 
acquired the confidence of his country- 
men, and was elected to a seat in the 
legislature ; and such was the high es- 
teem in which he was held that he was 
reelected for as many years as his pri- 
vate affairs permitted, to the number of 
19. In his politics he was always, and 
at all times, democratic, but conciliating 
and tolerant to all who differed Avith 
him. In 1840, he was an electoral can- 
didate for president, and was defeated 
with the rest of the ticket. His mem- 
bership in the state convention of 1850 
closed his public service. But it was 
not in his public life alone that he was 
signally esteemed. As a citizen, friend, 
and neighbor, he had few superiors. 
His practical charity was proverbial in 



his neighborhood. His face and hand 
were never turned against the needy. 
When true charity was in want of help, 
his heart was always found to be in the 
right place. As a" Christian of 45 years 
in the primitive I}aptist church, he was 
above reproach and beyond sus])icion. 
Although his earthly church scat is now 
vacant, and he will occupy it no more, 
yet his survivors will long remember it 
as having been once filled by a meek and 
humble Christian. As a husl)and and 
father, he was devotedly attached to liis 
family. 

Robinson, Judge J. W., San Diego, 
Cal, Oct. 27, X. 65. 

Robinson, Lucius, JoHet, III, April 
12, ae. 28, attorney at law in Dubuque, 
Iowa, formerly of Brooklyn, Susque- 
hanna Co., Pa. 

Robinson, Mrs. Martha H., Troy, 
N. Y., Nov. 30, ae. 58, widow of the late 
Gen. Henry Robinson, of Bennington, Vt. 

Robinson, Capt. Richard, Thomaston, 
Me., June 8, a;. 69. Mr. R. was one of 
Thomaston's most eminent citizens. His 
loss is deeply felt in business, and in 
private circles. 

Robinson, Robert C, Pittsfield, Mass., 
Oct. 5, je. 42. Mr. R was a native of 
Lenox, Mass., and a graduate of Wil- 
liams College, in the class of 1840. But 
he had been, for quite a number of years, 
a resident of Union Village, Washington 
Co., N. Y., where he Avas a beloved 
member of the Congregational church, 
and the devoted superintendent of its 
Sabbath school. He has left behind 
him a heart-stricken wife and four tender 
children to mourn their bereavement. 
On the last day of his life, with full con- 
sciousness, he bade a loving farewell to 
one after another of his household. The 
last words that he spoke on earth were, 
" Happy — happy — happy — sweet to 
die." 

Robinson, W. H., Watertown, X. Y., 
July 7, EC. 33, formerly a clerk in the 
Bank of the Ca])itol. 

RoBY, John S., Esq., Lancaster, N. H., 
Jan. 16, oe. 49. jNIr. R. was for a 
number of years a prominent and much 
esteemed resident of that town, a por- 
tion of which time he was engaged in 
the practice of the law; afterwards he 
held various town offices ; 
years register of deeds 
de]5uty sheriff, &c. 

RoCHEFORT, B. E., Havre, France, 



was for several 
of Cocis Co., 



300 



ROCKWELL 



[1857.] 



ROGERS 



.1 



June 13, ro. 54. ]\Ir. II. was a native of 
Bourdeaux, France, but had resided for 
nearly 40 years in New York, beloved by 
all who knew him, and respected by all 
who had business relations with him. 
He took passage in the Arago, to visit 
his native land, in the hope of regaining 
his health, but was seized with a fatal 
illness while on board, and arrived in 
Havre only in time to receive the last 
ministration of religion before he died. 
His remains were deposited in the vaults 
of the Catholic church at Ha\Te, prepar- 
atory to being transmitted to New York. 
Mr. 11. was the father-in-law of Wilham 
Cassidy, of New York. 

KocKWELL, Mrs. Esther, Norfolk, 
Sept. 4, a^. 90. 

RocKWooD, David, Bennington, Vt, 
Jan. 11, PC. 66. 

llODGER, Dr. Charles, Jefferson, Wis., 
March 3, se. 45, a native of Germanv. 
He was a resident in Jetlerson for about 
17 years, and held various town and 
county offices during that time, and was 
well known over the entire county. 

RoDRiGUE, Dr. jMichael, Lecompton, 
Ks., June 11, a?. 47, late of HoUidays- 
burg. Pa. He was the fii-st settler of 
the place, and his loss to the city and 
community is irreparable — to his es- 
teemed and afflicted family, beyond 
comprehension. To a marked amiabil- 
ity of character he added the highest 
order of scientific acquirement in his 
profession. Such a man he was, that 
for his loss a bereaved family may in- 
deed Avee]), a large circle of friends be 
afflicted, and the whole country mourn. 
His disease was gastritis. Tranquil in 
the integrity of a good conscience and 
the hopes of Christianity, he died as 
only the noble and good may die. 

lioGERS, Adam, Lowell, Mass., April 
4, a\ HH, of Bangor, Me. 

KoGEHs, Mrs. Anna W., Bryan Co., 
March 19, vc. 70, widow of the "late Dr. 
C. W. Rogers. Mrs. R. possessed a 
peculiarly gentle and tender dis])osition, j 
which was the result of the religion of ' 
Christ M'hich she professed in early life. \ 
She resided in various parts of the State 
of Georgia, and for se\eral years also in 
New Jersey ; and while in every place 
she shrunk from every ostentatious dis- 
play of her piety, still she never failed 
to exhibit such a meek, humble, and 
Christian spirit, as to win the confidence 
and love of all who knew her. For the 



last 15 years she has been entirely blind, 
but has been enabled to go on in the 
arrangements of her family. 

Rogers, Ebenezer M., Albion, Mich., 
March — , ae. 62. Mr. R. was long a 
resident of this place, and had gathered 
around him many friends mIio admired 
him for his open-heartedness, and for 
the noble qualities of his nature. It is 
said that the death of his son in Central I 
America had an important bearing 
upon his mind, so that when disease 
marked liim for its ])rey, he fell an easy- 
victim to the chilly embrace of death. 
He Avas a good citizen, and his loss is 
mourned by many. 

Rogers, Hon. Edward, Galway, Sar- 
atoga Co., N. Y., May 23, a;. 70. In 
the death of Judge R. the community 
has lost another member of the bar, 
who Avas many years the first judge of 
the County of Madison. He was a 
sound lawyer, and always sustained the 
reputation of an honest, upright magis- 
trate. He at several times, we believe, 
represented his county in the legisla- 
ture, and for one or more terms he rep- 
resented the district of a\ hich the Coun- 
ty of Madison was a part, in Congress. 
He was also a respectable classical 
scholar, and if Ave mistake not, Avas the 
author of one or more books designed 
for the instruction of the young. 

Rogers, Mrs. Elizabeth N., Honolu- 
lu, SandAvich Islands, Aug. 2, a-. 56, relict 
of the late Edmund H. Rogers, and 
sister of the late Rev. Mr. Hitchcock, 
of ]Molokai. She Avas from Great Bar- 
rington, Mass. 

Rogers, Mrs. Elizabeth, Chicago, 
111., Jan. 14, ff. 75, daughter of Capt. 
Ephraim and Mrs. Susannah Kendall, 
of I])SAvich, Mass., and AvidoAv of Mr. 
Daniel Rogers, of Ipswich. Mr. R. Avas 
supercargo of the ship Rolla, of New- 
buryport, Avhich, Dec. 28, 1820, Avas 
driven by a violent storm on Nauset 
Beach, Eastham, and he, together Avith 
the master and mate, and three passen- 
gers, and several seamen, Avas droAvned. 
Among the seamen Avas AVm. Coffin 
Moody, the only child of Benjamin 
Moody, a lawyer in E])som, N. H. — a 
young man of great purity and energy 
of character, who had early formed a^ 
passion for sea life. Mr. R. Avas a de- 
scendant from Rev. Nathaniel Rogers, 
of Ipswich, and consequently a descend- 
ant from Rev. Jolm Rogers, the mar- 



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[ 1857. ] 



ROMEYN 



301 



tyr. Mrs. R. made a profession of reli- 
gion, and became a member of the First 
Church in Ipswich, March 27, 1808, the 
second year of the pastorate of Rev. 
David T. Kimball. As a daughter, a 
wife, a mother, and a sister, she was 
kind, affectionate, and faithful. As a 
Christian, she was meek and humble. 
To her numerous relatives and friends 
she was much endeared. 

Rogers, Mrs. Hannah, Union town- 
ship, Ocean Co., N. J., April 28, se. 60, 
wife of Capt. William C. Rogers, and 
daughter of the late Daniel Stout, Esq., 
a soldier of the revolution. 

Rogers, Halsey, Moreau, Saratoga 
Co., N. Y., June 29, ae. 74. He repre- 
sented Washington Co. in the Assem- 
bly of 1812, and Saratoga in 1837 and 
1842. 

Rogers, Mrs. Mary J., St. Augus- 
tine, Fla., Oct. 29, se. — , wife of Col. S. 
St. George Rogers. 

Rogers, Robert, Dover, Me., May 
11, a>. 76. He was the son of the late 
Rev. Robert Rogers, formerly of Anson, 
Me., and a lineal descendant of the Rev. 
John Rogers, of England. He Avas be- 
loved and respected by all who knew 
him. 

Rogers, Capt. Wm., Topsham, Me., 
Jan. 10, 86. 84. 

RoiiRiCK, Mrs. Hannah, Shrewsbury 
township. Lye Co., Pa., Feb. 7, se. 87. 
Mrs. R. spent nearly the whole of her 
long hfe in this part of the country, and 
in her childhood was exposed to the 
dangers and endured the hardships in- 
cident to its early settlement. She was 
present when Capt. John Braday was 
removed from the spot where he was 
killed by the Indians, on Wolf Run, a 
short distance from this borough, in 
1779, and it is said she remembered, 
with remarkable distinctness, many oc- 
currences of that day and time. For 
the last 40 years she was a consistent 
member of the M. E. church, and died 
in the faith of a blessed immortality. 

REV. THOMAS ROMEYN, 

Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., N. Y., 
Aug. 9, 03. 80. 

" To those who can appreciate the 
blessings of a godly lineage, it will be 
interesting to state that the ancestors 
of Mr. Romepi fled from their native 
country during the persecutions of Louis 
26 



XIV., leaving all their effects behind 
them. Of the Romeyns who thus sou^^lit 
voluntary exile in poverty rather tluin 
surrender their Protestant faith, there 
were three brothers, one of whom Ment 
to England, and was the ancestor of the 
celebrated Wm. Romaine, the author of 
the excellent works ujxju ' The Walk,' 
' The Life,' and ' The Trium])h of Faith.' 
The other two went to the l)utch West 
India Islands, or to the Brazils in South 
America. One died soon after. The 
survivor (who was the ancestor of the 
subject of this notice, and of the large 
family of the same name, so long con- 
nected with the ministry of the Re- 
formed Dutch church) subsequently 
came to New York, and afterwards lo- 
cated himself at Communipaw, N. J. 

" The father of the late Rev. Thomas 
Romeyn had two half brothers, John 
and Theodorick. The former was the 
father of the Rev. Jeremiah Romeyn, 
who, in 1804, was appointed professor 
of the Hebrew language, by the gener- 
al synod. The latter. Rev. Dr. Theod- 
orick Romeyn, was also a professor of 
theology in the Reformed Dutch church, 
fi-oni 1797 until his death in 1804, and 
for many years was the pastor of the 
church in Schenectady. He was the 
father of the late Rev. John B. Romeyn, 
D. D., the eloquent pastor of the Pres- 
byterian church in New York city. 

" The Rev. Thomas Romeyn, Sr., 
was the first Low Dutch minister who 
was settled west of Schenectady, Avhich 
was then a frontier toMn. His exten- 
sive field of labor, which embraced large 
portions of what are now Fulton and 
Montgomery counties, surrounding the 
church at Caughnawaga, (now Fonda,) 
called him to the discharge of many 
difficult, fatiguing, and often dangerous 
duties. He closed his long ministry of 
40 years Oct. 25, 1794. His pastorate 
at Caughnawaga continued 24 years, 
and his remains lie buried beneath the 
church, and in front of the puljiit from 
which he had so long ' preached Christ 
and him crucified.' 

" Of his seven sons, three Ijecame 
ministers in the service of the Reformed 
Dutch church, viz., Theodore Freling- 
huysen, James Van Campen, and Thom- 
as, who was the youngest of the family, 
and the last who died. A fourth son, 
Benjamin, died during his studies jn-e- 
paratory to the same holy office. With- 



302 



ROOD 



[1857.] 



ROOT 



out pausing to recite interesting facts 
in relation to the other members of this 
ministerial family, we return to the sub- 
ject of this record. 

" Born at Cauglmawaga, Feb. 22, 1777, 
Thomas Komeyn received his prepara- 
tory education at Schenectady, gradu- 
ated at Williams College, Sept., 1796, 
studied theology with Dr. Theodorick 
Romeyn at Schenectady, and was ex- 
amined and licensed to preach the gos- 
pel by the classis of Albany, in Sept., 
1798. He was ordained in the church 
at Remsenbush (now Florida, Mont- 
gomery Co., N. Y.) in 1800, and con- 
tinued in the relation of minister of that 
church and of the Second Church of 
Schenectady (now Rotterdam) until 
Feb. 22, 1806. From thence he re- 
moved to the churches of Amity and 
Niskayuna, and remained in their ser- 
vice until 1827, when, in consequence 
of a failure of his health, he resigned 
his charge, and removed to the town of 
Amsterdam, where he resided among 
his children until his death. 

" Nature had endowed him with a 
majestic frame, and his dignified per- 
sonal appearance was calculated to im- 
press those who met liim for the first 
time with — what those who knew him 
well always felt — the grave demeanor 
and the reverend aspect of a noble and 
venerable man. His words were weighty 
and his ojiinions carefully guarded. His 
understanding was one of masculine 
vigor. He dealt with principles, and 
jealously guarded their maintenance and 
application. The word of God was to 
him an authoritative book. His preach- 
ing was eminently scriptural and exper- 
imental, and aimed at tracing the way 
of the Spirit ' in the Ufe of God in the 
soul of man.' His peaceful spirit for- 
bade his becoming a controversialist in 
or out of the pulpit ; nor did he ever 
descend to the unworthy artifices which 
mark the mere ])ulpit declaimer or scold. 

" He loved to exhibit ' the good old 
way,' and was always listened to with 
respect for his consistency and integrity, 
while, by his clear and conclusive dem- 
onstrations and applications of truth, he 
' edified the body of Christ.' 

" Mr. K. was a careful student and 
observer of the constitution and order 
of our Reformed church. We doubt 
whether he has left his equal as an ex- 
l)ouudcr and defender of oui" ecclesias- 



tical system. His views were generally 1 
far-reacliing, sagacious, accurate, andl 
consistent, and the classis and synod I 
always honored his opinions with re 
spect and high consideration. 

" His attainments were respectable, , 
and his reading was carefully digested I 
and stored for use. He was not an or- 
ator, nor did he aim at the graces of 
composition which might have well fur- 
nished his often ponderous thoughts. 
Yet, without these valuable accessories, 
he could enchain an appreciative audi- 
ence by his solemn and calm earnest- 
ness, his logical argument, and his for- 
cible appeal. The records of his long 
ministry will never be fully made up in 
this world. For nearly 60 years he had 
worn its robes of ofltice and had kept 
them unspotted from the world. Long 
after he had ceased to be an active pas- 
tor, he used to preach occasionally as 
his health permitted, and when this was 
forbidden by great bodily infirmities, he 
was still the wise counsellor and friend 
of ministers and churches, who loved to 
look up to him as ' a father in Israel.' 

" The closing scenes of his life were 
characteristic of the man. Never, for a 
moment, did his Christian assurance 
waver or fail him ; for he ' knew whom 
he had believed, and was persuaded 
that he was able to keep that Avhich he 
had committed to him against that day.' 
His more than fourscore' years were 
crowned by a happy death, and his faith- 
ful service and patient 
ended in the consummation of a 
ous hope." — Christian Intelligencer. 



suffering were 
glori- 



RoOD, Lemuel, North Dartmouth, 
Mass., March 24, se. 93, a soldier of the 
revolutionary war. 

Rood, Simeon, Lenoxville, Susque- 
hanna Co., Pa., Feb. 14, a*. 65. He 
was a native of Windham Co., Conn., 
whence he removed to Mount I'leasant, 
Wayne Co., Pa., when about nine years 
of age, in 1800, while yet it was almost 
an unbroken Avilderness, bearing an 
honorable and efficient share of the toils 
and inconveniences of a new country. 
He was a pattern of honesty and indus- 
try, quiet and unassuming in his man- 
ners, beloved and respected by all who 
knew him well. 

Root, Mrs. Achsa, Utica, N. Y., Dec. 
28, iv. 79, widow of Elisha Root, of Ver- 
non. Mrs. R. was the mother of Pro- 



ROOT 



[1857.] 



ROSS 



303 



fessor Root, of Hamilton College, and 
of Judge P. S. Hoot. The deceased 
■was for (iO years a resident of the county. 

Root, Miss Sarah, South Coventry, 
Conn., Oct. 19, ae. 85, daughter of Hon. 
Chief Justice Root, of Conn., who died 
March 29, 1822, se. 85, and only sur- 
viving member of his family. 

Roper, B. F., Mobile, Ala., , 

ae. 58. " Mr. R. was the next sheriff 
succeeding Henry White, whose deputy 
he had been nearly all his term, and was 
himself elected in August, 1832. He 
served out his term as an efficient public 
officer, and was again chosen sheriff in 
1841, and served out that term with 
credit to himself and satisfaction to his 
constituents. He left Virginia, with his 
family, in 1826, for this country, and on 
his journey hither had the misfortune to 
lose his first wife. He married the pres- 
ent Mrs. Roper in Pickens, whose maid- 
en name was Montgomery. Mr. R. is 
among the oldest settlers of his county, 
and has seen it in all the phases of its 
history, ci^'iI, religious, and political. 
He has raised a large family ; and as an 
indication of the esteem in which he was 
held by the citizens, it may be stated, 
that, having been burned out in 1851, and 
suffered severe loss, his neighbors and 
friends in the county voluntarily made 
up a subscription of several thousand 
dollars, and sufficient to enable him to 
rebuild his house, the present Phoenix 
Hotel of CarroUton. Mr. R. was a 
member of the Methodist church for 
many years, and his life, as a professing 
Christian, as a member of society, and as 
the head of a family, was consistent and 
exemplary. We sincerely sympathize 
with his bereaved family." s. 

Rose, Hon. Abraham T., Bridge- 
hampton, L. I., April 28, se. — . Dur- 
. ing the sickness wliich terminated his 
earthly career he resigned the office of 
judge and surrogate of Suffolk Co., N.Y. 
He was a kind neighbor, a good lawyer, 
an able advocate, and possessed that 
social disposition which made him es- 
teemed by all who made his acquaint- 
ance. 

Rose, Capt. Caleb L., New Shoreham, 
R. I., July 21, se. 67, a very respectable, 
industrious man. The deceased, in con- 
nection with his father before him, who 
had been dead some 20 years, built all 
the fast-saiUng Block Island boats for 
the last 70 years, and each followed the 



business constantly until within a few 
weeks of their deaths. The loss of Capt. 
R. will be much lamented by all who 
knew him. 

Rose, Rev. Siimuel \V., New Lexing- 
ton, O., Jan. 10, fL>. 56. His paternal 
and maternal ancestors belonged to Gran- 
ville, Mass., and for more than 100 years 
are known to have been devoted Chris- 
tians. His father, grandfather, and great- 
grandfather were deacons. His grand- 
father, Dea. Justus Rose, a man of great 
firmness and decision, died during the 
revolutionary war. His father, Judge 
Rose, had a generous soul, firm princi- 
ples, and commanding talents ; was in 
the revolutionary army at the age of 17 ; 
was at the taking of Cornwallis ; was 
one of the two agents to locate tlie Gran- 
Aille purchase of 28,000 acres ; was dea- 
con of the church, both east and west ; 
was the man to guide the land company, 
pray with the sick, and to do more for 
the temporal and spiritual interests of 
the colony than any other man. His 
mother was from a talented family in 
Western Massachusetts, intellectual for 
her da)', and honored a religious profes- 
sion till the age of 87. At the age of 
five, the year Granville was settled, he 
emigrated with the family, and Avas on 
the road 49 days. He grew up to be 
one of nature's noblemen — physically, 
tall, erect, and beautiful ; mentally, able 
to make a scholar of the first rank ; mor- 
ally, ardent in temperament and burning 
for the gospel ministry. He graduated 
at the University of Ohio, studied divin- 
ity vnth. Dr. Robert G. Wilson, and in 
1826 was licensed to preach the gospel 
by the Lancaster presbytery. He was 
ordained and installed in Homer in 1829, 
and employed most of his professional 
hfe in the north-western townships of 
Licking Co. His last years were spent in 
Perry Co. In his profession he has ever 
maintained an umblemished reputation, 
and the gospel which he preached to 
others furnished comfort and support in 
his last hours. He was buried in Gran- 
ville with masonic honors, he haA-ing 
been an honored member of a masonic 
fraternity for 35 years. 

ROSEBRUGH, Mrs. Groveland, Livings- 
ton Co., N. Y., Jan. 21, a?, 88, widow of 
Judge James Rosebrugh. 

Ross, Rev. Alexander, Elkader, N.Y., 

-, se. 66. He was a man of strict 

mtegrity, and much beloved by all who 



304 



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[ 1857. ] 



ROSSELL 



knew him. He leaves a wife and a large 
circle of friends to mourn his loss. Mr. 
R. was formerly an old resident of Car- 
roU. 

Ross, Henry G., Esq., Macon, Ga., 
Jan. 17, a^. 56. At the time of his death, 
it is believed that he was the oldest resi- 
dent of this city, having settled at Fort 
Hawkins, then the frontier of Georgia, in 
the year 1S18. He was the second clerk 
of the Su])erior Court elected in this coun- 
ty after its organization, which office he 
held from 1827 to 1856, a period of 29 
years, and his books are a record that he 
was a model for system and correctness 
in the performance of the duties of his 
office. — Macon Telegraph. 

Ross, James C, Austintown, O., April 

20, ae. 53. Mr. R. was an old resident, 
and much respected. During the last 
10 years he filled various offices of trust 
in the township, and always to the satis- 
faction of his fellow-citizens. 

Ross, Mrs. Jane Buchanan, Spartins- 
burg District, S. C, Jan. 21, a?. 86. She 
was born in Mecklenburg Co., N. C, 
pre\ious to the revolution, and emigrated 
to South Carolina, and this district, in 
1821, where she has lived ever since. 
She joined the Baptist church at Provi- 
dence in 1840, of which she lived and 
died a consistent member. For the last 
month or so her sufferings were very 
great, which she bore with Christian for- 
titude. 

Ross, Rev. John, Zanesville, O., Nov. 

21, at an advanced age, a local preach- 
er of the Methodist Episcopal church. 
Quiet and unassuming, he attracted but 
little notice in the community; but if " he 
that humbleth himself as a little child " 
is " the greatest in the kingdom of heav- 
en," then was he truly great, K purity 
of heart and fife render a man noble, 
then was he truly noble. When viewed 
by the pure light of truth, how many a 
splendid character pales beside the mild 
radiance of such a character as that of 
John Ross. 

Ross, John, Rcadsboro', Vt., Nov. 28, 
ae. 83. " He was an uncle of the writer, 
and was my father's last surviring broth- 
er, and his death leaves my father the 
only momI)cr of his parents' once numer- 
ous family. Five of the brothers were 
in the revolutionary war — one was lost 
in the battle of Bunker Hill. Recollec- 
tions of my uncle John are among the 
earliest things that memory has pre- 



served to me ; and being brought up near 
him, and being very intimate with his 
family, he seemed about as much like a 
father as an uncle. Uncle moved from 
Union, Conn., to Readsboro', when a 
young man, and when that part of the 
state was comparatively new. His re- 
ligious life was somewhat varied, being 
sometimes very much engaged, and at 
other times not so much so. I can rec- 
ollect some blessed seasons he and I 
have enjoyed together, as we have trav- 
elled over the hills and through the hol- 
lows of Readsboro', to wait upon God 
in religious meetings. But my uncle is 
gone the way of all the earth, and I shall 
no more meet him until the last trum- 
]iet shall sound and awake the sleeping 
dead. Seth Ross." 

Ross, Dr. Robert F., Charleston, S. C, 
March 24, se. 27. An early-developed 
gravity and force of character gained 
hmi, throughout his school days, the con- 
fidence of his teachers, and a fondness 
which he carried with him through later 
years. The saine features were pre- 
served throughout his college course, 
and, in the branch of study to Avhich he 
showed a special adaptation of mind, 
marked him without dispute, in the judg- 
ment of Prof. Henry, of the South Caro- 
lina College, as the first Greek scholar 
of his class. His shrinldng sensitiveness 
of nature seemed to restrain him from 
the ordinary paths of school-boy and col- 
lege ambition ; he had a way of his own, 
which he pursued vaih. a steadfost pur- 
pose that marked every thing he under- 
took in life. On his entrance into man- 
hood, he vindicated his life conspicuously 
from the temptation to ignoble ease. 
Saved by his circumstances from the 
necessity of labor, he appreciated its dig- 
nity, and, creating intellectual employ- 
ment for himself, sought his own eleva- 
tion in doing good to those around him. 
He voluntarily turned from the merely 
ornamental, to grajjple with the more 
useful pursuits of professional life. He 
at first served a short ap])renticeship to 
the law, and turning subsequently to 
the more captivating study of medicine, 
perfected himself in this branch of sci- 
ence by constant attendance, during a 
course of years, at the medical colleges 
of Charleston and Philadelphia. 

RosSELL, Rev. Caleb, U])per Middle- 
ton, Fayette Co., Pa.. April 13, as. 38. 
Mr. R. was baptized into the fellowship 



ROTIIROCK 



[1857.] 



RUFF 



305 



of the Flatwood Baptist church in June, 
1839. In 1842 he began to preach the 
gospel, and in 1843 was solemnly set 
apart to the work of the ministry. Dur- 
ing his ministerial labors he performed 
pastoral services with several churches 
in Western Pennsylvania, atz. : Horse- 
shoe, Loyalhannah, Donegal, Mt. Mo- 
riah, Bethesda, Greensborough, and ]Mt. 
Harmon. Brother R. was a laithful min- 
ister of Jesus ; he sought to commend 
himself to every man's conscience, in the 
sight of God, by the plain presentation 
of the truth. He was a successful preach- 
er of the gospel, and was greatly beloved 
by all whose spiritual interests were con- 
fided to his care. 

RoTiiROCK, Mrs., Adamsburg, Pa., 
Feb. 27, X. — , wife of Dr. Isaac Roth- 
rock. 

RoULHAC, Dr. J. P. G., Hickman, 
K.y., Sept. 18, ae. — . He was a very 
worthy man and useful citizen, and his 
somewhat sudden death is sincerely 
mourned by the whole community. 

Roup, Col. Jonah, Pittsburg, Pa., April 
30, SB. 96. 

Rouse, Mrs. Avis Lavisa, Rockland, 
Me., Aug. 16, aB. 22, wife of Di*. James 
Rouse, and daughter of Charles Han- 
cock, Esq., of Concord, Mich. 

RowE, Mrs. Joanna, Standish, Me., 

, oe. 75, widow of the late Peter 

Rowe, Esq., of Belfast. 

RowL.\ND, Dea. Alvah, Windsor, Oct. 

18, 88. 91. 

Roy, Mrs. Cecile, St. Joseph, ^SIo., 
June — , 86. 70, widow of John Baptiste 
Roy. During the war of 1812, her hus- 
band and herself made a noble resistance 
to the attack of the Indians upon a 
block-house occupied by them at Cote 
sans Dessein, in Callaway Co., Mo. A 
large number of the Indians attacked 
them. Three times they were repulsed, 
Roy and his wife keeping up an inces- 
sant fire upon them. Mrs. R. not only 
loaded the guns used for their defence 
by Roy, but she used the rifle herself, 
and the Indians, when they did retreat, 
left 13 of their warriors dead within the 
stockade of the fort. 

Roys, Judge S. H., Madison, Wis., 
Aug. — , ge. 35. He had been a citizen 
of that county for 12 years, and had rep- 
resented the Stoughton district in the 
assembly, and was for two yeai's prose- 
cuting attorney for the county. He was 
a native of New HamjDshire. 
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RUBOTTOM, Ezekiel, Wavne Co., Mo., 
Jan. 13, ffi. 87. He was born in Chat> 
ham Co., X. C, Nov. 22, 1770, and emi- 
grated to South-eastern Missouri, (then 
Louisiana,) in 1806, where he resided 
until his death. lie became a member 
of the United Baptist church over 30 
years before his death, during which 
time his acts of charity and benevolence 
evinced his worthiness as a member of 
the order. At an early period of life he 
was a member of the legislature of his 
adopted state, hi which capacity he con- 
tributed much in establishing civil order 
and the free institutions we now enjoy ; 
after which time he filled other civil 
offices, until age called him to the do- 
mestic circles of home. Few men, at his 
advanced age, retain as vigorous a mind 
as he did up to his last illness. 

RucKER, Mrs. Minty, Jessamine Co., 
Tenn., Aug. — , se. about 69, -nife of 
Isaac Ruckei', deceased, and daughter of 
Henry Ogden, Esq., late of Amherst Co., 
Va. The deceased was a devoted mem- 
ber of the Christian church. 

RUDD, Mrs. Abigail, Bozrah, Conn., 
Jan. 22, ae. 100, probably the oldest pei> 
son in the county, if not in the state. 
Her maiden name was Abigail Allen, 
and she was married in 1780. She was 
born in Montville. Until vnthin a few 
weeks of her death, she has always been 
the sole housekeeper of her son, who 
manages a large farm. She drew a pen- 
sion in consequence of the revolutionary 
services of her husband, who has been 
dead many years. She was remarkable 
for her great memory. It was but a few 
years since she would repeat verbatim 
Milton's Paradise Lost. The Bible she 
would repeat perfectly. She would give 
a history of our country, especially the 
days of the revolution. She retained her 
faculties until the last, and often said 
that she was ready and prepared to go 
whenever the summons came. 

Ruff, W. F., Newberry District, S. C, 
Api-il 16, 86. 43. This tribute is paid to 
his memory by one who knew well his 
worth. As a magistrate for his cUstrict, 
he was universally popular and just. As 
a man and a citizen, he was one of the 
few who moved in the highest walks of 
benevolence and charity. The stranger 
always found in him a true and constant 
friend, were he ever so fiiendless, and 
there are many living who can testify to 
his friendship, "liberality, and even prodi- 



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gality in his favors to the deserving. He 
was the " noblest work of God," — an 
honest man, — and fulfilled all the du- 
ties and responsibilities wliich he owed 
to his Creator and to his fellow-man 
with a fidelity rarely equalled in the 
present generation. 

RuFFNER, Henry, Sr., Montgomery, 
Indiana Co., Pa., March 24, aj. 86. 

RuGG, Joseph K., Flint, Mich., Jan. 
5, ae. — , an early settler in Flmt, and 
for years a jorommeut member of the 
bar in his county. 

HON. BENJAMIN RUGGLES, 

St. Clairs^'ille, O., Sept. 2, se, 74. He 
was born in Abington, Conn., Feb. 21, 
1783. His father was a respectable 
farmer, a religious man, and an elder in 
his church, and during Benjamin's child- 
hood was in good circumstances, but 
later in life his ])ro])erty, was swept away 
from him to discharge obligations in 
which he had become involved for his 
brother. His father died, leaving him a 
jioor boy of the age of 12. He had the 
Connecticut common-school opportuni- 
ties for education ; and they were in his 
case, as in thousands of others of New 
England's sons, sufficient to inspire him 
with an aml)iti()n for the higher walks of 
intellectual effort. Having no property 
to devote to his education, he betook 
himself to the usual resource of aspiring 
young men in that country. He taught 
school winters, and in summers spent 
his \nnter earnings in going to school. 
His education was academic, in which he 
was taught Latin, Greek, and the higher 
branches of an English education. From 
the academy he passed to the study of 
the law. At an early age he applied to 
Judge Peters, of Hartford, Conn., to be 
admitted into his office as a student at 
law. He inquired of the judge what he 
thought of the jirojcct. The judge re- 
])lied, " The bar here is very much 
crowded, but Connecticut exports a great 
many lawyers. There is a demand for 
them in the west." The idea of ulti- 
mately trying his fortunes in the west 
was not new to Benjamin R. In his 
boyhood he had frequently listened to a 
song which recounted the felicities of 
western life, with the cheering refrain, 
" On the lianks of the jileasant Ohio," 
and his conviction became a " manifest 
destiny " that the future of his lile was 



cast in that region. Accordingly, when 
he had finished his studies with Judge 
Peters, and was admitted to the bar, he 
immediately set off' for the west. For 
the west! not for any particular locality 
therein, but for the west generally, and 
on horseback ; for there were no railroads 
in those days, not even lines of stages, 
and the traveller thither provided his 
own means of conveyance. The first 
point of his landing in Ohio was jNIari- 
etta, " on the banks of the pleasant Ohio," 
a perfect stranger in a strange land. He 
stopped there, and in a short time opened 
an office, and was successful in the prac- 
tice of his ])rofession. In 1810 he was 
elected president-judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas for the Third Circuit, ex- 
tending from St. Clairsville to Cleveland, 
including both places, but which did not 
include Marietta. The law requiring 
that the president-judge should reside in 
his circuit was the occasion of his re- 
moval to St. Clairsville, where he resided 
up to the time of his death. In 1815 he 
was elected by the legislature a United 
States seBator ; he was twice reelected, 
and served in that body in all 18 years. 
After the termination of his senatorial 
career, thinking his public life at an end, 
though alwaj's decided and out-spoken in 
his opinions, he took comparatively very 
little part in politics.- Judge R., though 
in his early manhood he wrote poetry and 
delivered orations, yet on the whole was 
a j)lain man, and no orator. In his high 
position of United States senator he was 
much esteemed ; he was heard with at- 
tention when he spoke, and his ojjinions 
were always received as the sound con- 
clusions of an honest mind. But he was 
not one of those to whose words, uttered 
in that eminent position, all the world is 
attentive. But in a truthful and jilain 
way he did the work that A\as set before 
him ; and in times of crisis, amidst the 
fierce warfare of party strife and col- 
lisions of ojHnions, he was always suf- 
ficiently firm and decided. In jirivate 
life he had " troops of friends," and it 
would hardly be too much to say that 
he had no enemies. He was universally 
beloved. He was good-natured and 
kind to all. And at all times, and in all 
])laces, all who knew him knew that in 
the matter of integrity he was entirely 
above reproach. Judge R. was tall in 
stature, and in his jierson was lean and 
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and singular capacity for endurance which 
we observe in some persons of that make. 
He was apparently of feeble constitution ; 
and all his life his health was delicate. 
And it was because he was not victimized 
by vehement jmssion nor uncontrollable 
appetite that his life was prolongued to 
the advanced age of 74. He was not a 
leading spirit — not a Caesar, nor a Bo- 
naparte, nor a Cromwell, nor a Webster, 
Clay, or Calhoun ; but he was a com-- 
teous, good-natured, kind, good man, 
who " loved his fellow-men." 

RuGGLES, Mrs. Julia E., Newburg, 
N. Y., March 2, ce. 30, wife of D. Colden 
Ruggles, and daughter of the late Henry 
J. Canfield, of Canfield. 

Ruggles, Mrs. Charlotte, Hampton, 
N. H., , te. 52, wife of Dr. Na- 
thaniel Ruggles, formerly of Nantucket. 

Ruggles, Micah H., Fall River, Mass., 
Dec. 19, 86. 66. Mr. R. was born in 
Rochester, Mass., May 9, 1791. He 
came to reside in Fall River in 1826. 
In 1828 he was elected the first presi- 
dent of the Fall River Savfigs Bank, 
and was chosen every succeeding year, 
including the present, when he declined 
further accepting the office. In former 
times he took a leading part in politics, 
and was jjrominent in the great anti- 
masonic movement. He was elected to 
represent the town of Fall River in the 
legislature of Massachusetts from 1833 
to 1838 inclusive. For more than 20 
years he has been the agent of the Po- 
casset Manufacturing Company of Fall 
River. He possessed business talents of 
the first class, as the skill and success 
with which he conducted the increasing 
business of that company, and the other 
ti'usts confided to his charge, amply 
demonstrate. He was the best observer 
we have ever known — clear, quick, ac- 
cm'ate. In the cause of temperance he 
exerted a salutary influence, for years no 
building under his charge being j^ei'- 
mitted to be let for the sale of intoxi- 
cating liquors as a beverage — a position 
which, if followed by others, would strike 
a deadly blow in the community at that 
desolating: traffic. Carinsr little for the 
trivial details of conventional life, he 
manifested a degree of independence in 
the formation and expression of his oj)in- 
ions but very seldom met with. Rising 
above mere party views upon the great 
questions of the day, he sometimes stood 



alone in his position in regard to them. 
His sympathies were strongly on the 
side of freedom. Believing that what 
was worth doing was always worth doing 
well, he has left behind him some of the 
finest monuments in Fall River to bear 
witness to his libei-al and enlarged views. 
Such are the Pocasset Mill, and, es- 
pecially, the Granite Block. The latter 
forms one of the principal features of the 
centre of the city, and has attracted the 
admii'ation of all for its nol)le and mas- 
sive proportions and masterly workman- 
ship. His kindness and generous hospi- 
tality will be long remembered by the 
circle of his intimate friends. A prudent 
counsellor, far-seeing and sagacious ; ex- 
ecuting with abihty whatever he under- 
took ; faithful in the performance of duty, 
and highly appreciating it in others ; 
having a mind stored by experience, with 
a large and unusually varied knowledge 
of men and things, — his sudden removal 
to another sphere of life by the dispen- 
sation of an all-wise Providence has left 
a void in our business circles and the 
community which it will be very difficult 
to fill. 

Ruggles, Dr. Paul, Carmel, Me., 
May 13, sp. 56. He was a son of the 
late Rev. Paul Ruggles, and was born in 
Carmel, June 20, 1801. He took his 
medical degree at Bowdoin Medical Col- 
lege in the spring of 1832, and settled 
in his native town as a practising phy- 
sician, and there lived until his death. 
As a physician, the doctor excelled. He 
was an original thinker, a philosopliical 
reasoner, a close olaserver of nature and 
nature's laws ; and he endeavored at all 
times to act in accordance therewith. In 
this was the secret of his unjmralleled 
success in medical practice. To those 
who were acquainted with Dr. R. the 
idea that " some men are bom phy- 
sicians " was not absurd ; for from his 
childhood the natural bias of his mind 
tended to that profession, and he seemed 
to possess an innate mental fitness for 
the same. Aided by a strong, inquisitive, 
and discriminating mind, he attained to 
a preeminent rank among the physicians 
and surgeons of his day. The deference 
paid to him in council, and the com- 
mendations bestowed upon him by med- 
ical men, amply prove the solidity of his 
judgment, and his title to the high repu- 
tation of his name. As a physician, he 
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verely felt by the community in which 
he lived. As a citizen, he was distin- 
guished for useful and estimable quali- 
fies. In all his pursuits in life he knew 
but one path, and that Avas the fair and 
direct one. His character was uniform ; 
consequently we ever found him the 
same — the kind friend, the affectionate 
relation, the unmasked and sincere man. 
He possessed many rare qualities of mind, 
and that which shone above all the rest 
was discretion. This seemed to control 
all his other mental powers. He was 
enabled to govern himself; and, in doing 
this, he governed others. He keenly 
scrutinized the character of men, weighed 
carefully their intellectual powers, and 
knew well how to use them. A high- 
mmded, plain, outspoken, generous man 
he loved ; he sought his friendship ; he 
reciprocated his afi'cction. But a low, 
mean, ungenerous man he despised ; he 
would hardly give him a place in his 
thoughts, much less in his society. Bj- 
industry and economy, he accumulated a 
ver)' handsome property, which will serve 
to make comfortable the siurwing fam- 
ily. As a perfect order of things ever 
marked his business course through life, 
so at his death was found a systematic 
arrangement of all his affairs. 

RuGGLES, Hon. Timothy, Harpers- 
ville, N. Y., , a?. 58. 

Rush, Mrs. Phebe Ann, Philadelphia, 

Pa., , a?. — . The death of Mrs. 

R. will be sad tidings to hundreds in this 
as well as in foreign countries. Living 
in a style of almost regal grandeiu', hav- 
ing inherited the one third of her father's 
estates, her portion estimated at at least 
$1,000,000, she seemed to be ambitious 
of taking by the hand, and introducing 
to the fashionable world, every poor but 
gifted individual, whether an artist, a 
mechanic, or a statesman. Herself highly 
accomplished, a thoroughly-educated wo- 
man, a severe student, proficient in the 
modern languages, possessed of great 
colloquial jjowers, she became the head 
of the influence she helped to build uj), ] 
and swayed the sceptre almost like a 
monarch. She was compelled, of course, i 
to receive and return the visits of many 
who were nothing to her except for their 
station in society ; but she desei'ves re- 
membrance, and always won res])ect fi'om 
un])rejudiccd men, l)y her liberal encour- 
agement of genius and talent, and by 
her lofty scorn of tlie Httle cliques that 



so often disfigure the world of fashion. 
Mrs, R. was the daughter of Jacob Ridg- 
way, who amassed a very large fortune 
in Philadelphia by successful speculations 
in real estate, and whose property, at the 
time of his death, was estimated to be 
worth $3,000,000. jNIr. Ridgway was 
in business at Antwerp, in Holland, for a 
number of years. He was American 
consul at that port for a long time. 
This large estate was divided among his 
three children, to wit : Mrs. Rush, John 
Ridgway, and Mrs. Roach, at that time 
a widow. Mr. J. Ridgway has resided 
at Paris during a great portion of the 
period which has elapsed since his fa- 
ther's death : and he is still in France. 
Mrs. Roach married Dr. Barton, of Phil- 
adelphia ; and she and her husband now 
reside in Chestnut Street, below Broad. 
Mrs. Rush made no display of her char- 
ities ; but we have heard of many in- 
stances in Avhich she used a portion of 
her great wealth, without ostentation, to 
relieve the wants of the deserving. She 
was a woman of refined taste, and a 
liberal pat»on of the arts. She was veiy 
fond of music ; and her splendid house 
contains many rare gems of painting and 
statuary. Mrs. R. died childless. Her 
husband. Dr. James Rush, survives her. 
He is a son of the late Dr. Benjamin 
Rush, of Philadelphia, who was an emi- 
nent physician, and a signer of the Dec- 
laration of Independence, and who died 
April 19, 1813, ae. 67. 

Rushing, Rev. John, Woodbury, 
Cannon Co., Tcnn., Aug. 17, w. Go. 

RusHTON, Miss Anna, New Orleans, 
La., March 28, a?. — , and Mrs. Adele 
Rushton, wife of George Foster, Esq., 
86. — , daughters of Dr. William Rush- 
ton, of New Orleans. 

HON. THOMAS J. RUSK, 

Of Texas, senator in Congress, at his res- 
idence, by his own hand, July 29, ae. 50. 
Gen. R. was a statesman of the ])rac- 
tical, old-fashioned state rights school ; 
and, although a quiet, unj)retending 
member of the Senate, it is not going 
too far to say that he wielded an uncom- 
mon influence in that body. He be- 
longed to the Union democracy of the 
south, never allowing himself to run into 
extremes, but following steadily and 
sternly the straight line of constitutional 
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tions of mere party leaders. As an 
evidence of his tact and judgment, it 
may be stated that, when his distinguished 
colleague, Gen. Samuel Houston, per- 
formed the eccentricity of joining the 
American party and lea^'ing his own, 
Gen. R. maintained good relations with 
him, and never indulged in those pubUc 
criminations and recriminations which too 
often dishonor great states in the Amer- 
ican Congress. There was every reason 
why this should be so. The two sena- 
tors had passed through many trying 
ordeals together. Their career had been 
remarkably similar in more respects than 
one. Partners in the early struggles for 
Texan independence, partners on the 
battle field, partners in the young re- 
public, co-advisers and partners in the 
Senate of the United States, it was not 
possible for them to be entirely sepa- 
rated by a mere political difference. 

Thomas J. Rusk was born in South 
Carolina. In his early manhood he re- 
moved to Texas, then a province of 
Mexico, and, before he was 30 years of 
age, took a prominent part with the 
people of that region in all their strug- 
gles for liberty against the Mexican 
government. He signed the declaration 
of Texan independence March 16, 1835, 
and was afterwards elected secretary of 
war. He figured conspicuously at the 
battle of San Jacinto ; and when Gen. 
Houston, the Texan commander, was 
wounded, Rusk was appointed major gen- 
eral, and had the control of the opera- 
tions of the army. His coolness, cour- 
age, and gallantry were only excelled by 
his prudence and sagacity as a statesman ; 
and, during all the troubles beginning 
with the declaration of Texan inde- 
pendence and ending with its annexation 
to the United States in 1846, Gen. R. 
■was, after Gen. Houston, the leading 
spirit. 

Feb. 21, 1846, Thomas J. Rusk and 
Samuel Houston were elected senators 
from Texas to the Congress of the 
United States ; and March 3, 1851, Gen. 
R. was reelected for six years. His 
second term expiring March 4, 1857, 
he was again elected to the Senate for 
six years from that day ; and, had he 
sm-\ived that term, he would have been 
one of that great body 18 years. While 
a member of the Senate, he was not 
only distinguished for liis common sense 
and his upright and manly deportment, 



but as a member of the committee on 
military afflxirs, and, lately, as chauTnan 
of the post office committee, he discharged 
important duties with the greatest fidel- 
ity and slvill. There is not a senator of 
any party who will not mourn the unex- 
pected and premature death of one who, 
in every relation of life, well deserved 
the appellation of a devoted friend, a 
stainless gentleman, and an unsuspected 
patriot, and, in all his action in that 
elevated and responsible position, had 
evidenced the most sterling integrity and 
patriotism, and a comprehensive and 
enlightened view of the true principles 
of government that stamped him a states- 
man of great foresight and singular inde- 
pendence and energy of action. He 
was thoroughly devoted to his state, 
with which he had been identified from 
his early manhood ; but at the same 
time he cultivated a liberality of senti- 
ment that embraced the whole country; 
and it was justly remarked of him that 
" no state of the Union ever contributed 
a truer or more patriotic heart and head 
to our national councils than had the 
' lone star ' of Texas." 

The New York Times, in an article 
which reflects credit on the writer for his 
promptness in rendering justice to a 
brave man who had been, unwaveringly, 
its political opponent, says that about a 
year ago he lost his wife, to whom he 
was said to be very strongly attached. 
" The sad event preyed upon his spirits ; 
but his active mind could not brood over 
misfortune, and he returned to Wash- 
ington at the beginning of the late ses- 
sion of Congress, where his course was 
marked by the unflagging industry and 
never-tiring energy characteristic of the 
man. He took a deep interest in the 
construction of the projected M'agon-road 
to the Pacific, and the overland mail 
recently authorized by Congress. After 
the adjournment last March, he remained 
at Washington for several weeks, to con- 
tribute his personal aid in the initiation 
of those enterprises. When he saw them 
placed on what he deemed a satisfactory 
basis, and certain to be prosecuted with 
promptness and "^igor, he left for home, 
where an active canvass was then pro- 
gressing between his colleague, Gen. 
Samuel Houston, and Runnels, the reg- 
ular democratic candidate, for the gov- 
ernorship. Gen. R. declined any part 
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of him is, that he has died by his own 

hand. 

In manner he was blunt, frank, and 
out-spoken, and in heart genial and 
kind. There was no guile in him. 
His position was always well defined, 
and not to be mistaken. As a friend 
he was reliable, and in his whole life an 
exemplification of that true chivalry so 
often theorized and so seldom to be 
found. Eminently practical, possessed of 
an unusual share of plain common sense, 
liberal in his views of public policy, 
and ready at all times to join hands 
with whomever could aid him in accom- 
plishing a public end, regardless of 
party afiiliations, he has made his mark 
in tile Senate chamber on a host of 
successful measures. 

Russ, Mrs. Sally U., Belfast, Me., 
June 28, se. 76, widow of the late Maj. 
John Russ. 

Russell, Edward Augustus, Jr., 
Middletown, Conn., March 13, se. 34, 
was graduated at Amherst College in 
the class of 1844. He made a public 
profession of religion in 1847, uniting 
with the First Congregational Church 
in Middletown. His thoughts turned 
seriously to the study of theology at 
that time, and he was only deterred 
from entering the ministry on the 
ground of poor health. In boyhood 
he looked forward to the foreign mis- 
sionary work as his chosen field of la- 
bor. But the vision of childhood and 
the choice of manhood both failed to 
be realized ; yet they seemed to have 
imparted a tone to his subsequent life. 
He bore much of the true spirit of 
missions and the ministry with him as 
a controlling influence in life. Ho 
clothed and taught the poor in the 
Sabbath school, and sought the highest 
good of those in his employ. His hand 
has freely given to make hap])y, when 
the good deed was concealed from the 
knowledge of his nearest friends. 
Gems, many, will shine at last in his 
crown of rewards. Early as he has 
gone to the grave, he has yet lived 
long in good deeds and a pure exam- 
ple. 

Russell, !Mrs. Eunice, Walpole, Jan. 
11, fc. 88, widow of the late Thomas 
Russell. 

Russell, Capt. Francis S. K., Mil- 
•waukie, Wis., Jan. 27, a-. 31, late of the 



regiment of mounted rifles, U. S. army, 
son of the late Capt. Sam. L. Russell, late 
of the second regiment of infantry, 
U. S. army, who fell in action with the 
Seminoles, in Florida, in 1830, while 
gallantly leading liis command. He 
was engaged in all the actions under 
Gen. Scott, from Vera Cruz to the 
city of Mexico, and having distin- 
guished himself as a brave and gallant 
officer, was recommended in general 
orders by Gen. Scott, and received a 
brevet captaincy, particularly for gal- 
lantry at Chapultepec. He came to 
Milwaukie in November last, with a de- 
sign to make it liis future home. He 
was a gentleman of cultivated and re- 
fined intellect, courteous and aff'able in 
liis manners, an agreeable companion 
and honorable man. With such quali- 
ties he very readily made the acquaint- 
ance of many of oiu" citizens, and was 
higlily esteemed by all who knew liira. 
He was a brave and generous man, and 
one who has done his country service. 
Those who have enjoyed his acquaint- 
ance will long remember him for his 
genial and sterling qualities, while his 
relatives and more immediate friends wUl 
deeply mourn the sudden loss of one 
who possessed so many endearing traits 
of character. — Milwaukie Daily Sen- 
tinel. 

Russell, Dea. George, Kingston, 
INIass., April 8, se. 53. He was called 
into the kingdom of Christ in early life, 
and was a most intelligent, active, and 
exemplary Christian. He did much to 
sustain the feeble church in Kingston, 
which was liis native town. We recol- 
lect to have passed the Sabbath with 
that church more than 20 years ago, 
when Mr. Russell ofiiciated in the three- 
fold capacity of sexton, chorister, and 
superintendent of the Sabbath school. 
For many years he resided in Boston, 
and sustained the office of deacon in 
Park Street Church. He was one of 
the most constant attendants on the 
morning prayer meeting at the Old 
South Chapel. He was a man of ex- 
cellent acquirements, having pursued 
classical studies to considerable extent, 
in his youth, with a pur]iose of prepar- 
ing for the ministrj'-, which was after- 
wards relinciuished. The influence of 
j this early desire, however, and tlie de- 
I gree of qualification for its accomplish- 
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effectively upon the Christian energies 
of his whole life. He was every where 
a friend of the minister, and his ready 
helper in every good work. His pen 
also Avas often employed, through vari- 
ous channels, to promote the spiritual 
edification and instruction of others. 

Russell, Hon. Henry, Salem, Mass., 

, sc. — . He had always heen an 

upright and valuable citizen, and, be- 
sides filling offices of honor and re- 
sponsibility in the municipality, and 
local associations, he was one of the 
representatives of Salem in the legisla- 
ture of 1847, 48, and 49, and a senator 
for the district of Essex in 1853. He 
will be much missed in the community, 
as his pursuits brought him constantly 
in contact with, and made his person 
familiar to, a very large number of peo- 
ple. 

Russell, Isaac, Winchester, Va., 
Feb. 15, a?. 62, one of the volunteers 
who went from this place to Norfolk 
during the war of 1812. He had also 
filled several offices of trust of the 
county and town, the duties of which 
were discharged with promptness and 
fidelity. 

Russell, Mrs. Mary, Middletown, 
Conn., June 9, a?. 88. She united with 
the First Congregational Church in 
Middletown in 1799. At this time her 
father. Rev. Enoch Huntington, was 
the pastor of this church, and died in 
1809,0?. 70. His ministry here covered 
nearly half a century. She was the 
relict of the late Matthew Talcott Rus- 
sell, who was a deacon in this church 
for 30 years. His grandfather and 
great-grandfather were the immediate 
predecessors of her father in the pas- 
torate, so that the two branches of the 
family supplied this pidpit with pastors 
for more than 120 consecutive years. 
She was an active and cheerful Chris- 
tian. The greater portion of her life 
was spent in her Redeemer's service. 
At the time of her death she was the 
oldest member of the church. For 
many years her name was intimately 
associated with unAvearied toils and 
vigils on behalf of the sick and af- 
flicted. 

RussELL,William, Bellefontaine, La., 
, se. 78. He was born in Fred- 
eric Co., Va., June 3, 1779. While a 
boy his father's family, a large one, re- 
moved to Rockbridge Co., Va., and af- 



terwards to Hawkins Co., East Tcnn., 
where his father died, and where his 
only remaining In-other, the last of eight 
children, now Hves. At the age of 25 
he left his father's house, and started 
on _ horseback for the north-w est. He 
visited Cincinnati, Louisville, and Vin- 
cennes, and was urged by Gov. Har- 
rison to remain at the latter place. He 
reached Kaskaskia in Nov., 1803, and 
soon came up to Cahokia with the pur- 
pose _ of crossing ; but owing to the 
running ice he was obliged to spend 
the winter in Prairie du Rocher and 
Kaskaskia, and was not able to cross 
the river until Feb. 8, 1804, when he 
reached St. Louis, ancl gave it prefer- 
ence, as his residence, to any town he 
had seen. The ferry, then kept by 
Calvin Adams, consisted of two pi- 
rogues tied together, with planks laid 
across the top. St. Louis was then a 
small town of Upper Louisiana, near 
Cahokia, of the Illinois, where the peo- 
ple had to go for their letters, which 
arrived by a one-horse mail at Cahokia 
once a month. The Spanish Hag was 
flying at the Spanish govennnent bar- 
racks on the fu'st or second squares 
south of the present Court House. 
The ferryman kept a small tavern, 
and a sergeant discharged from Capt. 
Stoddard's command kept a boarding 
house. Nearly all the village was 
south of Market St., the landing being 
below what is noM' Pine St., a bold, 
rocky shore, perhaps 20 or 25 feet high, 
preventing landing above. Probably 
150 houses existed in St. Louis at the 
time, built mostly of logs, and with 
the line of fortifications surrounding, 
sheltered 900 inhabitants. The Ameri- 
can flag, however, took the place of the 
Spanish early in the succeeding month, 
and the territory was open to American 
enterprise. All the means he had at the 
time being about $500, he, for a while, 



engaged 



in actual labor at farming. 



There were then but few farms o])en in St. 
Louis Co., and only three mills in the 
county. There were some American 
settlers at Bonhomme, and Mr. Long 
had a mill there. Chouteau's mill, on 
Mill Creek, and Grcgoire Sarpy's, at 
River des Peres, were the other two. 
Mr. Russell became acquainted with 
most of the settlers for many miles 
around. Subsequently he made a short- 
lived venture as a merchant, and at- 



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tempted to conduct some flatboats 
loaded with corn to New Orleans on 
his own account. Tliis was some ten 
years before a steamboat made its ap- 
pearance in the Mississippi, and all the 
navigation of the river was conducted 
in flatboats and Mackinaw boats. One of 
his boats being upset, he did not succeed 
in getting enough of his stock to market 
to reimburse his expenditures ; so he 
came back a loser, and thus, he used to 
say, " was one merchant spoiled." Af- 
terwards he became employed by the 
government of the United States as a 
deputy surveyor. In this capacity he 
surveyed a vast quantity of public land 
and i)rivate claims in the then wilds 
of Missouri and Arkansas, exposed to 
many hardships, and sleeping upon the 
ground, and subsisting for weeks upon 
game and other products of the forest. 
He thus became familiar with land and 
land claims through the whole adjacent 
country, and derived that experience 
which was the foundation for a judg- 
ment he possessed in regard to land 
matters rarely equalled. Possessing a 
character noted for rectitude, fidelity 
to contracts, and indomitable perse- 
verance, and a courage that knew no 
fear of man, his services came to be 
sought for by large numbers of persons 
who laid claim to land under the vari- 
ous denominations of head rights, im- 
provement rights, bounties, &c., &c. 
No other man, probably, as the pages 
of the American state papers show, 
ever presented so many private claims 
before the boards of commissioners 
appointed to investigate them as Mr. 
liussell. In many of those claims he 
naturally became interested, and thus 
acquired a taste, or rather fell into the 
way, of handling and prosecuting land 
claims, aufl dealing in lands, which 
subsequently absorbed all his time and 
attention ; and while it led him into 
intimate acquaintance with all the arca- 
na of land titles and land laws, it also 
gradually accumulated upon him one of 
the largest land estates in the country. 
He was often a party, and generallya 
successful one, to earnest and long-con- 
tinued legal controversies about land 
titles, the end of which settled many 
of our leading principles of land law. 
His arguments, at times, laid in writing 
before the land de])artment at Wash- 
ington, always attracted official at- 



tention by their directness, their labored 
research, general correctness and abil- 
ity, and frequently called forth the re- 
mark that had their author (Mr. lius- 
sell) been educated for t^e bar, he 
must have ranked as one of the fore- 
most legal minds of the country. 
Though he employed counsel, he was 
in the habit of relying principally upon 
himself, never taking it for granted 
that any body else would attend to his 
business so thoroughly and carefully as 
himself, and therefore generally pre- 
pared his own cases, whether of decla- 
ration or answer, law or chancery, and 
went sometimes even to the form of 
the final decree and execution. This 
habit grew upon him, probably, from 
the carelessness of ministerial officers 
in early times, and imperfect compli- 
ance with the precise forms of law 
M'hich often occasioned great perplexi- 
ties.^ In an extensive business, howev- 
er, it is absolutely impossible to do 
justice to all its demands by personal 
attention. This physical impossibility 
lost him many estates, one of the most 
valuable of which was his title to the 
site upon which the beautiful town of 
Peoria, of Illinois, now stands. In the 
course of his laborious life, he was the 
father of several towns, and additions 
to towns. Thus the principal part of 
the city of Little Rock, in Arkansas, 
was laid out by him, and as it became 
valuable, an attempt was made by the 
late Chester Ashley, a distinguished 
lawyer, and U. S. senator latterly, to 
cover and take it with a New Madrid 
float. An earnest and somewhat heat- 
ed controversy grew out of this, in- 
teresting the whole state, as the jjublic 
buildings are upon the land sold and 
guaranteed by Mr. Russell, which con- 
tinued nearly 20 years, and was only de- 
cided in Mr.' Russell's favor at the" last 
term of the Supreme Court of the U. S. 
He also laid out the toAvn of Helena, 
and probably one or two smaller places 
in Arkansas, of which he.was the pro- 
l)rietor. In like manner he may be 
said to have been the father of the city 
of Alton, of which he was, formanyyears, 
the largest proprietor. He also made 
important additions to the city of Dav- 
en])ort, in Iowa, and to the town of 
Genesee, in Illinois, and was formerly 
owner of most of M'hat is now kncnvn 
as "Allen's Addition to St. Louis." 



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313 



As ^Ir. 11. was an example of one who 
rose to great wealth by his own exer- 
tions, some of his peeuharities may be 
worthy of mention. He was an exact 
man, faithful in the performance of 
his own undertakings, and requiring a 
full compUance from others. He never 
went into debt. He never bought 
property without seeing it, and knowing 
all that he could about it, and he al- 
ways paid for what he bought in cash, 
so that when a commercial crisis came, 
like that of 1837, he was not a sacrifice 
to his creditors. He felt free and in- 
dependent, let what would come. He 
attended to his own business, and nev- 
er meddled with that of others. He 
was never idle, and though he used to- 
bacco freely, he abstained always from 
drinking ai'dent spu'its. He was never 
sick — never called for a physician until 
his last confinement. His charities, if 
any, he did not proclaim, nor did he ever 
boast of his wealth. Having formerly 
five or six brothers and sisters, nearly 
all of whom were poor, and most of 
whom left considerable families of 
children, he was their friend and bene- 
factor. To some he gave education, to 
some farms, to all of them money or 
property, though some of them he had 
never seen. 

Some time previous to his death he 
had disposed of all his property, hav- 
ing many years since given a large por- 
tion of it to liis daughter, the wife of 
Thomas Allen, or to her children. The 
remainder he had conveyed to Mr. Al- 
len in trust, to distribute the proceeds 
to his nephews and nieces, over thirty 
in number. The value of his estate, 
had he kept it in his own hands, would 
have amounted to several millions of 
dollars. Another portion of his estate 
— that remaining in Arkansas — he 
conveyed to aid in the foundation of an 
institute or school. Some years will 
elapse before this fund can be collected, 
or his trust property distributed. He 
had thus settled, so far as he could, all 
his affairs, and to leave nothing un- 
done, he had even authorized the prep- 
aration of his tomb. He was attacked 
with paralysis of the right limbs and 
side, in Dec, 1854, which ever since 
confined him to his room, his bed, and 
his chair. He bore his great affliction 
■with manly fortitude and patience. Dur- 
part of the time he ex- 
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ing the latter 



eluded all thought of business, and 
turned his attention wholly to prepara- 
tion for eternity. He began to feel the 
vanity of his earthly labor and accumu- 
lations, and to regret that he had not 
sooner given his mind and heart to the 
more important considerations of reli- 
gion. Persevering in this now, however, 
as he had in other things before, he final- 
ly felt that he had found the hope that 
is given to us in the gospel, through 
Jesus Christ, and on examination, was 
admitted to the sacrament, and the 
church, at his lodgings, in Sept., 1856. 
Since that period, and for a short time 
before, he regularly employed a chap- 
lain to daily administer to him the con- 
solations of religion, and thus he has 
been ready to welcome death at any 
time. 

Rust, Elam, Decatur, 111., , te. 

— . He Avas a native of Hartlaud, Vt. 
Early in life he removed to Canton, in 
Northern New York, where he read law 
under the tuition of Hon. Silas Wright, 
and was admitted to the bar in 1837. 
In 1841 he came to Ilhnois, and located 
in Belleville, when he edited the Far- 
mers' and Mechanics' Kepository for 
something over a year. He then re- 
moved to Waterloo, and for several 
years was the sole editor and propri- 
etor of the Independent Democrat and 
War Eagle. Although actively en- 
gaged in the constant practice of his pro- 
fession, he discharged his editorial du- 
ties with promptness and fidelity. Sub- 
sequently he edited the Alton News Let- 
ter, Illinois Chronicle, and at different 
times contributed largely to the columns 
of various other papers in tliis and 
neighboring states. 

Rust, Gen. George, Baltimore, Md., 
Sept. — , ae. — , superintendent of the 
U. S. armory at Harper's Ferry under 
President Jackson. He was one of the 
defenders of that city in the war of 
1812. 

Ryan, General, of Chillicothe, Ohio, 

, Be. — , died on board the Trop- 

ic. The general had been an old cam- 
paigner in the war of 1812, and had 
borne a prominent part in several en- 
counters with the Indians. He had 
lately served as a member of the City 
Council of ChiUicothe, and was one of 
those invited to the railroad celebration 
at St. Louis. From St. Louis he pro- 
ceeded to Omaha city, Nebraska, to 



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visit some members of his family ; but 
the f;itii,nio luul excitement of travelling 
was too great for the old man to bear, 
and a stroke of apoplexy ended his life 
when on his way. 

Kydkr, Nathaniel, South Middle- 
boro', Mass., Aug. 27, a?. 77. 

Ryman, ]Mrs. Rachel, Lexington, 
Ky., Dec. 9, se. 87, reHct of Jacob lly- 
man. She was in very truth a " moth- 
er in Israel," having been for more 
than half a century a pious woman, 
and having died in full communion 
with the Cln-istian church, of Avliich she 
was a respected and venerated member. 
She was a native of Maryland, but 
removed to Kentucky when but 15 
years of age, and she can say what few 
who are left behind her could, that she 
was in the city of Lexington when there 



was not a single brick house in it, and 
but few dwellings of any description, 
and they of the plainest, and indeed we 
may say of the roughest materiuls. The 
progress of luxury and refinement that 
marks the present day was then un- 
known, and tlie plain comforts of life 
in the then uncultivated and savage 
wilderness were all that were expected 
or desired by its bold and hardy adven- 
turers. She lived to witness the mighty 
change which has since been wrought 
upon all things here, but did not for- 
get the simple habits and tastes which 
her early life inculcated. 

Hyreson, Jerome, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
May 31, 8B. 45. He was ill from the 
commencement of his official duties. 
The direct cause of his death was con- 
gestion of the lungs. 



S. 



Sadler, Rev. L. L., Williamsburg, 
Long Island, N. Y., Oct. — , se. — , of 
Boston, Mass., who for some 20 years 
was distinguished in his profession as a 
])ublic speaker ; but, when health failed 
him, (owing to a bronchial affection,) he 
embarked with all his energy and talents 
in the business of telegraphing. ]SIuch 
of the efficiency and reliability of the 
lines east of New York have been owing 
to his jn-ompt and ])ersonal attention. 
The public have just cause to regret his 
death, while his relatives have sufiered 
an irreparable loss. 

Sage, Alpha, Hartford, Conn., Jan. 
29, x. 69. Mr. Sage was one of the 
oldest and best known business men of 
Hartford, and was a most worthy and es- 
timal)le man. 

Sai.ks, Mary de, San Francisco, Cal., 

, oi. — , second superior of the 

order of the " Sisters of Mercy," an in- 
stitution establislied in that city. She 
was a cousin of Daniel O'Connell, and a 
relative of the celebrated Tom Steele, 
and formerly possessor of great wealth 
in her native country, Ireland, which she 
expended in ])enefaetions to the ])oor, 
and in behalf of iier religious order. 
She was the founder of the Magdalen 
Asylum, Limerick, Ireland, of which she 
iiail charge some .']() yeans. 

S\i;niNSTALL, Dr. (jiurdon, New York 
city, July 20, le. 29. 



HON. ASHLEY SA:\IPS0N, 



Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 12, a?. 67. " He 
was born at Cornwall, Vt. He grad- 
uated at Middlebury College, and studied 
law with Col. Samuel Young, of Balls- 
ton. In 1817 he located at Pittsford, in 
this county, and commenced the practice 
of law. in 1819 he removed to Roch- 
ester, and in J 823 was made first judge 
of ]\Ionroe Co. This office he resigned 
in 1825, and was re-appointcd in 1838, 
discharging its duties till, 1843. In 1844 
he was a member of assembly from this 
county. 

" Judge Sampson was one of the pio- 
neers of this county, and a member of 
the Pioneer Society. He was an ardent 
friend of tem])erance in the early move- 
ments of 1827-9, and formed the fh-st 
county society in Western New York. 

" Judge S. was a learned, acute, and 
sound lawyer, a man of rare Mit and 
of severe critical judgment. But his gen- 
ial temperament and kind heart were 
leading features of his character, and 
he was beloved, honored, and respect- 
ed by all mIio knew him. He was a 
bold, uncompromising friend of religion 
and good morals. For many years he 
had been an elder in the First Presbyte- 
rian Church. 

" Judge S. was actuated by the most 
benevolent motives, a striking illustration 



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315 



of which was his strong effort, this last 
summer, in l)chalf of the rescue from 
slavery of Henry Dixon, a kidnajjped 
colored man. Judge Sampson has been 
twice married. His first wife was the 
sister of James H. Gregory, Esq., of 
this city. She died two years ago. The 
judge was married again, about a fort- 
night since, to Mrs. Bryan, of Penfield. 

" Some years ago. Judge S. was par- 
tially paralyzed, and, although he meas- 
urably recovered, he never resumed the 
practice of the law. In possession of a 
comfortable comjietence, he quietly passed 
his life among his old friends, and was 
honored l)y all. He had no children. 

"He was treading the jjath of such an 
old age as Cicero might have described, 
had Cicero known the inestimable value 
of the Christian foith over the cool, con- 
templative ])hilosophy of his epoch. But 
the old man has gone, and M'ith him in 
the narrow house is the unaffected grief 
of a whole city. In person. Judge S. 
was strikingly like the portraits of Jack- 
son and Calhoun — tall, slender, and the 
head surmounted by short iron-gray 
hair. In character, he was not unlike 
the men whom he resembled, and to 
whom he was allied in political faith. 
Pure, patriotic, and of unblemished integ- 
rity, his was a character like those of the 
better and nobler days of the republic." 

Sanborn, Mrs. Pamelia O., Milwau- 
kie, Wis., Feb. 27, a?. 2 j, wife of Charles 
H. Sanborn, formerly of Bristol, and 
daughter of John A. Bowen, Esq., of 
Wells Ptiver, N. H. 

S.\NBORN, Rev. Peter, Reading. Mass., 
Aug. 8, ge. 91. He was a son of William 
and Mary (Sleeper) Sanborn, and was 
born in Kingston, IST. H., Aug. 15, 1767 ; 
fitted for college under the instruction of 
Rev. Dr. Thayer, of Kingston ; gradu- 
ated at Dartmouth College 17S6 ; studied 
di\inity with the Rev. Ephraim Judson, 
of Taunton, ^lass. ; was ordained at 
Reading, June 7, 1790 ; and after a min- 
istry of 30 years, was dismissed June 8, 
1820, but continued to reside in Reading 
until his death, and occu])ied the same 
house for 67 years. His first sermon 
was preached in Dighton, INIass., when 
he was 21 years of age. At the time he 
was settled in Reading, much opposition 
was made by the Arminian portion of the 
church to his Hopkinsian views. A re- 
vival of religion took place in the parish 



soon after, and produced unanimity 
among them; and from that time till 
1812, there was an almost continued re- 
ligious interest among his pcojile. In 
the labors of this revival his health failed, 
and being an invalid for some years, in 
1820 he was released from his 'pastoral 
charge, though his labors were continued 
by occasional preaching for many years. 
Mr. Sanborn's first wife was Mary" Stimp- 
son, of Reading, who had nine children. 
His second wife, whom he married Nov. 
10, 1820, was Martha Wakefield, who 
had been for many years a distinguished 
teacher. She had five children. Two of 
his sons became ministers of the gospel. 
One, Pliny Fisk, graduated in 1840; 
and the other, George E., was settled in 
Georgia, Vt., Jan. 1, 1851. Mr. San- 
born's wife, Martha, died May 2, 1847, 
aged 59 years. His own life was pro- 
tracted about ten years longer. 

Sanders, Mrs. Susan, Little Falls, X.Y., 
March 26, (e. 51, wife of Deacon James 
Sanders. She was one of 13 who origi- 
nally constituted the Baptist church in 
this place, but is now gone from the 
church militant to the church triumphant. 

Sanderson, Gen. William A., Jack- 
son township. Perry Co., O., Nov. 14, se. 
61. He was born in Cumberland Co., 
Pa., in 1796, and emigrated to this 
county with his parents in 1800, when 
but a few log cabins Avere to be seen to 
indicate the place where the city of Lan- 
caster now stands. He was a soldier in 
the war of 1812, being yet under age, 
— his extreme youth did not deter him 
from volunteering as a substitute in the 
north-western army, — and served a six 
months' tour in the defence of his coun- 
try's rights, enduring all the hardships 
of a soldier's life on the north-Mestern 
frontier. Thus has passed away a good 
man, one who was universally respected 
by all who knew him. He was the kind 
friend to the poor and needy, and the 
friend and patron of education and mo- 
rality ; and he was ever ready and willing 
to perform his part faithfully as a good 
citizen and a respected member of society. 

Sandford, John F. A., New York 
city, 8B. 50. He commenced life as a 
trapper on the Missouri, rose to a part- 
nership in the great St. Louis firm of 
Pierre Chouteau, Jr., & Co., and rapidly 
accumulated a fortune amounting to not 
less than -81,500,000. We have heard 
that he, in connection with George Pea- 



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body, Esq., the London banker, made 
$600,000 in one year's importition of 
British iron, mainly for railroads. But 
the cares and anxieties of his immense 
business proved too great for even his 
vigorous mind ; and Mr. S. was, some 
months since, stricken down with insan- 
ity. He recovered his reason after a 
time, but not perminently ; he was again 
stricken, and died under the intiiction — 
more deserving of commiseration in the 
midst of his wealth than many a beggar 
Avlio knows not where to lay his head. 
The life of this man, truly and fearlessly 
written, would prove instructive and sal- 
utary. 

REV. PETER P. SANDFORD, D.D., 

Tarrytown, N. Y., Jan. 14, ae. 75. Dr. 
S. " was born," quoting his own lan- 
gngi}, in the town of New Bar'oidoes, 
(now Lodi,) Bergen Co., N. J., Feb. 28, 
1731. " My ancestors had resided in 
the place of my birth for several genera- 
tions. My fiither's great-grandfather was 
the first of the f imily who settled in that 
place. He held a military commission 
under the crown of Great Britain, and 
was sent with an army to the Island of 
Barbadoes, in the West Indies, where, 
having but little to do, he en2:ao:ed in 
msrcantile busmess with two partners — 
Kingsland and Richards. After Lord 
Carteret had obtained a patent from the 
crown for East New Jersey, he came 
over to this country, purchased a tract 
of land about 20 miles in length, and, 
extending from the Passaic River on the 
west to the Hackensack River on the 
east, about four miles in width in the 
widest place. The purchase was made 
both of the government and of the In- 
dians. This tract he called New Barba- 
does Neck. He then returned to the 
Island of Barbadoes, where he and his 
partners sold their military commissions, 
settled up their mercantilp business, emi- 
grated to this country, and settled on his 
new purchase, which they divided among 
them, my ancestor taking the southern 
part, which extended from the junction 
of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers 
with the Newark Bay about 14 miles 
north, and from river to river, east and 
west. Here he settled, and built himself 
a dwelling on the east bank of the Pas- 
saic River, opposite to whit is now the 
north end of the city of Newai-k. He 



had one son and two daughters, among 
whom he divided his estate. The name 
of his son was William, who for many 
years held the commission of major under 
the crown of Great Britain, and is men- 
tioned in the history of the war with the 
French as being in the actual service. 
He made large purchases of lands in 
Newark and Elizabethtown, in Essex Co., 
N. J. He had successively three wives, 
and, a numerous family of children. He 
is said to have been a very honest, up- 
right, and temperate man. My grand- 
father, whose name was Michael, had 
five sons and one daughter by his only 
wife, whose maiden name was Day. My 
father, whose name was Peter, w'as their 
youngest child. When a young man, he 
entered on board a privateer vessel com- 
manded by Capt. S. Davis, a distant 
relative, in which he spent a few months. 
With this exce]jtion, he spent the whole 
of his life in the neighborhood of his 
birth. He inherited a part of the estate 
of his ancestors, and lived till within a 
few months of his death on the same 
spot on which he was born. Mv mother's 
maiden name was Eleanor Turner. Her 
father was for several years sheriff of 
Bergen Co. ; and her maternal grand- 
mother was a Sandfbrd, descended from 
the same ancestry with ourselves. They 
married young, and lived together about 
70 years, and in the same house, with 
the exception of enlargement and rejjairs, 
in which my father was born. They 
were persons of very tem])erate habits 
through life, of strict moi-al honestv, of 
great integrity, of almost unbounded 
hospitality, and during many years pro- 
fessors of religion. They had eleven 
children, ten of whom, seven sons and 
three daughters, lived to be fathers and 
mothers. 

" When I was between nine and ten 
years of age, I commenced a regular 
and systematic course of conduct in rela- 
tion to the concerns of my soul." Among 
the things embraced in this " course of 
conduct " was a " preparation to receive 
confirmation, which I received at the 
hands of Bishop Provost, of New York, 
before I was ten years old. During the 
administration of the rite of confirmation 
I was greatly afiected from a sense of 
the great responsibility which would 
thenceforward rest upon me. 

" Aljout this time I wrote with my 
own hand, and signed and sealed, a sol- 



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317 



emn covenant, binding mj'self to a very 
strict course of life, and devoting myself 
uni'eservedly to the Lord. 

" I collected the children of the neigh- 
borhood together on Sunday mornings, 
as our church ser^^ce was in the after- 
noon, in an unoccupied house belonging 
to my father, made a pulpit of a closet, 
seated the room, read the liturgy of the 
Protestant Episcopal church, and preached 
to them as well as I could ; and this I 
think I did with perfect sincerity." 

It appears that Dr. S. was 25 years 
old when he was regularly licensed to 
preach. In the winter following he was 
induced to accompany some travelling 
ministers in their itinerant work. He 
often preached, filling their appointments, 
as well as those which were made partic- 
ularly for him. Towards the latter part 
of the winter of 1807 he took a tour 
with the presiding elder, Ilev. Thomas 
Ware, (of blessed memory,) over a por- 
tion of his district, preaching to the 
people, and receiving instruction from 
this man of God, both in the doctrines 
of religion and the order and usages of 
the church. He continued these irreg- 
ular labors until April, 1807, at which 
time he was admitted on probation 
in the Philadelphia annual conference. 
From the conference just named Dr. S. 
was appointed to labor on the Trenton 
circuit, in New Jersey, then in charge of 
the Rev. William McLenahan, of whom 
Dr. S. has made honorable mention as a 
minister of Christ. He remained on this 
circuit dm-ing the two years he was on 
trial, and in 1809 was fully admitted into 
the ministry of the Philadelphia confer- 
ence, and placed in charge of Asbury, in 
what was then the Jersey district, the 
Rev. Joseph Totten being the presiding 
elder. He continued to labor in the 
Philadelphia conference, with varying de- 
grees of success, until the year 1810, 
when he was transfen-ed to the New 
York conference, and stationed in the 
city of New York, the now venerable Dr. 
Nathan Bangs then being the preacher 
in charge, having brother S. and three 
othei-s associated \vith him, making the 
whole force of itinerant laborers appointed 
to this city at that time. 

Few men have rendered more impor- 
tant ser\ice to the church, as members 
of the general conference, than has P. P. 
Sandford during the nine consecutive 
quadrennial meetings of that important 
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and influential body. If he did not pos- 
sess a sprightly invention, which was 
ever egotistically proffering to the church 
trifling and inutile changes in our econ- 
omy, he did exert an intelligent and 
effective conservatism, which has largely 
contributed to our stability and success. 
Proof, however, exists that some impor- 
tant modifications of our economical reg- 
ulations are the fruits mainly of liis 
judgment and derising. 

I. As a man. Dr. S. was distinguished 
for the strength of his character — a 
strength mainly derived from the inflex- 
ibility of the moral princi])les of his 
life. We have seen the early develop- 
ment of this feature in the method and 
rigor imposed upon himself in his early 
youth ; and there does not appear to 
have been any relaxation of the govern- 
ing sentiment at any subsequent period 
of his life. Whatever of influence may 
have arisen from a temperament of na- 
ture correspondent to this characteristic, 
the characteristic itself is mainly attrib- 
utable to the early moral convictions 
which he cultivated. It would be, there- 
fore, diflScult to say what were his weak- 
nesses, if weakness were alleged against 
him. Nor is his character open to the 
charge of capriciousness. Dr. S. could 
always give a reason both for his de- 
cisions and actions. A strong character 
is founded in reason and conviction, while 
that which is left to the force of circum- 
stances, impulse, and caprice is necessa- 
rily weak and inharmonious. 

This groundwork of his character, as 
a whole in its influence, reaches up into 
his intellectual character, and produces a 
second trait, which is the harmony of his 
mental endowments and intellectual ac- 
tions. Staidness, and such a repose as 
to preclude any discord and irregularity, 
is not meant, for the doctor had a mind 
essentially active, and forcibly and effec- 
tively active ; but his mental energy was 
guided by method, and disci])Hned to 
rule and laws of CAidence and to truth. 
There were no contrasts nor dispropor- 
tions in his general abilities ; they were 
in just correspondence, and, under the 
authority of truth and reason, all errati- 
cism and oblique action of his mind 
were inhiliited. It was this trait in his 
intellectual character Mhich always wai-- 
ranted your confidence in his opinions 
when formed and expressed. Ycu never 
feared that you were about to be beguikd 



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by novelty, or of being misled by mere 
S])eciinisncss, so fully did you feel that 
candor, care, and thoroughness had at- 
tended his inquiries on all subjects upon 
which he felt it his duty to utter himself. 
There were no sudden jettings out of his 
mind under mere impulse ; iio egotistical 
swellings of fancy and the imagination ; 
but sobriety, intelligence, and truth 
stamped all his intellectual actions. He 
was not incajjable of mistakes ; he'might 
be misinformed, and then misjudge ; but 
whoever felt it his duty to confront his 
opinions knew full well that truth, not 
sophistry, fact and not fancy, must be 
used against the doctor, or the assailant 
was sure to fall, overwhelmed in defeat. 
Whoever contested the logical positions 
of Mr. tS. when deliberately taken, to be 
successful, must have brought manly 
powers and manful truth and logic, or he 
was sure of defeat. 

Third, he was distinguished for a con- 
sistent reserve of manners. Possiblv, 
in the estimation of some, he carried 
this too far. But in this, as in every 
thing else belonging to his character, it 
was with him a jjoint of principle not to 
be obtrusive with words or opinions. 
When any good purpose could be, at- 
tained by it, he was communicative and 
free, hut never talked to be heard by 
himself, and seldom merely to amuse 
others. The rules contained in our dis- 
cijjline for the government of a preacher 
in these respects he conscientiously kept. 
No person was ever heard to insinuate 
that Dr. S. either talked too much or 
talked without sense. 

II. As a Christian, he was distinguished 
for the depth and evangelical character 
of his experience and spiritual life. It is 
true, the emotional action of his piety 
was not i)romiuent. His temijcrament 
and education may have had a decisive 
influence upon this feature of his Chris- 
tian life. But that life was not wanting 
in depth, attections, zeal, light, nor as- 
surance. Wiiile he would not put any 
uiu-easonable restraint ujjon the flow of 
emotions in others, he felt that it would 
be ostentatiousness in him to speak of 
his inward feelings and exercises jjromis- 
cuously and without reserve. Yet among 
his intimate friends, ])rivatcly, he would 
unfold all the secret workings of his 
soul in its efforts to secure a meetness 
to be a ]jartaker of the inheritance of the 
saints in light. If the image of his piety 



was not dressed in the garlands of poe- 
try, nor tinted with the deejier hues of 
passion, it was gilded with the light of 
life, it was resplendent with the beams 
of truth, it did glow with a warmth and 
vitality which was felt to be hallowing 
u])on all who came under its influence. 
If it did not evince itself in a rushing 
sentimentality, it did sweep on in 
deepening channels of reverence, pu- 
rity, and love, reflecting in his exte- 
rior life the bright image of Christ our 
Saviour. 

The closing scenes of his worthy and 
useful life will finish our picture. 

There is a sublime beauty in the sun- 
set hour of a brilKant day. The beams 
of light, which draw out the lengthened 
shadows of evening, soften the sharp 
outline of the mountain ridge, fringing 
it with an endurable glory, and awaken 
new combinations of beauty, as the de- 
scending sun smiles his evening fare- 
well to the foliage of the lawn and the 
flowers of the vale. So the final hour 
of Dr. S., in which are clustered the light, 
power, and glory of that faith in the 
light of M'hich he had journeyed through 
life, now softened as the evening sliad- 
ows gather around him, and sheds over 
all our cherished memories of the man 
a new sense of the eminent abilities and 
great worth of this distinguished min- 
ister of Jesus Chi-ist ; nay, the tranquil- 
lity, confidence, and holy triumph in 
Avliich he finished his course, and the 
ministry which he had received of the 
Lord Jesus, justifies a half century of 
toil and seli-denial in Avhich he had de- 
voted himself to the great objects of his 
calling. 

Added to the natural infirmities of 
advanced age. Dr. S. was being borne 
down with bodily disabilities for some 
years before he was finally compelled to 
leave the effective ranks, by increasingly 
severe and more frequent attacks of 
sickness. But these suftcrings he bore 
with Christian fortitude. That which, 
perhaps, may be regarded as Iris last 
sickness was continued for some weeks ; 
at different times in the course of its 
continuance he was thought to be very 
near his end. " During the former part 
of his illness," it is said, " he was mostly 
silent, and appeared to be much of the 
time in prayer ; but whenever interro- 
gated in regard to liis pros])ects of 
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ed." When asked, " Do you think much ' 
of heaven P " " Are your prospects 
bright ? " he answered quickly and 
without hesitation, " Yes." It had been : 
a favorite saying with him all tlii'ough 
life, " that if we had grace to live by, 
dying grace would come with a dying 
hour." I 

Some time during the Monday pre- 
vious to his death he said, " I am not ' 
long for this world," and added, " I have 
prayed for a holy triumph, and I have , 

it-" . . ! 

As his children stood around his 
couch, he said to them with dying em- 
phasis, " Live for God." And long will 
those present remember the last time 
and the last utterance which fell in 
broken and slowly articulated accents 
as his voice was hushed in the silence 
of death: "Be ye — also — perfect — 
even as — your Father — wliich is — in 
heaven — is — perfect." 

Saxford, Hon. D. F., SarahsviUe, 
Noble Co., O., March 8, se. 44, judge of 
probate of the county. 

Saxford, Hon. John, Amsterdam, 
N. Y., Oct. — , se. — . Mr. S. was one 
of the leading men of Montgomery Co., 
and has served the public, at various 
times, in an official capacity. In 1840 
he was elected member of Congress 
from this district. Subsequently he 
was elected to fiU a vacancy, state sen- 
ator, from the then 16th senatorial dis- 
trict. He has filled other offices, and 
at all times has served the public to its 
entii'e satisfaction. 

Sanford, Mrs. Sarah J., Cranston, 
R I., Feb. 25, ss. 64, wife of David San- 
ford, of Newark, N. J. 

Sanford, Mrs. Lydia Wightman, 
Volney township, Oswego Co., June 3, 
se. 71, wife of Joseph Sanford. 

Sansbury, Benjamin, Princeton, 
N. J., , one of the oldest citi- 
zens, between 80 and 90 years of age. 

Sappixgton, Zephaniah, Gravois 
Road, St. Louis Co., Mo., April 22, se. 
75. He emigrated from near Lexing- 
ton, Ky., in 1804, to the now State of 
Missouri, when St. Louis was but a 
French village, since which time he has 
been a constant resident of St. Louis 
Co., and has resided on the place on 
which he died for the last 50 years. 

Sargeant, Mrs. Ehzabeth, Brattle- 
boro', Vt., March 17, se. 94, widow of 



the late Eli Sargeant, was the oldest 
person in town. 

Satterlee, Mrs. Almira, near Sires- 
ville, Richland Co., Wis., April 13, je. 
74, wife of Elisha Satterlee. She was 
born June 14, 1783, in Hartford, Conn. 
She was married at an early age in New 
York, but moved Mith her husband, in 
the fall of 1817, to Indiana. From there 
they moved to Illinois, in difi'erent parts 
of which they resided for quite a num- 
ber of years. They moved from Illinois 
to Green Co., Wis., but soon returned 
to Illinois, where they resided until 
about four years ago, when they moved 
to Richland Co., where they have since 
lived. 

Saul, Joseph, New Orleans, La., Jan. 
— , se. 85, one of the oldest and most 
respected citizens. He was a native of 
England, but had lived nearly 70 years 
in America, and more than 50 in New 
Orleans. 

Saunders, Dr. A. H., Alexandria, , 
D. C, March 2, se. — , a clerk in the 
U. S. sixth auditor's office. 

Saunders, Mrs. CorneHa C, Union- 
ville, Madison township. Lake Co., O., 
May 1, se. 44. Mrs. S. was the widow 
of Rev. Alanson Saunders, who died 
Nov. 5, 1853, in the same town. Pre- 
vious to her marriage, she had, for sev- 
eral years, been engaged as a teacher of 
the young in that place ; and for four 
years after that she was associated with 
her husband in the conducting of the 
academy in Painesville. Mr. Saunders's 
public life, after leaving Painesville, Aras 
spent in Geneva and Rome, and then, 
on being unable to labor, he came to 
Madison, where his ministry was first 
commenced. In all his labors, Mrs. S. 
was truly a godly helper. Her piety 
was always of the firm and decided type. 
She was naturally a woman of quick 
decision, and was not wanting in ability 
to accomplish her plans. Her labors 
will long be remembered with grateful 
affection by the many who have in dif- 
ferent ways come within the reach of 
her influence. But none will feel her 
loss so much as the cliildren who are 
made orphans by her death. When left 
alone with a young family, instead _ of 
desponding, she seems to have applied 
herself closely and continuously to the 
work of giving them the best education 
that was Avithin her means. 

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11, fT. 77, widow of the late Daniel 
Saunders. 

Sa WYKR, Dea. Jeremiah, Greensboro', 
Vt., Feb. 12, CD. 61. He was a native 
of Gihnanton, N. H., but had been a 
resident of Greensboro' 40 years. He 
was a good man, and died in the tri- 
umphs of the faith of the gospel. 

Sawyer, Matthias Plant, Boston, 
Mass., March 31, se. 68, formerly of 
Portland, Me. 

Sawykr, jNIrs. Shuah, Limiugton, 
Me., June 29, ro. 93, widow of Nathan- 
iel Sawyer. Mrs. S. was the last of the 
13 children of Joshua Small, Esq., for- 
merly of Kittery, Me., thence to Scar- 
boro', and thence to Limington, (former- 
ly Ossipee,) which was then but a M'il- 
derness, and but three or four families 
living in the town. The 13 children, 
all but one, lived to have families, the 
most of whom were numerous. ]\Irs. S. 
had two husbands : her first was Isaac 
Small, by whom she had two children ; 
her second husband, Mr. Sawyer, by 
whom she had seven children, six of 
them now living. Mrs. S. married and 
settled in Limington, where she re- 
mained till her death. It is but just to 
say, that her life, as a wife, mother, 
neighbor, and as a Christian, was affec- 
tionate, kind, and lovely. She was 
greatly beloved by all who knew her. 
Her piety showed itself by her stead- 
fastness, fu-mness, and sweet consola- 
tion drawn from the doctrine of divine 
and sovereign grace. 

SaxaiaN, Mrs. Barbara, Derry town- 
ship, Pa., Aug. 20, SB. 56. 

Say'LES, George, Shelbyville, Ky., 
Nov. 27, a?. 53, for many years a good 
citizen of Shelbyville, and a native of 
Berkshire Co., Mass. 

ScHKXCK, Mrs. Leah V., Six Mile 
Run, N. J., June 22, as. 61, wife of Hon. 
F. S. Schenck, formerly member of Con- 
gress. 

SciIERMERHORN, Casper, Roxbury, 
N. Y., May 9, ;e. 91. lie was one of 
the early settlers of that town, and a very 
enterprising man. 

SciloRiB, Dr. James F., Nicaragua, 
, iv. — , a popular young physi- 
cian of Louisville, was killed in battle. 

ScinKKDEK, Kev. John F., D. D., 

Brooklyn, N. Y., , a^. 56, of the 

Episcojial church, and at one time as- 
sistant minister of the Trinity Church, 
New York city. 



Schuyler, Mrs. H. L. Hillhouse, 
Albany, N. Y., Dec. 30, a'. 59, wife of 
Cornelius Schuyler. She died as she 
had lived, in the exercise of a calm, un- 
M'avering, and abiding faith in the Chris- 
tian religion. Long a devout member 
of the Episcopal church, her life Avas 
one of beautiful consistency. The pas- 
sive virtues M'hich marked her chara.cter, 
as well as the Clu'istian graces and ac- 
tivities which adorned it, render her 
memory precious. The approach of 
death could not disturb a serenity which 
a strong faith had made habitual, and 
but increased her desire that those she 
was leaving should know the comforting 
and sustaining poAver of a Saviour's love. 
Her last words to her afflicted family, 
after an affectionate farewell to each, 
were, " Prepare to meet me in heav- 
en." 

Schwartz, Dr. Charles G., Philadel- 
phia, , fp. — . 

ScoFiELD, Dr. Edward, Poughkeep- 
sie, N. Y., April 10, fe. 31. 

ScoLLAY', Dr. Charles L., Jefferson 
Co., Va., July — , se. — , a well-known 
and highly-respected citizen. 

SCOLLAY', Dr. Samuel, Middlebury, 
Jefferson Co., Va., Jan. 11, se. 76. 

Scott, James, Ballston, N. Y., Jan. 
18, se. 83. He was born Jan. 31, 1774, 
in Ballston, then a new and frontier set- 
tlement in Albany Co., his parents, who 
were emigrants from the north-east part 
of Ireland, having arrived there the 
autumn previous, and he remained a 
resident of Ballston until his death. No 
other person in that town or its vicinity 
now living had resided there as long as 
the subject of this notice. About 1777, 
his father, George Scott, moved on the 
spot which has since been the residence 
of the deceased. For a time it was lit- 
erally a frontier clearing, for there Avas 
not another Avhite man's habitation to 
the north between it and the valley of 
the St. Lawrence. Mr. S. could well 
remember how night after night, towards 
the close of the revolutionary war, liis 
father's family, apprehending an attack 
from the Indians, abandoned their house, 
and secreted themselves in the forest. 
At length, after the apprehension had 
subsided, on the night of Oct. 16, 1780, 
a band of about 50 British regulars and 
Indians, commanded by Lieut. Frazer, 
detaclied from the main body, consist- 
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of ]\Iajor Monro,) approached their 
dwelling". The father of the deceased, 
aroused from sleep by the unusual bark- 
ing of his Match dog, sprang from his 
bed, and seizing his gun, opened the 
outer door, and was immediately felled 
to the floor by two tomahawks, hurled 
at his head by Indians, and accompa- 
nied by the unearthly war-whoop. Lieut. 
Frazer, a refugee, and an old acquaint- 
ance, who had formerly lived near the 
Burnt Hills, and Staats Springsteed, 
another refugee, and then a sergeant, 
who had formerly lived in the family as 
a laborer, immediately interposed and 
prevented the savages from taking his 
scalp. His wounds, though severe, and 
covering him with blood, were not mor- 
tal, although the enemy left him with 
the belief that he would soon die from 
their effects. The deceased, soon after 
the enemy entered the house, stole away 
unobserved, and concealed himself in a 
thicket near by, until they disappeared. 
Plundering the house of every thing 
worth removing, even to the children's 
clothing, the detachment moved on up 
the Middle Line, and soon overtook the 
main body on their retreat to Canada ; 
with Avhom were James Gordon, (an 
uncle of the deceased,) Capt. Tyrannus 
Collins, Capt. Elisha Benedict, Paul 
Pierson, Edward A. Watrous, John 
Higby, and others who had been taken 
prisoners. After having attended such 
schools as were afforded in a new set- 
tlement, the deceased completed his 
education at the academy in Schenecta- 
dy, which was the old building now 
used as a cabinet shop, standing at the 
corner of Union and Ferry Streets. His 
only surviving schoolfellows, it is be- 
lieved, are the Kev. Joseph Sweetman, 
of Charlton, and Levi H. Palmer, Esq., 
late of Albany. Mr. S. there qualified 
himself as a land surveyor, and followed 
the business of surveying almost exclu- 
sively until about 1832, when he was 
compelled to abandon it on account of 
ill health. His reputation as a surveyor 
was not surpassed. In the vast amount 
of strife and litigation ensuing from the 
disputed lines in the Kayderosseros 
patent, his services were most generally 
put in requisition, and his survey fre- 
quently adopted as the law of the case. 
His reputation for the strictest integrity 
superadded no little weight. He had a 
most remarkable memory. In the ear- 



lier practice of his profession, he fre- 
quently fell in the company of veterans 
of the old French Avar and war of the 
revolution. From them he leai-ned and 
treasured up innumerable incidents con- 
nected with those wars, which he has 
repeated to many of the present gen- 
eration. Some of the readers of this 
sketch may remember the story of Capt. 
Greig and his faithful dog, an incident 
of the revolution, which occurred near 
Fort Stanwix, and related in some of 
the school books. Mr. S. remembered 
to have seen Capt. Greig at his father's 
house some years after this occurrence, 
and heard the story from his OAvn lips. 
The captain's face was very much wrin- 
kled on account of the removal of the 
scalp. Thus has passed away, proba- 
bly, the very last connecting link Avith 
any revolutionary incident in this vi- 
cinity. Mr. S. leaves an aged widow, 
and an only child, Hon. George G. 
Scott, of Ballston Spa. — Saratoga 
County Press. 

Scott, Col. Thomas S., Leavenworth 
city, K. T., Sept. 6, a?, about 36, was 
admitted to the supreme bar of the State 
of Louisiana in 1843, and practised law 
in that state successfully until the fall 
of 1854, Avhen he, like many other south- 
ern patriots, came to Kansas to assist in 
adding another star to our national flag, 
and another proud state to the Union. 
He was among the first laAvyers who 
Avere admitted to the bar of the Supreme 
Court of this territory, and was, at the 
time of his death, a laAvyer of consider- 
able merit. He Avas a native of Louis- 
iana, and hence that ardor and chivalric 
feeling Avhich he evinced in the support 
of all that Avas peculiar to the interests 
and sentiment of his native state. As 
a man, he was of unbounded social feel- 
ing, and had on that account endeared 
to him the hearts of all in this his adopt- 
ed home. He Avas a kind husband and 
fond father, and his friends have suffered 
an irreparable loss. He Avas an honor 
to the community in which he lived, 
and died respected by all who knew 
him. 

Scott, Rev. Wm. N., near Peters- 
burg, Hardy Co., Va., Jan. 24, ae. 70. 
For some 35 years he discharged his 
ministerial duties in the County of Har- 
dy, and his labors Avere richly crowned 
with success. Of great simplicity of 
character and suavity of manners, of 



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retiring modestj', and unambitious pre- 
tension, he wielded an intiuence, both 
moral and intellectual, which was seen 
and appreciated, but cannot be fully 
described. Through his instrumental- 
ity, during his long ministerial career, 
four generations were brought into the 
visible church, and his heart overflowed 
with emotion, and tears ran down his 
aged cheeks, when the great-grandchil- 
dren of those Avhom, in his early minis- 
try, he had admitted into the church, 
evinced an interest in their spiritual 
welfare, embraced the doctrines of the 
cross, and sought, at his hands, admis- 
sion also in the church of their fathers. 
He lived to see three of his five sons 
enter the ministry, and walk in the good 
old paths, all evincing promise of use- 
fulness, and one of whom was called 
home before him. For the few last 
years his health was impaired, and he 
was generally confined at home, but still 
his interest in the cause to which he 
had devoted his life was unabated. 
Long -will his aff'ectionate counsels be 
remembered, and his solemn warnings 
be recalled. Though dead, he still 
speaketh, and from his quiet resting 
place, the impressive message comes to 
all — "Be ye also ready." 

ScROGGS, Ur. Elijah N., Poland, 0., 
Oct. 20, a;. 34, late of New Castle. 

ScUDDER, Mrs. Freelove C, Hunting- 
ton, L. I., Feb. 19, ae. — , widow of the 
late Isaac Scudder, of H., and mother 
of the Rev. M. L. Scudder, of New Ha- 
ven, Conn. 

Scudder, Hon. Zeno, Barnstable, 
Mass., June 26, a;. — . He had filled 
with credit various public positions. 
He was president of the state Senate, 
and afterwards representative in Con- 
gress from 1851 to 18o4, when he was 
compelled by his failing health to resign 
his seat. He was a good lawyer, and 
enjoyed the respect and confidence of 
the community in which he lived. 

Skabuuy, Mrs. Elizabeth, New York 
city, May 17, m. 8.5, widow of the Rev, 
Charles Seabury. 

Searle, Mrs. Harriot, Boston, Mass., 
Sept. 10, ic. 32, wife of Frederick A. 
Searle, second daughter of the late 
Ebenezer Davis, of Boston. 

Searle, Mrs. Naomi, Easthampton, 
Mass., Feb. 3, iv. 86. 

Sears, Mrs. Helen, Cincinnati, O., 
Nov. 1, ae. — , wife of the Rev. C. W. 



Sears. A highly intelligent and devot- 
ed Christian. 

Sears, Joshua, Esq., South Boston, 
Mass., , a?. 65, a well-known cit- 
izen and a gentleman of great wealth, 
at the residence of a relative. He has 
left a property of nearly $2,000,000. 
Mr. S. married, Feb., 1854, Miss Phebe 
Snow — belonging to Yarmouth, Cape 
Cod, where he was born — daughter of 
Dea. Snow, of Brewster, Mass., who 
suddenly deceased in about a year after, 
leaving a son, who survives him, in his 
native town. By his will he leaves to 
his youthful son $500,000, and after 
remembering many of his friends by 
legacies, devotes the balance of his prop- 
erty to charitable institutions. 

GALES SEATON, ESQ., 

Washington, D. C, at the house of his 
father, Feb. 9, ae. 40. He was the son 
of W. W. Seaton, Esq., one of the ed- 
itors and proprietors of the National In- 
telligencer, and was born in Washington, 
July 27, 1817. 

" The announcement of Mr. S.'s death 
fell with crushing weight upon a wide 
circle of devoted relatives and friends. 
Family reserve and that ' cloistering 
grief which prefers to 'mourn apart' 
having forbidden a proper commemora- 
tion of the virtues and character of the 
deceased in the journal over which the 
father thus bereaved has so long pre- 
sided as one of its distinguished editors, 
a friend, it may be hoped, may be par- 
doned in thus seeking to pay through 
another channel an unobtrusive tribute 
to the memory of one whose sun has 
gone down while yet it was noon, though 
not without leaving behind it ' the bright 
light which is in the clouds.' 

" It is not the cold and formal office 
of the writer of these few lines to under- 
take a critical analysis of the mental 
traits which distinguished the gifted and 
lamented dead, nor curlouslv to inquire 
into those subtle instincts of human na- 
ture which render the ' lovely and ])leas- 
ant in their lives ' only still more lovely 
and i)leasant as they jiass ' witliin the 
veil ' which j)arts the visil)le from the 
invisible world. He writes simply of the 
whole man, in the full-orbed symmetry 
of his character, as that character was 
known to his friends. 

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ing presence, the manly form of Gales 
Seaton was tenanted by a spirit noble, 
generous, and brave. Without fear as 
without reproach, he kept the soul of 
honor within him as free from a stain as 
from a wound ; yet was this honor which 
graced his manhood no spurious off- 
spring of a factitious sentiment, founded 
on mere punctilio, but had its origin in 
that native purity of heart which ever 
prompted him to shrink with instinctive 
loathing from all that was base in act or 
indecorous in thought and word, and 
constituted him, at all points, that rarest 
of characters, a true gentleman. And if 
his moral sensibilities were thus delicate 
and elevated, his intellectual endowments 
were none the less remarkable ; and as 
tlie former were nuilm-ed by manly sen- 
timent, so were the latter exalted by the 
ingenuous enthusiasm of one who sought 
in mental culture, not only an ornament 
of life, but the complement of his being. 
With the classical authors of the ancient 
and modern tongues he had attained 
that familiarity which is at once the proof 
of a genuine love for elegant letters, and 
(in the best of minds) is the result only 
of long and intimate communion with 
the choicest remains of genius. Upon 
these he had fed as upon hidden manna. 
What we may call his classical novitiate 
was served under the guidance and in- 
straction of the learned faculty of George- 
to-\vn College, from which institution he 
proceeded, already imbued with classical 
lore, to Harvard University, where he 
finished his collegiate studies, and added 
his name to the long list of those who 
in private as well as in public Hfe have 
adorned the annals of that ancient seat 
of American learning. Selecting the law 
as his profession in life, he next repaired 
to the University of Virginia, and there 
prosecuted his legal studies with assidu- 
ity and success. With such a breadth 
of liberal culture, and with such a ripe- 
ness of scholarship, it was that Re crossed 
the threshold which leads from the acad- 
emy to the forum. 

" Bred, as we have said, to the honor- 
able profession of the law, he was. not 
long in discovering, like many before 
him, that he had given his nights and his 
days to the study of that, as a science, 
which his mental habitudes and literary 
tastes rendered uncongenial as a pursuit ; 
and accordingly we find him turning 
away from the confusion of courts and 



the contention of clients to bring only a 
keener zest to the amenities of literature. 
So profound, indeed, was his addiction 
to the ' Hberal arts ' that had he lived in 
the days of Cicero and Atticus he would 
have echoed the sentiment of the latter 
when he said that if left to himself he 
would rather choose to sit in his library 
beneath the bust of Aristotle than to fill 
with honor the curule chair. ' The great 
writers and thinkers of the past had be- 
come to him ' intelligible forms and fair 
humanities,' and in such a sphit it was 
that almost the last intelligible words ' 
which fell from his lips contained a 
touching regret at parting from the fa- 
mihar volumes which had diffused a lus- 
tre over his path in life, and given to his 
solitude a solace which no other society 
could afford. All that passed through 
his mmd seemed to receive a Hterary 
coloring and fragrance. He was the first 
who two or three years ago commenced, 
and from time to time continued, as 
health permitted, the pre])aration for the 
columns of the National Intelligencer of 
those daily reviews of the proceedings of 
the Senate which have since formed a 
prominent feature in that jom-nal. To 
these sketches he gave a grace and an 
animation all his own, insomuch that 
even the dry details of legislation rarely 
failed to evoke some souvenir of the clas- 
sic realms through which he had trav- 
elled. 

" But if his studious habits naturally 
led him to court the retirement of pri- 
vate life rather than the turmoil of af- 
fairs, he was none the less capable of 
acting well his part in the latter. While 
on a tour of travel through Europe in 
1849, he was nominated by President 
Taylor as secretary of legation to the 
Germanic confederation, and so well 
known was his high character to the 
Senate that his nomination was forthwith 
unanimously confirmed by that body 
without the customary reference to a 
committee. When the change in the 
political affairs of Germany terminated 
our mission to the confederation, he was 
intrusted by the administration of Presi- 
dent Taylor with a confidential mission 
during the poHtical comjjHcations of 
Europe at that period, which he per- 
formed in a manner highly creditable to 
himself and satisfactory to our secretary 
of state at that period, the late John M. 
Clayton. 



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" In every relation of life Mr. S. Avas 
remarkable for the singular combination 
of modesty and self-reliance — a modesty 
which was the surest criterion of his 
merit, and a self-reliance which gave a 
poise to his character while in the vigor 
of health, and preserved him from aught 
like murmuring or com])laint beneath the 
weariness and pain of lingering disease. 
To the inevitable ills of life he opposed 
the firmness of manhood, with the sub- 
mission enjoined by Christianity, and, 
amid the consolations and hopes of the 
latter, his mortal life slowly and calmly 
ebbed away, until the waiting spirit 
dropped the tabernacle of flesh to take 
on the robes of immortality." — N. Y. 
Commercial Advertiser. 

Sea-s-er, Henry M., Marshall, Mich., 
March 12, se. 25, son of Rev. H. Seaver, 
died while on his way from the west to 
New York. 

Sebasti.\.\, Hon. Alexander, New Al- 
bany, Ind., April 13, a?. 62. He settled 
in Switzerland Co., Ind., in 1818. He 
was in Col. Dudley's defeat under Har- 
rison, May 5, 1815; received appoint- 
ment of office under the first governor of 
Indiana, after it was organized as a state ; 
also from Gov. Noble in 1836. He was 
also an associate judge in 1851. 

Seelye, Mrs. Sarah D., Key "West, 

Fla., , SB. 33, wife of Dr. T. T. 

Seelye, and only daughter of Stephen 
Duning, Esq., of Litchfield. 

Seevers, Henry, Winchester, Va., 
Jan. 2, ae. 88. 

Seidel, Mrs. Sophia D., Bethlehem, 
Pa., Oct. 26, 86. 76, wife of Rev. Charles 
F. Seidel. 

Seluex, George, Sr., Erie, Pa., May 
23, a?. 66. He was one of the earlier 
settlers of the place. Ever active in 
promoting its social, moral, and religious 
welfare, no man among us could have 
been removed whose absence would be 
more felt or longer deplored. He was 
a gentleman by nature, a merchant by 
jirofession, a Christian l)y the grace of 
God. He was respected by the world, 
and revered by the church. Long an 
office ])earer in the house of God and 
superintendent of the Sal)bath school 
connected with the First Presbyterian 
Church of this city, his name is engraven 
upon the hearts of his ])rethren. and the 
children and youth will ever hold liim in 
aflectiouatc remembrance. Faitlil'ul and 



true in all the relations he sustained in 
life, he hud no sympathy with those who 
" speak with flattering lips and a double 
heart." His friendships were strong, 
permanent, and pure as the principles on 
which they were based. 

Sellers, ]\Irs. Mary, Manchester, Pa., 
, a'. 104. 

Seneca, John, Oct. 22, a;. 70, presi- 
dent of the Seneca nation of Indians. 
He was one of four who formed the first 
mission church u])on the Butfalo Reser- 
vation, nearly 40 years ago, (Presby- 
terian.) He was very much respected 
by his own nation as well as the whites. 

Sessions, Rev. J. J., Monroe Co., Ala., 
June 20, ae. — . He had for many years 
officiated as a pastor of the Baptist de- 
nomination, where he had spent a life of 
usefulness. 

HON. THOMAS SETTLE, 

Rockingham Co., N. C, Aug. 5, as. 
65. He was state representative in 
1815, and in 1826, 1827, and 1828, at 
which last session he was s])eaker of the 
House of Commons. He was represen- 
tative in Congress from 1817 to 1821. 
In 1832 he was chosen judge of the Su- 
perior Court of Law and Equity, and 
held the office for 20 years, when he re- 
signed. He was liighly esteemed for liis 
many virtues. 

Sevey, William, Crawford, Me., May 
22, a?. 69, was one of the first settlers in 
Crawford. 

Sewall, Miss Frances E., Boston, 
Mass., April 20, se. 23, daughter of 
Thomas R. Sewall. 

Sewall, Jacob S., Bath, Me., Oct. 6, 
SB. 40. 

Sem-ell, Thomas, Esq., at Peekskill, 
N. Y., a?. 68, a retired merchant of Bal- 
timore, was killed on the Hudson River 
Railroad. 

Seymour, Mrs. Mary A., Hartford, 
Conn., ^|ay 4, oe. 26, wife of Freeman 
Seymour, Jr. 

HON. HORATIO SEYMOUR, LL.D., 

Middlebury, Vt., Nov. 21, ae. 79. He 
was one of the most prominent men in 
the state, and was much respected by 
the people ; was United States senator 
from Vermont for some 12 years. He 
was a son of the late Major Moses 
Seymour, of Litchfield, and a graduate 
of Yale College, in the class of 1797. 



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Setmoub, Henry, Paines\-ille, 0., Nov. 
25, se. 49 years. He was a native of 
Litchfield, and a son of the late Moses 
Seymour, Jr. 

Shackelford, Dr. Jack, Courtland 
Co., Ala., Jan. 27, se. 66. Dr. S. was 
born in the city of Richmond, Va., March 
20, 1790. On reaching his majority he 
removed to Winnsborough, S. C. He 
was married Jan. 2, 1812, to Maria, 
daughter of Rev. Samuel W. Yongue, 
pastor of the Presbyterian church,Winns- 
borough, S. C. He removed to Shelby, 
South Alabama, in 1819 or 1820 ; made 
a profession of religion in 1826 ; re- 
moved to Com-tland, Ala., in 1829 ; 
was married a second time, Dec. 20, 
1843, to Mrs. Martha W, Chardavoyne. 
The death of this venerable, useful, and 
beloved man is a public calamity. The 
community in which he lived feel sorely 
bereaved. There is a universal expres- 
sion of deep regret at the event. A 
large concourse of persons followed his 
remains to the grave. He was bm-ied 
with weeping and lamentation, and as 
his beloved form went down into the 
gi-ave, the silent utterance of many a 
heart was, " Let me die the death of the 
righteous, and may my last end be like 
his." He had an acquaintance with the 
noble and brave Lafayette. He was the 
warm friend, personal and political, of 
Andrew Jackson, whose confidence and 
favor he shared for many years. During 
the war of 1812, he was a soldier in the 
army. At Charleston, S. C, he was 
severely wounded in the face with a bay- 
onet. He served several terms in both 
branches of the legislature while a resi- 
dent of South Alabama. He was a man 
of the loftiest patriotism. He loved lib- 
erty and independence, and hated tyran- 
ny and oppression. When Texas made 
her first feeble struggle to throw off the 
heavy yoke of Mexican bondage, he was 
among the first to leave all and respond 
to her imjiloring call by nishing to her 
help. Falling honorably into the hands 
of a treacherous foe, instead of sharing 
an inhuman butchery with the Spartan 
band whose leader he was, his Hfe was 
spared because of his invaluable services 
as a skilful physician. After months of 
imprisonment he escaped, and, protected 
by the providence of God, after much 
exposure and severe suflfering, he reached 
the States, and was restored to his family 
and friends as one risen from the dead. 

Oft 



He was a public-spirited and benevolent 
citizen. Whatever tended to the ad- 
vancement of the public good and pop 
ular interest his hand was alwajs ready 
to help. At a meeting of his profession- 
al brethren in Courtland, — Dr. Coons, 
chairman, and Dr. Tweedy, secretary ; 
Drs. Sykes, Jones, Morris, Baldridge, and 
James, committee on resolutions, — he is 
spoken of as " our esteemed and long- 
cherished friend, Dr. Jack Shackelford, 
who, by his able counsel, and kind and 
courteous example, ever stood preemi- 
nent in the profession of his choice, and 
first in the hearts of his medical breth- 
ren. And since it has been his happy 
lot to fill the full measure of his years 
in the various departments of useful- 
ness, especially in administering to the 
wants of suffering humanity, it is with 
painful regret and sorrow that we are 
now called upon to pay the last sad 
tribute to departed worth." As a phy- 
sician he was not only eminently suc- 
cessful, but, going beyond the kind offices 
of the profession, he prayed for the sick, 
comforted the afflicted, and smoothed 
the pillow of the dying. From his ear- 
liest manhood he was an honored mem- 
ber of the masonic fraternity. He loved 
the principles of the order, and zealously 
propagated them. His infiuence and his 
money were often given to sustain the 
falling fortunes of his brethren. As a 
brother he was much loved, and as a 
companion he was in very high esteem. 
The order has lost a bright ornament, 
and an efficient, ardent friend. As a 
Christian and an officer in the church he 
was diligent and faithful. Those who 
knew him most intimately marked his 
growth in grace, and saw him increasing 
in faith, peace, and joy in the Holy 
Ghost. 

Shaddinger, George, Cincinnati, O., 

, SB. — , a native of Pennsylvania, 

but a resident of Cincinnati for 40 years, 
died on Sunday, He was a nejjhew of 
George Clymer, a signer of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. 

Sha>'K, Jacob, Hampshire Co., Va., 
Jan. — , 86. about 70. Thus, after a long 
life of toil, has an honest, peaceable, in- 
dustrious, and worthy man gone down to 
the silent grave, not leaving behind him 
an enemy upon this broad earth. He 
was one of the many patriots of Hamp- 
shire Co. who, in 1812, repaired to the 
field of strife to protect the eagles of 



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their country from the polluting touch of 
the millions of the t\Tant. 

Sharp, Rev. Alexander, D. D., Green 

Spring, Cumberland Co., Pa., , 

£E. 60. 

Sll/VRPLESS, Benjamin, Catawissa, Co- 
lumbia Co., Pa., March 28, fe. 92. The 
Bloomsburg Star of the North says, 
" The deceased was, we believe, the old- 
est man in Columbia Co. at the time of 
his death. He was one of the oldest set- 
tlers at Catawissa, and lived from the 
beginning to the end of the Quaker con- 
gregation and its modest little meeting 
house, in that village. He was one of 
the first, the last, and the most devout 
of the members who worshipped there ; 
and his hfe was as circumspect and ex- 
emplary as his religious worship was 
regular and faithful. With him the ht- 
tle Quaker meeting house has gone to 
decay, and the old line of patriarchs who 
first settled the mbst ancient town of 
this county have gone to the mother 
eai'th. He also Hved to see his sons, 
Joseph, J. Kersey, and John, among the 
most thrifty of the business men of his 
neighborhood, and comfortiibly situated 
at the noon of life ; and then, at a ripe 
age, hke a well-filled sheaf, he was gath- 
ered to the garner of death." 

Shattuck, Oliver, West Hawley, 
Mass., March 15, as. 78. 

SllAW, Mrs. Ann, North Kingstown, 
R. I., Oct. 19, ae. 56, widow of Rev. 
John Shaw, and daughter of the late 
William Slocum, of North Kingstown. 

Shaw, Mr.s. Hannah M., Okltown, 

Me., , a}. 63, widow of the late 

Benjamin Shaw, Esq. 

Suaw, Mrs. Jane D., Zanesville, O., 
May 8, se. 49, widow of the late Dr. 
James Shaw. 

Siiaw, llarvej', Wabash township, Ind., 
May 11, a?. — , one of the best and most 
highly esteemed citizens of Wabash. 

HON. HENRY SHAW, 

Peekskill, N. Y., Oct. 17, tc. 69. Mr. 
S. for 40 years occupied a jjromincnt 
position as a gentleman of large wealth, 
expansive views, with an intellectual de- 
velopment of a very high order. Edu- 
cated as a lawyer, in the office of Judge 
Foot, of Albany, he removed, at the 
early age of 21 or 22, to Lanesboro', 
Berkshire Co., Mass., where he soon be- 
came the favorite of the democratic par- 



ty, and was put in nomination for Con- 
gress, from the Berkshire district, before 
he was eligible mider the constitution. 
He was, however, triumphantly elected 
in 1816, and filled a prominent place in 
the House of Rejjreseiitatives in 1821, 
when he was thrown out, solely upon the 
ground of his vote upon the jSlissouri 
question — the democratic and federal 
parties in Western Massachusetts at that 
time vying with each other in condem- 
nation of the compromise and in support 
of the principle of unqualified exclusion 
of slavery. Mi\ S., however, never re- 
gretted his vote upon that question, and 
in the later years of his life had occasion 
quietly to remind some of his former po- 
litical friends, that " it was rather an 
amusing commentary upon the consist- 
encies of political life, that in 1822 he 
should be thrown overboard for voting, 
contrary to the sentiment of his district, 
to estabhsh a compromise, the faithful ad- 
herence to which in 1856 was made the 
test among those same former political 
friends of the true northern faith." The 
current assertion that ]Mr. S. was the 
only member from Massachusetts who 
supported the compromise, is a mistake. 
John Holmes was its conspicuous advo- 
cate, and it received four votes from 
Massachusetts, while it only passed by 
three majority. Mr. S. was an attached 
personal I'riend of Henry Clay. His de- 
votion to the great Kentuckian never tal- 
tered ; and when Clay lost the nomina- 
tion at Harrisburg in 1840, Mr. S., who 
had labored long and well to secure the 
nomination of his favorite candidate, re- 
tired from the convention, and since that 
time took less active interest in politics. 
For 20 years he kej^t u]) an intimate 
correspondence with Mr. Clay, and pos- 
sessed probably one of the most valuable 
and interesting private collections of let- 
ters of the great statesman now in exist- 
ence. Mr. S. was a personal friend and 
acquaintance of 10 of the jn-esidents of 
the United States. His political knowl- 
edge was exact and extensive, and pos- 
sessing colloquial powers of a high order, 
he charmed every circle by his graceful 
and eloquent reminiscences of public life 
and ])ublic men. Upon his retirement 
from Congress in 1821, he entered with 
great ardor and enterprise upon efibrts 
to develop the " American system " of 
Mr. Clay, and was the acknowledged 
pioneer in the manufacturing prosperity 



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327 



of Western Massachusetts. Some of the 
ablest ars^uments in favor of protection 
to American labor were from his pen, 
and no one man, perhaps, in this state, 
exerted a greater influence in fiivor of 

fiving to the industry of the country its 
ue development and diversification. 
For 18 years he was a member of the 
Massachusetts Senate or House of Rep- 
resentatives, from Lanesboro', two or 
three }ears a member of the governor's 
council, besides filling many other re- 
sponsible posts of office and trust in con- 
nection with the banking and manufac- 
turing interests of Berkshire Co., wliere 
his memory will be revered and his name 
cherished. He was, put in nomination 
for governor in 1846 by the "American 
party," but it Mas without his knowledge, 
and his repeated declinations were not 
regarded. He received, we believe, some 
7000 votes. 

In 1848 he removed with his family 
to New York city, and resided at Fort 
Washington, on the Hudson. His long 
experience and ability were sought for in 
his new home, and for two years he was 
a member of the board of education, two 
years in the Common Council fi-om the 
12th ward, and one year he was in the 
New York Assembly. He purchased a 
place near AVashington's head quarters, 
at Newburg, in 1854, where he continued 
to reside until within a few months before 
his death. He had generally been re- 
garded, of late years, as siding with the 
Hunker wing of the democratic party, 
but condemned the overthrow of the 
Missouri compromise, and supported 
Fremont and Dayton.' He leaves a 
widow and nine children. He was a 
man of extensive reading and varied at- 
tainments. His manners were popular 
and winning, but he never sacrificed a 
principle for the sake of party. He was 
independent in the expression of liis 
views, and sometimes gave offence by 
the fi'ankness of his ojjinions. In all his 
business relations he was the soul of 
honor. Deceit, chicanery, and falsehood 
he abhon-ed. Holding, for the last 10 
years of his life, an independent position 
m politics, he conversed freely of public 
men and measures, and watched with 
solicitude the waning virtues of political 
life. He often expressed to j\Ir. Clay 
his forebodings for the future ; the noble 
Kentuckian's last communication to him 
closed as follows : " Our Union is too 



firmly cemented to be broken. Despair 
not, my dear Shaw, of the re])ublic." 

He was ardently attached to his fam- 
ily and home ; and ])ossessing by inher- 
itance and acquisition a large estate, he 
dispensed his charities liberally but un- 
obtrusively. He lived and died a de- 
voted husband, a kind and indulgent 
father, and a Christian gentleman. He 
eloquently illustrated his own character 
in the first words of his will, written a 
few days before his death : " Recog- 
nizing a superintending Pro^^dence, and 
deeply, devoutly, and humbly acknowl- 
edging the blessings bestowed upon me 
in education and intellect, and in the so- 
cial, political, and domestic relations, I 
look back upon life with gratitude, and 
forward upon eternity with hope." 

Shaw, Mrs. Polly, Norton, Mass., 
March 7, se. 96. She was the daughter 
of Jose])h and Hannah (Crossman) Eaton, 
of ]\Iiddleboro', Mass., but was bom, 
during a temporary residence of her 
father in that place, at Framlngham, 
Sept. 22, 1760. She married John 
Shaw, of Middleboro', Mhen she was 
about 19 vears of age. He died at Fox- 
boro', A]Jril 9, 1834. Mrs. S. was the 
mother of 12 children ; has had 63 
grandchildren, 109 great-grandchildren, 
and 9 great-great-grandchildren, making 
in all 193 descendants. 

SiiAW, Mrs, Sophia, Poughkeepsie, 
N. Y., Aug. 27, 86. — , widow of the late 
Charles A. Shaw, and daughter of Gen. 
Nathan Deyo ; was formerly of Colum- 
bia Co. ; was mother of S. M. Shaw, 
Esq., editor of the Freeman's Journal. 

Shaw, Dr. William, Anderson Co., 
K.. T., Sept. 3, ae. 66. He was born 
near Troy, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1790, 
and for almost half a century was a prac- 
tising physician in New Castle. 

Sheafe, Samuel, Portsmouth, N. H., 
, £6. 72. 

Shedon, Col. Curtis P., Gustaras, 
O., April 9, a?. 63. 

Sheffield, Mrs. Elizabeth, Hancock 
Co., Ga., May 15, a>. 95, widow of Wm. 
Sheffield, who ched five years ago, 

Shehane, Rev. C. F. R., Chicago, 111., 
, as. — , of the Universalist church- 
He was an earnest, able, and efficient 
preacher. 

Shelden, Col. Joseph, Watertown, 
Jefi"erson Co., N. Y., Nov. 6, fe. 74. Col. 
S. was a pioneer in the settlement of this 



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county, an ujjright, active man, and a 
believer in im})artial grace. His mem- 
ory is written upon the hearts of his be- 
reaved companion, his children, grand- 
children, and many sincere friends. 

Shell, Frederick P., New York, July 
3, a?. 21, a well-known teacher in the 
drawing and painting school of Mr. Cox, 
in the New York University. 

SiiELTON, Dea. Josiah, Spencerto^vn, 
Columbia Co., N. Y., Oct. 11. 

Shexk, Rev. John, Lancaster to^vn- 
ship, Pa., Oct. 1, cT. 68. 

Shepley, Hon. John, Saco, Me., Feb. 
9, a>. 70, a leading member of the bar in 
Y^ork Co. He was born in Groton, 
Mass., and commenced the practice of 
law in Worcester Co. He was senator 
from that county in 1821, and a repre- 
sentative from Fitchburg in 1825, in the 
legislature of Massachusetts. He re- 
moved to Saco in 1827, and became a 
partner with his brother Ether, who was 
afterwards chief justice of Maine. He 
was reporter of sessions in the Supreme 
Judicial Court of Maine fi'om 1832 to 
1841, and again from 1842 to 1850. 
He had the reputation of being an accu- 
rate and sound liwyer. 

Sheppard, Moses, Baltimore, Md., 
Feb. 1, X. S3, was the son of Nathan 
Sheppard, of Montgomery Co., Penn. 
The exact date of his birth is not known, 
nor is the jjlace of his nativity definitely 
ascertained, and it is doubtful if he knew 
either himself. At any rate, he did not 
communicate them to his most intimate 
acquaintances. The nearest approxima- 
tion to the date of his birth is, that he 
was born iu 1773, the year of the de- 
struction of the tea in the harbor of 
Boston. At the commencement of the 
American revolution, when men's minds 
were honestly divided between the great 
questions that agitated the colonies, his 
father adhered to the cause of George 
HI., and it is said that, in consequence 
of this loyalty, he Icfl the colony of 
Pennsylvania and went to Nova Scotia, 
where he remained jjrobably but a short 
tune. In consequence of this abandon- 
ment of his ])ro])erty in Pennsylvania, it 
became, either through confiscation or 
the faithlessness of his agents, lost to 
him, and instead of occupying the po- 
sition of one inde])endent in pecuniary 
matters, lie was reduced to utter ])0ver- 
ty, in which condition he was when he 
came to Marjland at a subsequent peri- I 



od. The circumstances here related are 
sufficient to account for the uncertainty 
that surrounds the early days of the sub- 
ject of this notice, and were such as to 
preclude any great acquisition of early 
education. In 1793 he entered the store 
of the late John Mitchell, of Baltimore, 
and there remained, first as an assistant, 
then as a partner, and finally as sole pro- 
prietor, for many years. Here was laid 
the foundation of the fortune Mhich he 
had concentrated on one single object of 
benevolence. At one period he estab- 
lished a small manufactory of seine-twine, 
which was at first profitable, but l^ecame 
at last entirely otherwise. Nevertheless, 
he continued its operations for several 
years, rather than discontinue it, and 
thereby be obliged to discharge a great 
number of aged females and others 
whom he employed in its different 
branches ; and so thoroughly did he car- 
ry out the design, that he gradually con- 
tracted the manufacture as succeeding 
years thinned the ranks of his operatives, 
and suited the extent of his Mork to 
the diminishing number of those he em- 
ployed, until at last time had done its 
work, and the machinery and those who 
used it became silent together. The ca- 
pacities and strength of mind possessed 
by jNIr. S. were of no ordinary character. 
Self-taught and self-reliant, he evinced 
a boldness and originality of thought 
equalled by few. Those with whom he 
was intimate remarked a peculiar faculty 
of analyzing an argument, that stripped 
it of all extrinsic value, and reduced 
the proposition to its mere self, jjalpable 
and apparent in its own projjer ])ropor- 
tions. Yet he never argued himself, — 
the exact habit of thought which he en- 
couraged did not allow of an amjjlitude 
of words, — but arriving at conclusions 
with unerring accuracy, he would startle 
his hearers by the enunciation of apho- 
risms so bold, so original, so thoroughly 
and evidently true, that the mind at once 
yielded assent and accepted them as 
axioms. He not unfrequently would ask 
of his friends the solution of some meta- 
physical or natural problems, and after- 
wards amuse himself and them by re- 
lating the different answers he had 
received. It is scarcely necessary to add 
that many of these jjroblems were of so 
abstruse a character that many persons 
shrank from their consideration. His 
interest in the great problem of the his- 



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329 



tory and destin}' of the colored race was 
deep and unceasing, and he watched the 
great movements of colonization on the 
African coast and the emancipation in 
the British West Indies with a close and 
scrutinizing eye. They were steps in the 
the solution of the question which he 
often said future generations must de- 
cide. His pursuit of knowledge was not 
discursive, but in whatever direction he 
moved, the efforts of a just intellect en- 
abled him to grasp readily, and firmly 
retain, all that was important. He dealt 
with facts, not fmcies ; fiction was wholly 
rejected, and poetry was not a favorite 
source of reading, though such produc- 
tions as Young's " Night Thoughts " and 
" Gray's Elegy " sank deep into his soul ; 
and during the last days of his existence, 
the noble lyrics of the latter hung on 
his tongue, and were repeatedly uttered 
as the sands of life slowly ebbed away. 
During his Hfe, to use his own words " he 
gave away and lost more money than he 
ever expected to be worth ; " but such 
was the quietness with which his gifts 
were made, that few persons are aAvare 
of the extent of his benevolence. In 
some cases the recipients themselves 
did not know the source from whence 
they came. His accounts show the dis- 
bursements, but do not indicate the di- 
rection of them. The final act of his 
life, concentrating his fortune, with the 
exception of some small legacies to his 
distant relations, is the great feature by 
which he will be hereafter remembered, 
and is entirely in accordance with his 
whole conduct and action, to direct liis 
efforts where good would result, and 
not mere fame or notoriety. A more 
immediate, and perhaps more dazzling 
reputation would have been gained by 
giving some other direction to the be- 
quest ; but it is doubtful if any other 
one branch of benevolence would have 
contributed so much towards the alle- 
viation of human suffering. The object, 
and not the name, was the inducement 
that actuated him in founding the 
" Sheppard Asylum " for the insane. 
He was a life-long member of the soci- 
ety of Friends, with whose religious 
tenets he accorded; yet never lived 
there a man more devoid of bigotry or 
intolerance, or one more capable of ap- 
preciating good wherever found. For 
five months previous to his decease he 
had not left his house, and two months 
28* 



were spent in his chamber. Those who 
were admitted to it will long recollect 
the deeply interesting and truly pious 
conversations with Avhich he freely enter- 
tained them ; and the entire conscious- 
ness and resignation with which he 
approached the close of his earthly ca- 
reer, are the best evidences that he had 
fully weighed the importance of the 
grand subject of his own eternal wel- 
fare. 

Sheridan, Rev. Stephen, St. Augus- 
tine, Fla., , se. — , late a priest 

of the diocese of New York. Mr. S., 
after his ordination, was a short time 
attached to the cathedral. Thence he 
was sent to South Amboy ; but, his 
lungs showing alarming sym])toms, 
about five years ago he went to Florida, 
where he passed the last years of his 
Hfe. 

Sherman, Miss Caroline, Washing- 
ton, Iowa, March 29, fp. — . She was 
a lady of great excellence, and was a 
most successful and popular teacher in 
a literary institution of a high order in 
the town where she died. 

Sherman, Miss Elizabeth, New Ha- 
ven, Conn., Oct. 15, a'. 64, niece of the 
Rev. Dr. Croswell. 

Sherman, Frederick, Staunton, Va., 
Jan. 16, a?. — , one of the most worthy 
citizens of the county. 

Sherman, Nathaniel, L}Tin, Susque- 
hanna Co., Pa., Jan. 31, se. 89, was born 
in West Haven (now Orange) township, 
New Haven Co., Conn. He remained 
there until he was 15 years old, then 
removed to Roxbury in Litchfield Co., 
the township where he married. He 
remained there until 1840, and then re- 
moved to LjTin. He was a kind hus- 
band, a generous father, a man of moral 
principle, willing to do as he would have 
others do to him ; he had his reason un- 
til the last moment, said he was ready 
and willing to die, and was not afraid 
to meet his God. 

Sherjl\n, Mrs. Mehitabel, 'Lynn, 
April 28, SB. 87, wife of the above Na- 
thaniel Sherman. She was a kind and 
devoted wife, an affectionate mother, 
and for many years a member of the 
Protestant Episcopal church. She had 
her reason until she closed her eyes in 
death. They had lived to see the sev- 
enth generation of their relatives. 

Sherrard, Wm. T., Winchester, Va., 
, se. — , was killed in Kansas. 



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SiiETTON, Dea. Josiah, Spencertown, 
Columbia Co., N. Y., Oct. 11, a?. 81. 

SiiKW, ]\licbael, Cliurlestown, Va., 
Oct. G, tE. 87. 

Shields, David, Esq., Sewickly 

township, Alloghany Co., Pa., , 

se. 77, was well known to a large num- 
ber of the citizens of Washington. He 
was a man of vast wealth, and possessed 
an untarnished character. 

Shields, Robert, Harrison Co., Va., 
Jan. 16, ae. 107. 

Shilling, Mrs., Floyd Co., Va., Jan. 
30, fe. 106. She has a son now living 
who is in the 88th year of his age. Mrs. 
S. has been entirely confined to her bed 
for the last five years. It is supposed 
by all who knew her that she was the 
oldest person in Western Virginia. 

SlllNDLE, Mrs. Sarah J., Bannerville, 
Pa., April 28, 66. 21, wife of Dr. John 
Y. Shindle. 

Ship, Mrs. Harriet, Charlottesville, 
Va., Dec. 30, a?. — , wife of llev. E. G. 
Ship. 

SllIPMAX, Mrs. Elizabeth, at the res- 
idence of Wm. M. Shipman, Esq., Clin- 
ton, N. J., June 21, ce. 68, wife of David 
Shipman, of Blainstown, N. J. 

Shippen, Dr. Joseph G., Pottsville, 
Pa., Sept. 6, ve. 74. In the death of 
Dr. S., the social circle has lost a bright 
and congenial companion, the medical 
profession a truly upright member, and 
those connected with him by nearer and 
dearer ties are deprived of a valued and 
beloved friend. Dr. S. had a judgment 
of the finest discrimination ; his mind, 
gifted by nature, was enriched by many 
years of reading and reflection, and his 
heart was full of that friendship which 
" loveth at all times," and those tender 
sensibilities which are " born for adver- 
sity." Descended from ancestors whose 
intellectual and moral worth is well 
known, it seemed as if their mantle of 
excellence, both of mind and of heart, 
had fallen most happily upon him. The 
intelligence and retiueraent of his con- 
versation, varied Ijy an inexhaustible 
fund of anecdote and the interesting 
reminiscences of his early days ; the 
courtesy of his manner ; the animation, 
kindness, and benevolence of his dis- 
position ; his pleasing expression and 
genial smile, — will long be rememliered 
by those who have shared liis intimate 
frieudsliip. Dr. S. possessed, in a re- 
markable degree, that beautiful modesty 



of character, that humbleness of mind, 
that charity, so rare indeed, and often 
so little aj)preciatcd among men, but 
highly prized in the estimation of Him 
" in Avhom are hid all the treasures of 
wisdom and knowledge." His princi- 
ples were not circumscribed by the false 
system of expediency, but were com- 
prehensive, broad, and catholic. His 
love of the truth was strong and ardent, 
and his morality of the purest kind ; 
for his code of ethics was the Sermon 
on the Mount, and its practical utility, 
as exemplified in the Saviour's life of 
benevolence and self-denial for the good 
of others, the subject ofhisliighest praise 
and admiration. 

Shirley, John, Pendleton Co., Va., 
April 18, a^. 73. His Avife, also at an 
advanced age, died in January. The 
surviving cliildi'en hve in Tajlor and 
Pendleton. 

Showman, Peter, Boonsboro', Md., 
Jan. 13, IV. 62. He was one of our old- 
est, most wealthy, and respectable form- 
ers. He leaves a large family and fine 
estate. 

Shrenk, John, Fremont, Ohio, 

— , se. 44. Mr. S. was born and reared 
in Daupliine Co., Pa. He " served his 
time " in the ofldce of the Harrisluirg 
Telegraph. In 1835 he moved to Bu- 
cyrus, Crawford Co., O., established the 
BucjTus Democrat, and contiiuicd its 
publication for six years. He then 
moved to Kenton, Hardin Co., where 
he commenced and for two years ])ub- 
lished the Hardin Intelligencer. From 
there he removed to Upper Sandusky, 
and established a paper which he con- 
tinued about one year. In Dec, 1845, 
he came to Lower Sandusky, now Fre- 
mont, and established the LoM-er San- 
dusky Telegraph, which paper he ])ub- 
lished until the spring of 1849, when 
he was compelled on account of ill 
health to relinquish the business. As 
an editor he was firm and fearless, de- 
claring unhesitatingly what he thought 
to be right. 

Shue, Dr. , jSIadison, Wis., 

, 80. 36, a distinguished physician 

of that city. The Argus says, " In 
Germany, liis native land, he had been a 
student of chemistry and medical sci- 
ence, under the celebrated Prof. Lie- 
l)ig, and had become noted for profi- 
ciency before he emigrated to this 
country, and commenced a successful 



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course of practice in Kentucky, where 
he was honored with professorships in 
the literary and medical institutions of 
the state. His success in the medical 
ai't was all that he could have desired 
up to the time of his removal to Madi- 
son, since which time his ability and 
scientific skill liave been abundantly at- 
tested. A professorship in the medical 
departments of the State University 
was proflered him, and he filled it with 
dignity and approbation. 

SiiUMWAY, Noah, Wilmington, 
Minn., June 15, se. 86, an old inhabitant 
of Oxford. 

Sibley, Mrs. Charlotte H., Roches- 
ter, N. Y., Feb. 14, a?. — , wife of Maj. 
E. S. Sibley, of the U. S. army. 

Sickles, Mrs. Lydia, Kinderhook Vil- 
lage, N. Y., Jan. 22, a?. 82, widow of 
the late Rev. Dr. Jacob Sickles. 

Silvester, iMrs. Lvdia, Kinderhook, 
N. Y., May 28, a?. 84. A lady of ele- 
vated and most estimable Christian 
character, and at the time of her de- 
cease, one of the very few surviving 
representatives of an interesting and 
venerated age. She was a niece of Pe- 
ter Van Schaick, (her mother being a 
sister of that gentleman,) to whom, also, { 
she bore the interesting relation of 
daughter-in-law by her first marriage 
with his oldest son. The intermarriage 
of cousins, at that period, was of fre- 
quent occurrence in that locality, and 
Mrs. S. became successively the wife of 
her two cousins. The earlier years of 
her life were passed in a society inti- 
mately connected with the scenes and 
events which marked and followed the 
revolutionary conflict ; and she was thus 
brought much in contact Avith the per- 
sons and opinions which gave tone and 
character to that era. The interest thus 
awakened and fostered was controlled 
by a sound judgment, and softened by 
great refinement of mind and manners, 
while those combined with an appar- 
ently intuitive perception of the right 
and the true in manners of human pol- 
ity, gave an unwonted charm to her 
society, to the very closing days of her 
life. Her two fathers-in-law, Peter Van 
Schaick and Peter Silvester, are names 
not unknown in our history ; and Mrs. 
Silvester, by being much in their fami- 
lies, and in that of Henry Van Schaick 
in early life, enjoyed many advantages, 
and had rare opportunities of noticing 



the appearance and manners, and hear- 
ing the conversation, of their eminent 
visitors, among whom were Gen. Schuy- 
ler, John Jay, Richard Harrison, aiid 
others of the same class. She was a 
bosom friend and contemporary of those 
two remarkable daughters of John Jay, 
Mrs. Bayard and Miss Ann Jay, A\ho 
preceded her to the tomb only" a few 
months ; leaving, like them, a character 
marked for grace and beauty, and for 
Christian perfectness, and presenting a 
pure and bright example for the imita- 
tion of her sex, and for profit of all. 

Simmons, Hon. Geo. A., Keeseville, 
N. Y., Oct. 29, a?. — , ex-member of 
Congress. 

Simmons, Dr. Wm. Nason, Wash- 
ington, Wilkes Co., Ga. Feb. 27, a?. 75. 

Simons, Mrs. Ann Clcland, Charles- 
ton, S. C, Jan. — , a?. 68. 

Simons, Dr. Thomas Y., Charleston, 

S. C, , a?. — , He was one of 

our oldest physicians, and for many 
years held the responsible office of port 
physician. By his gentlemanly bearing 
and upright deportment he won the 
respect and confidence of all who knew 
him, and his death will be lamented by 
a large circle of friends and relatives. 
His large and increasing practice 
showed the confidence of the public in 
his skill as a physician, and his death 
has created a void in the medical pro- 
fession that may not easily be filled. — 
Charleston Evening News. 

Simpson, Andi-ew Pickens, New Or- 
leans, , ae. 61, a native of Pen- 
dleton, S. C, but for many years a 
leading, influential, and respected citi- 
zen of New Orleans. 

Simpson, Capt. David, Kensington, 

, SB. 80, formerly of Stratham, 

N. H. 

Simpson, Mrs. Drucilla A., White 
Co., Tenn., Nov. 7, a?. — , wife of Rev. 
Richard Simpson. 

Simpson, James, Preston,Wayne Co., 
Pa., March 9, se. 75. Few men of hum- 
ble pretensions M'ill leave behind them 
a fairer reputation, and fewer still who 
aspire only to the position and career 
of a private citizen, will surround their 
memory Avith a purer affection. 

Simpson, Mrs. Mary, Belfast, Me., 
April 20, sc. 85, widow of the late Capt. 
Josiah Simpson. 

Sims, James, Martinsburg, Knox Co., 
O., Jan. 8, ae. 91. 



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SLACK 



SiMSON, Sampson, Yonkers, N. Y., 
Jan. 14, a?. — . His name Mill long re- 
main identified with the early history of 
the village of Yonkers. A man of more 
than ordinary natural ability and force of 
character, and taking an active part 
in business for nearly three quarters of 
a century, he has occupied a prominent 
position for the greater part of that 
long period. He was born, if we are 
correctly informed, in the city of New 
York, during the revolutionary war, 
about 1777, and graduated at Columbia 
College over 60 years ago. He subse- 
quently entered the law office of the 
celebrated Aaron Burr, and occupied a 
confidential position in his employ for 
some years. He was admitted to the 
bar, and afterwards attained the rank of 
counsellor at law, when that rank was 
of much more difficult attainment than 
at the present time, and devoted many 
years to the active duties of his profes- 
sion. In 1808 the farm, containing 
about 150 acres, in the north part of 
the present village of Yonkers, since 
owned by him, was bought for $9000 by 
his brother Joseph, from whom he ob- 
tained it by purchase, in 1816, for 
the sum of $13,000. He then moved 
to Yonkers, and occupied the house 
upon the premises, now the residence 
of Mr. J. A. Underwood, which was 
then, and for more than 30 years there- 
after, the only house between Mr. 
Shonnard's and the " farm house," then 
belonging to Mr. Lemuel Wells, and 
now owned by Mrs. Bashford. Mr. S. 
continued to occupy this house until 
about four years ago, since M'hich time 
he has resided in the city. After re- 
moving to Yonkers he gradually with- 
drew from the practice of law, and de- 
voted himself to tlie farm and to poli- 
tics. At an early period he took a great 
deal of interest in his agricultural pur- 
suits, l)ut for many years of the latter 
part of his life the farm was allowed to 
go to decay. In politics he was former- 
ly an active and prominent democrat, 
and a zealous supporter of Gen. Jack- 
son. He once made a journey to the 
Hermitage, and subsequently took much 
pleasure in relating the circumstances 
of his visit to the hero of New Orleans, 
and in exhibiting a hickory walking 
cane i)resented to him by the old vete- 
ran. He subsequently, however, found 
reason to leave the democratic party, 



and supported Gen. Harrison for the 
presidency in 1840, and afterwards Mr. 
Clay. 

Sinclair, John, Ellzey's Mills, Va., 
Feb. 13, 86. 88. He was for many 
years surveyor for the county, and was 
universally esteemed by those who knew 
him, for his generous disposition and 
integrity of character, and his memory 
will long be revered by a large and de- 
voted circle of friends and acquaint- 
ances. 

Sinclair, Capt. Joseph, Essex, Vt., 
Dec. 2, one of the early settlers of the 
town. 

SiNGELTARY, Mrs. Rachel ]\Iaria, 
Tuscaloosa Co., Ala., May 1, a?. — , 
wife of the Rev. W. H. Singeltary. 

Skinner, Mrs. Abigail, Westford, 
Mass., May 31, se. 70, wife of Mr. Da- 
vid Skinner, and mother of Rev. J. O. 
Skinner. 

Slack, Col. Jacob A., Mason Co., 
Ky., May 1, se. 63. He was brought 
to this county by his parents from Havre 
de Grace, INIaryland, when only two years 
old, and has lived for 60 years within 
a few hundred y;u'ds of the place of his 
demise. He was thoroughly acquaint- 
ed with the early history of the state, 
and when but a youth took a deep in- 
terest and an active part in the politics 
of that day, and attached himself to 
Avhat was then called the democratic 
republican party. He never for a sin- 
gle moment wavered from the principles 
imbibed in his youth, and stood by 
them through good and evil report ; and 
no matter how dark and threatening 
the aspect of afi"airs, he had an abiding 
faith in the correctness and justice of 
his principles, and that they must, in 
the end, prove victorious. With him 
principles were never sacrificed to men. 
His motto was, " Men may, and do, 
change, but principles never." He was 
three times chosen by the people of that 
county to represent them in the lower 
branch of the state legislature, and hon- 
estly and faithfully served them in that 
capacity, and was the mover and advo- 
cate of some important measures. He 
was the opponent of all corporate and 
exclusive privileges, and said and wrote 
much upon the injustice and evil ten- 
dencies of such legislation. He was a 
strict constructionist, and opposed to 
all expedients not plainly and unmis- 
takably set forth in the constitutions 



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333 



of the state or nation. He dearly loved 
his country and her institutions, and was 
jealous of her rights and her honor. For 
many years he had led a very retired and 
quiet life, but was not unobservant of 
the changes and improvements going on 
around him, and always freely expressed 
his opinions and conclusions with regard 
to them. In his business transactions he 
was strictly honest. Believing that " an 
honest man is the noblest work of God," 
he wronged no man, and neither would 
he tamely submit to a wrong. He was 
never more happy than when dispensing 
the hospitalities of his home, and had a 
warm and hearty reception for all. As a 
neighbor, friend, husband, and father, he 
has performed well his part in life, and 
leaves a large cu'cle of acquaintances and 
friends to mourn his loss. 

Slade, Mr. William, Alstead, N. H., 
Oct. 25, ^^e. 100 years 11 months. 

Slagel, Jacob, Hancock district, Md., 
May — , se. 81, a well-known and highly- 
respected citizen. 

Slick, Francis, Taneytown, Md., Feb. 
11, 86. 64. He was a soldier of 1812, 
and conducted himself gallantly during 
the war. He marched from Taneytown 
(then Frederick Co.) in Capt. Knox's 
companv. 

Small, Dr. E. T., Fairland, Shelby 
Co., Ind., Dec, 24, te. 38. He was the 
oldest son of Daniel and Lois Small, of 
Clermont Co., O., in which he was born 
Oct. 9, 1819. In his 23d year he was 
converted, and joined the Methodist 
Episcopal church, in which he lived and 
labored down to the close of his useful 
life. In his 28th year he finished the 
study of medicine, and began its prac- 
tice. In his 34th he was, by the author- 
ity of the Methodist Episcopal church, 
licensed to preach. In his 38th he moved 
to Fairland, Ind., where, with every pros- 
pect of success, he began the practice of 
medicine, but where, alas ! in one year 
he ceased both to labor and to live. The 
Christian character of Dr. S. seemed 
imbued with equanimity, patience, and 
meekness. He died as he Hved — a 
man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost. 

Smith, Abner, Clayton, N.Y., , 

SB. 74, of Brownville. Mr. S. was a 
good and useful citizen of Brownville 
over 50 years, sustaining all the relations 
of life during the time with honor to 
himself, and pleasure and profit to his 
family Mends, and the world. He was 



a farmer by profession, and by i)nident, 
industrious habits, and the blessing of 
God, he accumulated a handsome for- 
tune. He has left a wife and seven 
children. 

Smith, Dr. Alfred, YardleyviUe, N.Y., 
Se])t. 10, ae. — . 

Smith, Mrs. Anna Mary, Carlisle, Pa., 
ae. about 80, widow of the late David 
Smith, Esq., formerly one of the com- 
missioners of Cumberland Co. Mrs. S. 
was a native of Washington Co., Md., 
but for the last 50 years a resident of 
Carhsle. 

Smith, Charles Percy, Favorite Island, 
Tunica Co., Miss., INIarch 4, a;. 50, a 
native of Natchez, and oldest son of the 
late Elijah Smith. 

Smith, Mrs. Clara M., New York city. 
May 14, ae. — , wife of William A. Smith, 
and daughter of Rev. Levi Bull, 1^ D. 

Smith, Darwin C„ Washington, D. C, 
se. 35. He was a native of Vermont, 
from which state he removed to this 
vicinity some seven or eight years since, 
and for a number of years was connected 
with the public schools of Zanesville. 
Some two years since he removed to 
Washington city with his wife, a daugh- 
ter of one of our old and respected citi- 
zens — Ml'. Gabriel D. Evans, of Falls 
township. He was of modest and re- 
tiring habits, but within the' circle of his 
friends manifested the peculiar warmth 
of his heart, and a disposition ever social 
and pleasant. These, with a cultivated 
intellect, rendered him peculiarly dear to 
those who were in intimate relations of 
daily association. 

Smith, Ebenezer, Cambridge, O., Oct. 
25, ae. 65. Mr. S. was a native of Wash- 
ington Co., Pa. He removed to Guern- 
sey Co. something more than 40 years 
ago. He first settled in Washington, 
where he remained but a few years, 
when he removed to this place, where 
he continued to reside until his death. 
In 1818 he was elected sheriff of the 
county, which office he held during four 
years. He was afterwards elected treas- 
m'er. He was possessed of a mild and 
amiable disposition. In his manners he 
was free and unaffected, 
he was tender and benevolent, 



In his feelings 



REV. DR. ELI SMITH, 

Beirut, Syria, Jan. 11, se. 55, a distin- 
guished missionary of A. B. C. F. M., 



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and on whose valuable life gi-eat interests 
were centring ; and the intelligence of 
his demise was received with sadness by 
the Christian community. 

Dr. S. was born at Northford, Conn., 
Sept. 13, 1801. He graduated at Yale 
College in the year 1821, and pursued 
his theological studies in the Andover 
Seminary. At the solicitation of the 
prudential committee, and Mith the con- 
sent of the professors in that institution, 
he embarked on his mission to the east 
in May, 1826, before the completion of 
the last year in his course of study, that 
he might take charge of the printing 
establishment of the American board, 
then at Malta. Unexpected events led 
him to jmss on to Syria, and he became 
connected with the mission in that coun- 
try. In the spring of 1828 the mission- 
aries^bund it necessary to retire for a 
season to Malta, to escape the dangers 
growing out of the Greek revolutionary 
struggle. There, at the close of the 
year, they were visited by one of the 
secretaries of the board ; ' and Mr. S. 
accomj)anied him in a tour through the 
more interesting parts of Greece and 
and the Greek Islands, extending through 
the winter, and the spring and summer 
of the next year. In this tour he won 
the high respect and affection of his 
associate, which continued through life. 
An exjiloration of Ai'menia being deemed 
expedient, this extensiva journey was 
accomijlishcd by INIr. S. in 1830 and 
1831, in company with the Rev. H. G. O. 
Dwight, since well known in connection 
with the develo])ment of the Armenian 
mission. In pursuance of their instruc- 
tions, they visited the Nestorians in Per- 
sia, which led to the establishment of 
the mission among that interesting peo- 
ple. A most instructive account of this 
exploration, prepared by Mr. S. Avith the 
aid of Mr. Dwight's notes, was published 
in two volumes (now out of print) during 
a \-isit to the United States, in the year 
1833. This work, with the cxce])tion of 
its learned introduction, was rejniljjished 
in England. Mr. S. also published a 
small volume of missionary sermons and 
addresses, eminently characterized by 
enlarged and accurate views. 

Having married Miss Sarah Lanman 
Huntington, of Norwich, Conn., he em- 
barked on his return to Syria in Sejjt., 
1833. Tlie connection lasted but three 
years. Mrs. S. dying at Smyrna Sept. 30, 



1 836. An excellent biography, prepared 
by Dr. E. W. Hooker, has endeared her 
memory to the people of God. These 
years, and the two or three which fol- 
lowed, preceding his second visit to the 
United States, were filled up with the 
active performance of missionary duty, 
including the critical study of tlie Ara- 
bic language, his eminent attainments m 
which secured for him the distinguished 
consideration of scholars in Germany 
when there on his homeward journey. 
Among other important services per- 
formed in this period was the production 
of a new and improved font of Arabic 
type, conformed to the calligraphy of a 
first-rate manuscript of the Koran, the 
types being made by Mr. Homan Hal- 
lock, the ingenious printer ibr the mis- 
sion, from models prepared by Mr. S. 
The first font was cast by Tauchnitz, at 
Leipsic, under Mr. Smith's su])eiintend- 
ence ; and others, of different sizes, have 
since been cut and cast by Mr. Hallock 
in this country. Another service, and 
one of much importance to the learned 
world, was performed in connection with 
Dr. Robinson, which that eminent man 
has handsomely acknowledged in his 
" Biblical Researches in Palestine." 

Mr. S. resumed his missionary labors 
in Syria in the summer of 1841. A 
storm of civil war soon after swept over 
Lebanon. In a little more than one 
year from the time of his arrival he was 
again dej)rived of the partner of his life. 
He remained unmarried for the space of 
four years, a part of the time in precari- 
ous health. His connection with the 
estimable lady who survives him com- 
menced in the autumn of 1846. His 
labors as a translator of the Scrijitures 
into the Arabic language date from that 
time. For these labors he had been 
long pre])aring, and was perhajis better 
fitted than any other man on the earth. 
They were congenial labors, and he gave 
to them his whole soul. To translate 
God's holy word into a language spoken 
by sixty millions of people, and into such 
a language, fitted beyond most others 
adequately to express the meaning of 
the inspired originals, filled him with 
enthusiastic delight. It is believed that 
the New Testament, the Pentateuch, the 
minor ])rophets from Hosea to Nahum, 
and the greater part of Isaiah, have been 
completed; and we hope more than this. 
Among the most desu-able things of this 



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age, to human view, was Dr. S.'s living 
to com])lcte this magnificent work. But 
infinite Wisdom does not err ; and his 
removal from earth just at this stage of 
the enterprise was by a divine hand. 

Dr. S. was among the most intelligent, 
laborious, and consistent of missionaries ; 
and he was one of the most thorough 
scholars of our times. His mind was 
preeminently practical. His views on 
missionary policy were sound and com- 
prehensive, giving the proper place to 
every species of labor. An intelligent 
biographer would find ample materials 
for an instructive volume of his life and 
remains ; and the Christian public would 
welcome such a tribute to his memory. 
One object of this brief memorial, penned 
on receiving the mournfid tidings of his 
death, will be gained, if the expectation 
of such a treasure is awakened in the 
public mind, and some competent writer 
IS moved to perform the service. 

Smith, Rev. Elihu, West Hartford, 
Conn., Oct. 12, se. 80. Mr. S. was born 
in Granby, Mass., in 1777. He gradu- 
ated at Dartmouth College in 1801, and 
commenced preaching the gospel about 
1805, and for more than 50 years was 
an able and successful minister of the 
Lord Jesus. He spent 23 years in Cas- 
tleton, Vt., where his labors were signally 
blessed in building up the Redeemer's 
kingdom. Subsequently he laboi-ed in 
Chesterfield and Hinsdale, N. H. The 
last ten years of his life he spent in 
Pomfret, Vt. Last spring he removed 
to West Hartford ; and, unwilling to re- 
main idle in his Master's vineyard, he 
supplied the church in Sharon until 
within the last three weeks of his life. 
But his sun has declined, and the night 
of death has overtaken him. 

Smith, Capt. Erastus, New Orleans, 
La., March 27, ae. 49, a native of New 
York, and late captain of the steamer 
" Col. Edwards." 

Smith, Ezekiel, Stamford, N. Y., Jan. 
2, ae. 83, for many years a resident of 
Harpersfield. 

Smith, Mrs. Frances Louisa, West 
Brookfield, Mass., March 18, te. 21, wife 
of Mr. Samuel D. Smith, and daughter 
of Mr. A. H. SafFord, of Boston. 

Smith, George, Esq., Indiana, Julv 12, 
SB. 81, father of Rev. W. C. and Rev. 
G. C. Smith of the Methodist Episcopal 
church. ]\Ir. S. was one of the earliest 



settlers of Indiana ; was a member, of 
most unblemished cliaracter and of great 
usefulness, in the Methodist Episcopal 
church near 50 years. 

Smith, George, Waterloo, N. Y., Sept. 
18, ae. 44. Mr. S. was a native of the 
town of Sullivan, Madison Co., N.Y. ; but 
his parents removed in his infancy to the 
Mohawk Valley, and resided for many 
years near Johnstown. His father, the 
late, Peter Smith, was a farmer in very 
moderate circumstances, but of acknowl- 
edged intelligence and worth, and once 
represented INIadison Co. in the Assem- 
bly, where he became the intimate polit- 
ical and personal friend of Azariah C. 
Flagg, who was then a member of that 
body. George left home when scarcely 
nineteen years of age, with only the 
imperfect education which was then to 
be procured at our country schools during 
winter, and engaged upon repairs of the 
Erie Canal. His skill and devotion to 
his business soon brought him to the 
notice of his employer. Col. Hamilton, 
one of the ablest and most successful 
superintendents the state ever em])loyed, 
who immediately made him his foreman 
or deputy, which position he retained 
tiU political changes had displaced his 
patron. He soon after commenced his 
career as a contractor for bridges and 
other mechanical structures in the vi- 
cinity of Troy and Albany on the Erie 
enlargement. After completing his con- 
tracts in a most creditable manner, he 
removed to Wisconsin, when he became 
a merchant ; but, as this change was 
unsuited ,to his tastes, he returned to 
New York about 1847, and soon after 
became largely interested in contracts 
for the construction of the Hudson River 
Railroad. He afterwards bore an im- 
portant part in the completion of the 
western division of the Erie Railroad. 
He subsequently became interested in 
heavy contracts for the construction of 
railroads in Western New York ; and 
when the enormous depreciation occun-ed 
in the stocks and bonds of those roads, 
he suffered heavily. But, Mith his char- 
acteristic coui'age and perseverance, he 
managed to discharge all his obligations 
in full, and, it is supposed, has left his 
family in comfortable pecuniary circum- 
stances. Some three years ago he re- 
moved to this village, where he has 
secured many warm friends, and an en- 
viable character for promptness and 



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honesty, as well as skill and energy in 
his business. Mr. S. was remarkably 
quiet and unostentatious m his manner ; 
but he possessed a mind of no common 
order. He was perfectly systematic in 
conducting his business; and his judg- 
ment in regard to the most economical 
and expeditious manner of accomplish- 
mg his undertakings seemed to be almost 
inlallible. 

Smith, Rev. Isaac, Palermo, Me., 
Feb. 2 J, 03. — , a graduate of Waterville 
College. 

Smith, Major Jacob, York, Pa., Aug. 
— , ae. 69. 

Smith, James S., Philadelphia, May 
28, ae. 67, president of the Southwark 
Bank. 

Smith, James W., New York city, 
SB. o9, was a native of the town of 
Stratham, N. H., and formerly resided in 
Portsmouth. 

Smith, John C, Tarleton, Pickaway 
Co., O., May 21, »e. 70. He came to 
Ohio in 1811, and served his country in 
the war of 1812. He was a good citizen 
and a kind father. Thus has passed away 
another of the old settlers of this coun- 
ty, and another of those whose patriot- 
ism was tested in the last war with our 
ancient foe, Great Britain. 

Smith, Joseph, Esq., Dover, N. H., 
Sept. 17, ae. 85. He was a native of 
Newburyport, Mass., but removed, early 
in life, to Dover, where he was engaged 
in extensive business as a merchant for 
50 years, and by his energy and enter- 
prise, miited with a liberal and generous 
public spirit, contributed largely to the 
growth and prosperity of the town. He 
was emphatically a merchant of the old 
school, possessing a high sense of honor, 
a conscientious regard to truth and the 
rights of others in all his dealings, with 
a hearty abhorrence of every thing hisin- 
cere or mean in character and conduct. 
As a man of acknowledged integrity and 
uprightness in all his relations, his influ- 
ence was widely felt, and his example 
worthy of imitation by those who have 
succeeded him in active life. 

Smith, Capt. Joseph, Columbus, Mo., 
Sept. 17, u;. about oO, a very respectable 
and valuable citizen. 

S:tflTil, Rev. Joseph C, Honolulu, 
Sandwich Islands, Dec. 29, a;. 38. Mr. 
S. was a gruluate of Brunswick College 
in 1838, and of the seminary in Andover, 
Mass., in 1842. He was first settled 



over the Unitarian Society in Groton, and 
afterwards became pastor of the Chan- 
ning Church, in Newton Corner. In con- 
sequence of ill health he resigned his 
charge, and sailed for the Sandwich Is- 
lands, where he hoped to be able to labor 
as agent of the American Unitarian As- 
sociation. The disease, however, was too 
deeply seated ; and after being detained 
in California by severe illness, he pro- 
ceeded to the islands, Avhere, notwith- 
standing he received every attention, he 
rapidly declined, and at last peacefully 
expired, sustained by the faith and hopes 
of that gospel, which, by his lips and by 
his life, he had so faithfully expounded. 
While his family moui'n the loss of a de- 
voted husband and affectionate father, the 
church to which he ministered deplore the 
early departure of their honored and be- 
loved friend and pastor. 

Smith, Rev. Joseph, Hardin Co.,Ky., 
Dec. 3, a?. 107. He Avas one among the 
oldest settlers and ministers of that state. 
He was one of those vaHant men who 
fought in the revolutionary war. As a 
minister, it is said of him, that he was 
very faithful and useful until within the 
last 35 years, when he was disabled to 
labor very extensively because of the 
palsy and old age. 

Smith, Dr. L. H., Columbia, S. C, 
April 9, ae. 26. Dr. S. was a native of 
Abbeville district, S. C, where his par- 
ents still reside, and mourn the irrepa- 
rable loss of an only child. He finished 
his medical course in the city of Phila- 
delphia in 1852. Eminently qualified to 
discharge the duties of a physician, he 
began the practice of his profession in 
Greenwood — a A-illage of his native dis- 
trict — with better success than usually 
falls to the lot of young men, soon gain- 
ing the confidence of the jjeople, and se- 
curmg a Uberal portion of their patron- 
age. It was during this period that he 
received the appointment to deliver the 
anniversary oration before the State Med- 
ical Association, of which trust he proved 
himself worthy, by discharging it in a 
manner creditable to him and satisfac- 
tory to those who honored him with their 
confidence. Believing that the practice 
of physic was too laborious for his feeble 
state of health, and hoping that a change 
of place and business would be advan- 
tageous to him in every way, he dechned 
it, and in the latter part of 1856 pur- 
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Inmbia, where, in a short time, by his 
coui'teous demeanor, amiable temper and 
disposition, he drew arovmd him many 
warm and influential friends. 

Smith, Mrs. Lam-a P., Pepperell, 
^lass., March 14, a?. — , a native of 
Claremont, and widow of Rev. Noah 
Smith, formerly pastor in South Britain, 
Conn. 

Smith, Mrs. Lavinia W., Providence, 
R. 1., Feb. 26, se. 23, wile of Charles 
Sydney Smith. 

Smith, Mrs. Louisa L., Stamford, 
Conn., May 4, sb. — , wife of Rev. John 
Smith. 

Smith, Mrs. Lucia Mills, Rochester, 
N. Y., March 19, ce. about 60. She was 
the wife of Erastus T. Smith, and daugh- 
ter of the late Jedediah Mills, of West 
Hartford, Conn. 

Smith, Mrs. Lucy Maynard, Walton, 
N. Y., Feb. 2, a?. 30. Mrs. S. was a 
native of Pottsdam, in this state, and a 
sister of Rev. Eliphal Maynard, mission- 
ai-y of the American board to Turkey, 
who died at Salonica, in 1849. She be- 
gan her education in the St. Lawrence 
Academy, in her native place, and after- 
wards ])ursued her studies at Mount Hol- 
yoke Seminary, and with her brother, 
Mr. E. M. Maynard, with whom she 
spent several years in teaching. She had 
taught as an assistant in the academy at 
Whitehall and at Lyndon, Vt., and in 
1853 was engaged as preceptress of 
Walton Academy, which post she occu- 
pied until her man-iage to Mr. Smith. 
Her course of education had been directed 
with the special object of qualifying her- 
self for the missionary work in some for- 
eign field under the charge of the Amer- 
ican board. 

Smith, Mrs. Mary A., South Danvers, 
Mass., March 19, se. 40, wife of Dea. 
Richard Smith. 

Smith, Dr. Mason G., Perry, N. Y., 
April 10, se. 60. He was a brother of 
Hon. Albert Smith, and possessed much 
of his talent and facility as a speaker and 
writer. Indeed, his knowledge of the 
English language was singularly accurate 
and full ; he wrote it with great precision 
and correctness, and was fond of dwell- 
ing upon its " elegancies, its harmonies, 
and its euphonies." He was an old res- 
ident of Perry, and devotedly attached to 
its interests and inhabitants. He was an 
active ]n-omoter of the cause of educa- 
tion, and for many years had the super- 
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intendence of the common schools of that 
town, and was, at the time of his death, 
secretary of the Perry Academy, Next 
to his profession (in which he' had un- 
questioned rank) the matter of schools 
and educational and literary enter])rises 
was uppermost in his heart and exer- 
tions, and he spared no time or effort 
in their behalf. His hosjntality and cor- 
dial manners cbew about him hosts of 
personal friends, and he was every M'here 
regarded as an accomplished scholar and 
physician, a valuable and public-spirited 
citizen, and as no unworthy type of what 
is termed the " Christian gentleman." 
Throughout that whole region of country, 
his loss, so sudden and unexpected, will 
be long and widely deplored. 

Smith, Matthew, Nicholas, N. Y., 
May 15, ae. 84, one of the earliest set- 
tlers in that part of the Susquehanna 
valley. ^Ir. S. was born in Sussex Co., 
N. J. He became a resident of what is 
now the to\\Ti of Nichols in 1794, and has 
resided on the same farm from that time 
until his death. 

Smith, Peter B., Lafayette, Md., 
June 21, se. about 67. The community 
has lost one of its brightest ornaments, 
and the Fu'st Presbyterian Church, of 
which he was a ruling elder, one of its 
most valuable and esteemed members. 
In early life he connected himself with 
the church, smce which he has been, 
most of the time, an active officer, and 
always a faithful and devoted teacher or 
su])erintendent in the Sabbath school. 
Few laymen could look around and 
count more members in the church, or 
ministers, who have been by them in- 
structed in the first principles of Chris- 
tianity, than he could. He was truly a 
man of God — mighty in the Scriptures, 
apt to teach, and loved and reverenced 
by all who were blessed with the oppor- 
tunity of enjoying his instructions. He 
was a man of purely disinterested mo- 
tives, of retiring habits, of strictly and 
habitually devotional piety. For near 40 
years the writer has known him inti- 
mately. His earliest recollections are 
associated with him either as Sabbath 
school teacher or superintendent ; and in 
paying this feeble tribute to his worth, he 
feels his entire inability to do justice to 
his sul ject. In the church here and in 
Carlisle, where he was best known, and 
his worth more fully appreciated, will his 
death be felt as a sore and grievoi^s af- 



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fiiclion, and their loss be felt as irrejia- 
rable. 

Smith, Ransom, Esq., Sharon, Conn., 
June 10, ED. 15, a prominent citizen of 
the touTi. 

Smith, Mrs. Roxa, Morris, Otsego Co., 
N. Y., Nov. 27, a?. 78, vdk of Capt. Dan 
Smith, and mother of Hon. A. M. Smith, 
late senator of the 18th district. She 
was a native of the to^vnship in which she 
died, and perlmps no woman in the coun- 
ty was more widely and favorably known. 
From early life a member of the Con- 
gregational church, she has ever been 
distinguished as an active and practical 
Clii-istian. 

Smith, Stephen, of Mason, N. H., 
fr. 51. lie was born at Kingston, R. I., 
in Aug., 180G, and died at the McLean 
Asylum, in Somerville. He was agent 
of the Columbian Manufacturing Com- 
pany at Mason and New Ipswich since 
1843, at which time he removed to Ma- 
son. He occupied many positions of 
trust in the town — was the principal 
founder, in 1847, and one of the chief 
supporters of the Congregational society 
at Mason Village, and was elected by the 
people of the district to serve as execu- 
tive counsellor of the state during the 
term of Gov. Baker and the first year 
of Gov. Metcalf. He was always fore- 
most in good works, and especially gen- 
erous in his contributions to aid the cause 
of education, temperance, and anti-sla- 
very. He was one of the earliest and 
most active members of the republican 
party, and no man in the state worked 
with greater zeal to advance the princi- 
]Dles of that jjarty during the last pres- 
idential canvass. 

Smith, Rev. S. Hume, Stewartston, 
York Co., Pa., Feb. 4. He was a middle- 
aged man, and a much esteemed and 
liighly respected Presbyterian clergyman. 

Smith, Mr. Samuel R., Spotswood, 
N. J., Dec. 17, fc. 46. 

Smith, Col. S. S., Lewisburg, , 

BC. about 5\, 

Smith, Mr. Thomas, Dover, Me., Sept. 
— , a;. 96, a soldier of the revolution. 

Smith, Elder Thomas, Cedar Co., j\Io., 
April 16, IV. 64. He was born March 
11, 179.3, in Garrett Co., Ky. Ilis fa- 
tlier, Thomas Smith, moved from there 
to Barren Co., same state, when he was 
about five years old, and from there to 
Warren Co.,Tenn , wlien about lo }ears 
old. He there married a daujjhter of 



Mr. Joseph Hutton, Feb. 16, 1813, pro- 
fessed religion Jan. 10, 1816, and joined 
the church at Buckspring, and was bap- 
tized Ajjril 17. He then moved to 
Franklin Co., Mo., and joined the Bap- 
tist church at Bethel the same year, 
(1816 ;) was there licensed to preach, 
and labored as such about two years ; 
was then ordained to the ministry, July 
1 823, and labored in that region of coun- 
try until 1848. He then moved to Cedar 
Co., Mo., and joined the Bajjtist church 
called Cedar, where his membership re- 
mained until his decease. 

Smith, Dr. Thomas C, Clinton-n'lle, 
Ky., Jan. 26, vc. 24. Dr. S. was a native 
of Clarke, but had lived in this county 
long enough to be admired for his pro- 
fessional ability, and res])ected for his vir- 
tues. His new as well as old friends 
loved him while living, and regret his 
death. 

Smith, Hon. Thomas J., Washington, 
D. C, July — , JB. — . He was some 
years ago a judge of the Marme Court, 
New York, and also occupied a judicial 
position in California. He was an ac- 
complished scholar, a vigorous writer, 
and was highly esteemed by a large cu-- 
cle of friends and relatives. 

Smith, Thomas N., Salisbury, Conn., 
Feb. 1, ae. 88. He Avas a man of in- 
dustry, and especially, in early life, was 
accustomed to very diligent efforts and 
even hard labor. By these early efforts 
he laid the foundation for his subsequent 
independence and prosperity. For half 
a century he has been the possessor of a 
good estate, and he has contributed his 
due proportion to the thrift and general 
welfare of the community in Mhich he 
has lived. He has occupied various pub- 
lic offices in the town, the duties of which 
he discharged with ability and exemplary 
fidelity. From early life he has been a 
professor of the religion of the gospel ; 
and has, in times ])ast, manifested an in- 
terest in the religious as well as the tem- 
jioral welfare of the community, and of 
the church and congregation of which he 
was a member. 

Smith, William, at Nanor. St. George, 
N. Y., Dec. 18, a>. 80. He was the eld- 
est son of Gen. John Smith, late United 
States senator from this state, and great- 
ly esteemed for his high moral worth 
and stern integrity. He was jjossessed 
of great wealth, and a good, nol)le heart 
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spirit. A true Christian throuirh life, his 
end was peaceful as the spirit of the blest 
is wont to be. 

Smithee, ]Mrs. ]\Iargaret Ann, Staun- 
ton, Va., Jan. 2, a). — , wife of Dr. John 
M. Smithee. 

Smitiiers, Nathaniel, Esq., Wilming- 
ton, Del, April 13, se. about 70. He 
was a man of great integrity, gentleman- 
ly in his deportment, and was warmly 
esteemed by a large circle of friends and 
acquaintances. He was a native of Kent 
Co., where he spent the greater part of 
his life. He held the offices of register 
and prothonotary for upwards of 20 years. 
He was twice elected to the legislature. 

Smoot, Capt. Joseph, U. S. N., Wash- 
ington, D. C, , EE. — . 

Smyser, Hon. George, Gettysburg, 

Pa., , CB. 49, formerly one of the 

associate judges of Adams Co. 

Smyth, Capt. Andrew, Moulton, Law- 
rence Co., Ala., Feb. 20, ce. 79. 

Smyth, Patrick, Milwaukie, Wis., July 
4, 8e. — . Mr. S. has been a resident of 
our city for some years, and his social, 
genial temperament had won for him the 
affection of a large circle of friends, who 
mourn for him as for a brother. To his 
family here, and to his numerous rela- 
tions and friends at the east, the blow is 
a sad one indeed. At a meeting of the 
Board of Trade, of which the deceased 
was a member, the following proceedings 
took phce : President Kellogg feelingly 
noticed the death of Mr. S., and called 
upon Mr. A. W. Hart to offer resolu- 
tions. Mr. Hart spoke of the many vir- 
tues which characterized the deceased, 
his sterling integrity, and his generous 
disposition, and he concluded by calling 
on the Board of Trade to adopt the fol- 
lowing preamble and resolutions : — 

" Whereas, The members of the Board 
of Trade have learned with deep regret 
of the very sudden death of their fellow- 
member, Mr. Patrick Smyth, who has 
been removed from our midst suddenly, 
in the very prime of life, — ■ 

" Resolved, That the Board of Trade 
have, in the death of Mr. Smyth, been 
deprived of a member whom they highly 
esteemed, and whose social qualities and 
generous nature had secured to him a 
legion of friends, who are now called 
upon to mourn his loss. 

" Resolved, That the Board of Under- 
writers, of which Patrick Smyth was the 
respected president, be, and hereby are, 



invited to join the Board of Trade at their 
rooms, at 3 P. M. this day, to proceed 
to the residence of the deceased, and at- 
tend his funeral in a body. 

" Resolved, That the foregoing be pub- 
lished, and a record made of these pro- 
ceedings on the books of this Board." 

All of which were passed unani- 
mously. 

Sneed, Dr. George K., Texas, Feb. — , 
a;. — , formerly of Murfreesboro', Tenn. 

Snell, Ebenezer, Amherst, N. H., 
Feb. 11, a?. 85, a native of Bridgewatcr, 
Mass. ; for many years a resident of 
Cummington and Plainfield, but the last 
four years of this town, and the oldest 
male member of the First Parish. 

Snider, Col. John, Columbus, Ind., 
Jan. 26, a?. 7.3. 

Snow, Edward, Wakefield, Carleton 
Co., Md., a?. 86. 

Snyder, Dr. John J., Riglesville, Pa., 
May 4, a?. 25. 

Snyder, John, Davenport, N. J., 
March 12, se. about 65. 

Snyder, William, Valley township, 
Montour Co., Pa., April 24, "aj. 50. Mr, 
S. was lately one of the county commis- 
sioners, and was much respected in all 
the public and private relations of life. 
A consistent member of the Christian 
church, he has fallen asleep in the faith 
of the gospel. 

Snyder, Dr. Jacob, Wayne Co., Ind., 
June 10, SB. — , professor of medicine 
and surgery and medical jurisprudence 
in the American Medical College of Cin- 
cinnati. The deceased had for several 
years been a citizen of Dublin in this 
county, and was universally respected for 
his many virtues and his great skill as a 
physician. Retiring in his habits, he 
sought only the performance of his duty, 
and fiiithfuUy did he carry out the obli- 
gations which rested upon him as a cit- 
izen and a member of the profession to 
which he was attached, and of which he 
was a distinguished ornament. 

Solomon, William, Penetanguishene, 
Jan. 24, fe. 84, late interpreter in the 
Indian department. 

Soule, Mrs. Hai-riet Augusta, Jewett 
citv. Conn., Jan. 13, ge. 25, wife of Dr. 
William Soule. 

SouTHALL, Dr. Philip T., Amelia Co., 
Va., May 19, pb. 66. Dr. S. Avas an em- 
inent and po])ular physician and high- 
toned gentleman. 

Southard, Dr. Smith, Newark, N. J., 



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Nov. 19, oe. 23, son of J. II. Southard, 
of Galen, X. Y. 

SouTiiGATE, Eichai'd, Newport, Ky., 
July — , ie. — , an old settler of New- 
j)ort, Ky. lie read law in Albany, and 
was acquainted with Alexander Hamil- 
ton, Aaron Burr, and other eminent men 
of that dav. He left property worth 
$1,000,000". 

SoUTHiCK, Edward, Amboy, 111., Dec. 
26, EC. 4<j, son of the late Edward South- 
\\ick, formerly of Troy, N. Y. 

SoUTiiwoRTii, Leonard, New Bedford, 
Mass., March 4, ae. 61. 

SoUTilwoRTli, Mrs. Sarah, Hinghara, 
Mass., Se])t. 1, a;. 80, widow of the late 
Captain Thomas Southworth, of South 
Scituate. 

Spafford, Sumner, Bergen, N. Y., 
April 5, se. 57. An amiable, upright, 
and exemplary man ; a lover of peace 
and concord ; of few words, but of great 
decision of character where truth and 
jninciple were concerned, — he yet add- 
ed to all these, as his crowning excel- 



lence, true piety. 
Sp.\xgler,- Dr. 



Zanesville, 



O., an old and highly-respected phy- 
sician of Zanesville, was killed by a piece 
of iron, shot from a small cannon. 

Sparks, Alexander, Society Hill, Dar- 
lington District, S. C, , se. 



was a highly respectable and wealthy 
planter. 

Spaulding, Charles, Montpelier, Vt., 
April 8, Bc. 45 

Spauldlxg, William C, Dorchester, 
Mass., April 2, ae. 41, son of Prescott 
Spaulding, Esq., of Newbury])ort. 

Spear, Isaac, Esq., Painsville, O., June 
9, se. 62. He was an old and prominent 
citizen, universally respected. 

Spe.\r, Mrs. Lois, Bruns^\•ick, Me., 
May 22, a?. 88. She was a descendant 
of Elder Brewster, who landed at Plym- 
outh Rock. She was born in Kingston, 
Mass., and removed to Wayne, Me., 
where she j)rofessed religion under the 
early pioneers of Methodism in this state. 
She has been long a reliable and consist- 
ent member of the Methodist Episcojjul 
church. Her last years were sjjent in 
great feebleness, unable to attend the 
sanctuary, but she was greatly interested 
in religion, and Jesus was her constant 
theme. 

Spedden, Edward, Baltimore, Md., 
Jan. 30, a'. — . He had given great 
promise of futui-e intellectual renown. 



Spelm^VX, Hon. E. G., Kenton, 0., 
May 1, m. 37, representative in the Ohio 
legislature from Hardin and Wyandot 
counties. 

Spencer, Benjamin, New Haven, 
Conn., March 6, a?. 77. 

Spexcer, Calvin, Si)encer, Medina Co., 
Ajiril 14, ge. 78. The deceased was one 
of the early settlers of Northern Ohio, 
and one of the first settlers in the to\^-n- 
sliip of Pcnfield, where he hved more 
than 30 years, a man greatly esteemed 
by all who knew him. 

Spexcer, ]Mrs. Carolina A., Tcrre 
Haute, Ind., April 16, a;. 24, consort of 
James E. Sjjencer, of St. Anthony, Min- 
nesota Territory, and daughter of the 
Pev. Mr. Schelper, minister in the 
German Methodist Episcopal church of 
Terre Haute. The husband of the de- 
ceased was formerly a resident of Utica, 
and is a sou of Juhus A. Spencer, 
Esq. 

GEN. ICHABOD S. SPENCER, 

Canastota, N. Y., Feb. 16, se. 77. Gen. 
S. was born in Suffield, Conn., July 11, 
1780. The year succeeding his birth 
his parents removed to Great Barring- 
ton, Mass., where the rest of their family 
of children were bora. The general was 
married in 1801, and removed to Mad- 
ison Co., N. Y., in 1802, the town in 
which he continued to reside until the 
time of his death. Thus the jjlace has 
known him, and he has been identified 
with its various interests and changes of 
scenery, and scenes in which he was far 
from being an indifl'erent actor or idle 
observer, for over half a century. His 
active, inquiring mind inclined him to 
the study of law. He became a student 
under ]\iessrs. Hathaway and Sherman, 
of Rome, and entered the profession andi 
practice of law in 1808. Under the 
regime then governing the rules and 
practice of the courts in the days of our 
most eminent jurists, it was far from 
l)eing that mere formal ordeal to tread, 
in order to get to the bar, which now 
the student is allowed to pass. 

Mr. S. passed with rapid strides, by 
the energy and activity of his own pow- 
ers, to a distinguished prominence in the 
])rofession. The science of pleading was 
then intricate, technical, and refined, and 
he soon took jilace among the first and 
foremost as one of the safest and best 



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special pleaders in the state. As a chan- 
cery pleader, we may say there was none 
before hira. His power of discrimina- 
tion was great, and no man would dis- 
cover a legal point, and give it promi- 
nence and weight in pleading or brief, 
before him. 

It was not for the legal profession 
alone that he was preeminently quahfied. 
There were elements also in him equally 
well befitting the military character. In 
1813, during our war with England, he 
was ordered into the service of the United 
States as adjutant, under the command 
of Col. Button and Brig. Gen. Collins, 
and marched to the frontier at and near 
Sackett's Hai'bor. His services on the 
frontier were necessarily short. He re- 
turned home in 1814, and the discharge 
of his military duties was so honorable 
that a train of promotions was soon 
opened to him. In that year (1814) he 
■was promoted to the office of captain, 
and very soon after to that of colonel of 
the 74th regiment of infantry, and a few 
years later to brigadier general of the 
35th brigade, comprising Chenango and 
Madison Counties, and soon after to 
major general of that division. This 
office he held until 1847, when he re- 
signed it. 

As a military disciplinarian he ex- 
celled, and in his various commands he 
was esteemed a very accurate tactician. 

His very nature was social, mingled 
with that high sense of manly reserve 
which made him both a standard and a 
favorite. As a neighbor he was all that 
could make him a friend to the needy or 
suffering, and no man was more ready 
or willing to favor or befriend. 

His mind was too expansive, as well as 
active, to be confined to the circle of 
mere private affialrs. He had a laudable 
public spirit, which sought for the im- 
provement of the surrounding society as 
well as the institutions and work affect- 
ing the literary, scientific, and pecuniary 
interests of the people. His influence 
was very great in this direction through 
the many active years of his life. 

The faculty already alluded to, to pass 
through the leaves of a book, made him 
a rapid reader ; and his knowledge of 
history, ancient and modern, his general 
reading, and accurate and extensive ob- 
servation, constituted him one of the 
most enlightened and generally informed 
- Oneida Sachem, 
29* 



men of our age, 



HON. JOSHUA A. SPENXER, 

Utica, N. Y., April 28, ae. 67. :Mr. S., 

whose decease it is our painful duty to 
announce, was bom at Great Barrington, 
Mass., May 13, 1790. He was descend- 
ed from the same fixmily as the late Cliief 
Justice Spencer and John C. Spencer, 
and was not very remotely related to 
them, though we are unable to state in 
what precise degree. While quite young 
Mr. S. left his jiaternal home and came 
to Greenville, Green Co., in this state. 
We believe he had a good common- 
school education, and his acquaintance 
with the structure of our language, and 
with some of the branches of mathemat- 
ics, proves that he was well versed in 
these studies. In fact, he was a teacher, 
for a time, when quite young. He was 
never a classical scholar, and was not 
originally destined to a learned profes- 
sion. While he lived at Greenville he 
learned the trade of a clothier, and also 
that of a carpenter and joiner, at which 
latter employment he labored for a time 
before commencing his legal studies. 
His brother, the late Gen. Spencer, of 
Canastota, whose decease is above no- 
ticed, had been admitted to the bar, and 
was settled at Lenox, Madison Co., wiiere 
he was joined by J. A. Spencer about 
1808. The latter soon after commenced 
the study of the law in his brother's 
office, and was subsequently his partner 
in the practice of the profession. 

Immediately upon the admission of 
Mr. S. to the bar he took a high stand 
in the profession, and was soon employed 
in nearly all the important business in 
the county of his residence. But his 
services were not confined to that county. 
AVhile yet a young man he was exten- 
sively employed in the neIghl)oring coun- 
ties, and especially in Oneida, where he 
was as well known and nearly as much 
employed as at home. 

In 1829 he removed to Utica, and 
formed a professional connection with 
the late William H. Maynard, which was 
dissolved by the death of Mr. Mavnard 
in 1832. In 1841 Mr. S. was appointed 
attorney of the United States for the 
northern district of this state, and held 
the office for the legal term of four years. 
At the annual election in 1S45 he was 
elected to the Senate of this state, and 
became ex officio a member of the Court 
for the Correction of Errors. Duiing his 



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official term the present constitution went | 
into operation, which abolished the Court 
of Errors and suijcrseded the existing 
legislature. He was several times the j 
candidate of his party for other high sta- \ 
tions, as a member of Congress and 
judge of the highest court, at jjeriods 
when the opposite political hiterest pre- 
vailed. 

His professional renown and high 
standing as a man, together with his 
extensive acquaintance throughout the 
state, caused him to be sought as a can- 
didate on occasions when the prospect of 
success was very slight, and his good na- 
ture and disposition to oblige his friends 
would induce him to accept under the 
most cUscouraging circumstances. In 
1848 he was ma) or of the city. Not- 
withstanding his public duties, Mr. S. 
never enjoyed even a temporary respite 
from the labors and duties of his profes- 
sion, but continued actively employed 
until arrested by his last illness. 

Mr. S. was no commonplace charac- 
ter. His genius, his surprising elo- 
quence, his generosity and warmth of 
heart, and liis noble and manly nature 
will not be forgotten while the present 
generation of men exists. Doubtless he 
was best known and will be longest re- 
membered as a lawyer ; and in that pro- 
fession it was his ability as an advocate 
which chiefly distinguished him. In this 
department he was jjreeminent. In his 
addresses to the court or jury there was 
no vulgar disj)lay, no unworthy appeals 
to prejudice or passion, no untimely at- 
tem])t at wit or merriment. He relied 
upon a skilfid arrangement of the evi- 
dence, cogent and earnest reasoning, 
and, when the case admitted it, an aj)- 
jieal to the l)est and holiest feehngs of 
the heart. In the examination of the 
vntnesses, as well as in his addresses to 
the jury, he had the faculty, in a degree 
rarely equalled, of stri])ping a dishonest 
or fraudulent act of its disguises, and ex- 
posing it to the just hulignation of his 
auditors ; and woe to the prevaricating 
witness who should seek to deny or con- 
ceal the truth or insinuate a folsehood. 
His ])revailing characteristic was strong 
common sense. Though acute and dis- 
criminating where he chose, he never 
indulged in distinctions or refinements 
too subtile to be ap])reciated by a com- 
mon mind. 'J'aking the view of a sub- 
ject which commended itseli" at once to 



a sensible man in the ordinary walk of 
life, lie jiressed it home with a vigor of 
thought and a force of language which 
were usually irresistible. 

He seemed intimately acquainted with 
the modes of tliinking and the motives 
of action which ])revail among the coun- 
try population and with men in the or- 
dinary pursuits of business. His me- 
chanical knowledge gave him great 
power in a class of cases Mhere such 
knowledge was applicalile ; and it not 
unfrequently hapj)ened that he seemed 
to know more of the subject in hand 
than experienced witnesses who were 
called to explain it. His diction was 
correct, and generally plain and simjile, 
rising into majesty only when the sul ject 
called for it, and never going in advance 
of his hearers. But who can analyze or 
describe the characteristics of forensic 
eloquence ? To appreciate its mysteri- 
ous power, one must have seen and 
heard our departed friend in the midst 
of an exciting trial, when important in- 
terests, perhaps life itself, were at stake. 
His erect and manly figure, his expres- 
sive countenance, and black, piercing eye, 
and his ringing voice, cast a sj^ell around 
him which subdued every heart. Alas, 
that we can see that form and hear that 
voice no more ! 

But at such a time as this we like bet- 
ter to dwell upon the virtues than upon 
the talents of the departed. Mr. S. was 
eminently an unselfish man. His best 
efforts were always at the command of 
the wronged and unfortunate, or those 
whom he considered such, without re- 
gard to the prospect of remuneration. 
The value of services for which he never' 
received the slightest remuneration would 
have made the fortune of a man of mod- 
crate desires. He was fair and honor- 
able towards his competitors for profes- 
sional business and honors, always ready 
and foremost in awarding ]>raise where it 
belonged, never dejjreciating, but rather 
takhig jileasure in speaking of the merits 
of a jirofessional brother. Towards 
young men jtarticularly he was kind and 
considerate, rejoicing in their success, 
and ever ready to ati'ord them his coim- 
sel and assistance. He was a rcmark- 
al)ly liberal and generous man, but of 
his l)enefncti()ns he never sjjoke. His 
intimate friends know that his contriliu- 
tions towards the relief of distress and 
misfortune have, dming his whole life, 



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343 



been constant, and to a large amount. 
He gave much time and considerable 
pecuniary aid to the cause of liberal 
education, an interest which he had al- 
ways much at heart. He was for many 
years, and at his death, a member of 
the board of trustees of Hamilton Col- 
lege, and he brought to the dischai-ge 
of these duties a measure of zeal and [ 
devotion whicli men rarely bestow upon 
a subject not connected with their 
habitual occupation. Finally, he had a 
deep and unfeigned regard for religion, 
and was a communicant of the Reformed 
Dutch church, and a regular and devout 
attendant upon public worship. We 
confidently trust that he possessed that 
faith and knowledge which maketh 
wise unto salvation. 

Spexcer, Marion, East Hartford, 
Conn., Nov. 17, a>. 85. 

Spencer, Dr. R. ]\I., Franklin, Ky., 
April 15, a?. — . He resided in Frank- 
lin for about 14 years previous to his 
death, practising his ])rofession with un- 
exampled success, during M'hich time 
he did much to relieve suffering human- 
ity in our community. 

DR. THOMAS SPENCER, 

Philadelphia, Pa., May 30, ae.— . Within 
a year and a half four brothers of this 
family have passed to the grave — Rev. 
Eliphalet M. Spencer, of Jamestown, 
N. Y. ; Gen. Ichabod S. Spencer, of Can- 
astota, N. Y. ; Hon. Joshua A. Spencer, 
of Utica, N. Y., and Thomas Spencer, 
M. D. — all noble specimens of manly 
strength and intellectual development, 
well known and highly esteemed, have 
in rapid succession been struck down. 

For a long time Dr. S. was the most 
eminent jjhysician of Central New York. 
He founded the Medical College of Ge- 
neva, and occupied a professorial chair 
in it 15 years. His health failed, and to 
restore it he travelled extensively through 
Europe, and officiated as surgeon with 
the army through the Mexican war. He 
afterwards successively filled a profes- 
sorial chair in the ^Jedical College of 
Chicago, and five years ago came to a 
professorship in the Philadelphia College 
of ]\Icdicine. The last four years he has 
attended alone to the practice of his pro- 
fession. As a member of the legislature 
of New York, he was a leading man ; 



and his election as president of the New 
York Medical Association sliows how he 
was ajjpreciated by his jjrofcssional breth- 
ren. As the author of a new theory and 
book, on the " Chemistry of Animal 
Life," he developed a genius for original 
discovery in his profession. He was a 
member of the Pine Street Presbjterian 
Church, and a humble and faithful at- 
tendant on its services. He met death 
with the perfect calmness of manly foi-ti- 
tude and Christian peace and hope. 

Sperry, !Merit, Dcpauville, N. Y., 
Jan. 22, ae. 54. When sucli a man as 
Mr. Sperry dies, in the maturity of his 
manhood, he is not only mourned by the 
fimily circle, as the natin-al head, coun- 
sellor, friend, but by the entire commu- 
nity in which he had had his full share of 
social, Bivil, and religious duties. His 
funeral was attended by a large concourse 
of peo])le, most of whom were forcibly 
reminded of his uniform and life-long 
devotion to duties, some of which were 
now being reciprocated in kind. He will 
long be remembered as having been em- 
phatically a good man. 

Spofford, Chandler, Esq., Bedford, 
Mass., , a?. 69. 

Sproat, James, Esq., Taunton, IMass., 
Sept. 8, x. 60. 

Squire, Ebenezer, Pittsfield, Mass., 
Jan. 9, a^. 88, formerly of Lanesboro'. 

Squiers, Mrs. Pamelia, Braxton Co., 
Va., Jan. 31, se. — , Avife of Stephen 
Squiers, and daughter of John J. Burr, 
of Upshur Co. She was a lady of lovely 
character, a kind and affectionate wife. 
Her amiability and kindness of disposi- 
tion won for her many warm and devot- 
ed friends, who moum her loss. 

Stagy, D. S., New Orleans, La., 
!March 6, as. 52, of the parisli of Concor- 
dia, Miss. The death of this good man 
and eminent lawyer has left a great void 
in the sjjhere in which he moved and 
acted. For 25 years his life has been a 
scene of varied, useful, and important 
business, prosecuted with ])atient, cheer- 
ful, and untiring labor. !!\Iore than 30 
volumes of decisions of the Supreme 
Court of the state attest the extent and 
success of his practice. Add to this the 
vast amount of office business transacted 
without the assistance of clerks, and his 
labors were prodigious. As the fruit of 
this honest toil, he amassed a large for- 
tune. He won, too, a distinguished po- 



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STANWOOD 



sition among the ablest lawyers of the , 
state. He was a native of Maine, and a i 
graduate of Bowdoiii College in 1829, 
the ah)) a mafcr of S. S. Prentiss and S, 
S. Boyd. Like the former, he studied 
his profession in the intervals of school 
teaching. He commenced its practice at 
Baton llouge. Subsequeutly he removed 
to Ihervillc, and formed a partnership 
■with Mr. Zenon Lahauve. In 1S3-, he 
settled in Vidalia, and at once entered 
ujion a large and lucrative practice. In 
1839 he married Miss King of Claiborne 
Co., Miss., a niece of Commodore Arm- j 
strong. In 18-41 he formed a partner- 
ship with Gen. Edward SparroAv, and for 
the 14 years of their association there 
was scarcely a case of any importance, ' 
civil or criminal, in the courts of Concor- 
dia, Tensas, Madison, and Carroll, and 
sometimes in Franklin and Catahoula, in 
which they were not engaged. It was I 
undoubtedly a powerful association — 
S]3arrow with his great knoM^lcdge of 
human nature, and his magic influence 
over men ; Stacy with his accurate legal 
knowledge, unerring judgment, and im- 
mense ajjplication. His mind was strong 
and comprehensive, and under the most 
perfect discipline. If there is any thing 
in phrenology, the roundness of his head 
would indicate a balance of all the facul- 
ties. His character was clear and stain- 
less ; his disposition courteous, cheerful, 
genial, and generous. He leaves six 
children, three daughters at school in 
Lexington, Ky., and two sons and a 
daughter with theu- grandmother, Mrs. 
Neely, in Clailiorne Co. 

Staxli: Y, Andi-ew, Knowlesville, N. Y., 
May 7, re. 83. 

St.vnley, Dea. Andrew, Ridgeway, 
Orleans Co., N. Y.. May 7, se. 83. . Dea. 
S. came into Ridgeway in 1816, and 
since then has been a" resident of R. 
He was an honored member of the Pres- 
byterian church of the ])lace ; unassum- 
ing, consistent, and lovely in his general 
deportment and Christian walk, and his 
end, like his life, was ])eaceful and se- 
rene, passing calmly and confidently to 
tlie ])rescnce of the Saviour whom he 
loved. He leaves an aged widow to 
mourn his loss. 

St.vxlky, Lewis, Cazenovia, N. Y., 
May 30, a?. 76. He was one of the pi- 
oneers in the settlement of this region, 
having been a resident of Cazenovia 
over 64 years. He arrived here in 



!March folloMing the fii-st settlement by 
Col. John Lincklaen, in June of the 
preceding year. He emigrated in his 
boyhood from Hartford, Conn., the place 
of bus nativity, and made this town his 
home; consequently his history is 
blended with the history of this region. 
Although he lived the "life of a private 
and a very retired citizen, having never 
occupied a prominent position in soci- 
ety, yet the monuments of his charity 
and benevolence are not wanting, and 
it may be truly said that a worthy object 
of charity never went mourning from 
his door. Notwithstanding the hum- 
ble life of the deceased, it was to his 
untiring perseverance and his munifi- 
cence, more than any other one, that 
the Methodist church and our flouri.sh- 
ing seminary are indebted for their 
foundation and prosperity, having 
shared more largely in his bounty than 
in that of any other one in this county, 
at the time of their establishment. He 
struggled long and hard Avith the stem 
and rugged realities and adversities of 
life in reariiig a numerous family, who 
now mourn his loss. 

Stantox, Henrv E., A. M., Peters- 
burg, Va., Feb. 22, ve. 24, formerly of 
Manchester, N. H., and eldest son of 
the late Dea. Charles F. Stanton. By 
a mysterious providence, to which faith 
alone can teach us submission, the 
promising son of many hopes, the kind 
and aftectionate brother, the warm- 
hearted, ingenuous friend, and young 
graduate of high moral character, has 
been taken away. Young Stanton en- 
tered Dartmouth College in 18.50, one 
year in advance, and graduated in 1853. 
His health not being very good, he 
went south, and engaged in teaching at 
Portsmouth, Va., and also at Peters- 
burg, Va., as professor of the languages 
and mathematics in Leavenworth Col- 
legiate Seminaiy, where he remained 
for about two years, much resjiected 
and beloved. We have seldom met 
Avith a young man so pure, so gitted, so 
highly cultivated, possessing so little of 
earth's alloy, and so much that was 
truly lovely and attractive. Notwith- 
standing his shyness, he was so jn-epos- 
sessing that he excited the interest of 
many ; yet he made but few intimate ac- 
quaintances. 

Stanwooi), Capt. Samuel C, Port- 
land, Me., March 13, a;. 61. 



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Starbuck, INIi's. Eliza, llichmond, 
Va., March 23, a?. 76. 

Starbuck, Mrs. Sarah M., Water- 
tovfxt, N. Y., Feb. 15, oe. 35, wife of 
James F. Starbuck. For more than 
18 years a communicant, the departed 
was a noted witness to the blessed in- 
fluences of the church. Hers was the 
faith which looks upon all divine com- 
mands as necessary to be obeyed, and 
which approaches Christ in his appoint- 
ed way, and secures the graces of ap- 
pointed means. Her constant cheerful- 
ness cast its sunshine upon all about 
her, while " by patient continuance in 
well doing " she " sought for glory, and 
honor, and immortality." In every re- 
lation of life she fulfilled her duties, 
and passed away as calmly and as noise- 
lessly as she had lived. She seemed 
not to die ; she did not die. She went 
to her rest and to her reward. 

Stark, Royal H., Halifax, Vt., 
April 20, ae. 36, son of Judge Stark. 

Starkey, O. p., Cape Vincent, X. Y., 
Jan. 6, 8B. — , long an estimable citizen 
of Jefferson Co. 

Starlin, James M., LoM-ell, Ohio, 
Nov. 25, fe. — . He was a man that 
was well thought of by every citizen in 
Adams township. He was, on the 14th 
inst., elected justice of the peace, which 
office he had filled some 15 years with 
general satisfaction to the public, and 
credit to himself. The people of 
Lowell and vicinity will deeply mourn 
the loss of so agreeable and usefid a 
citizen. 

Starr, Capt. Daniel, Ballston, N. Y., 
Nov. 27, a?. 85. He was a native of 
Danbury, Conn., and has been a resi- 
dent of BaUstou for the past 67 years. 
He was one of the most worthy and 
respectable inhabitants of that town. 

Starr, John G., , 

— , je, — . He was an officer attached 
to Col. Lockridge's command, and 
marched against Castillo. He was en- 
gaged in several battles in that country, 
and received a severe wound in the 
shoulder. He was with Lockridge 
when that officer abandoned Castillo, 
and was on the steamer J. N. Scott 
when she exploded on the San Juan 
River. 

Starr, Mrs. Lucretia M., Rockford, 
HI., April 26, 8B. — , wife of ^lelancthon 
Starr, and only daughter of the late 
Henry Nevens, of Norwich, Ct. She 



was a lovely and intelligent woman, 
very much endeared to her friends, 
and has left behind a memory made 
fragrant by her many deeds of kindness, 
her daily words of couiisel and of cheer, 
and her affectionate symijatliies with the 
children of sorrow and of poverty. 

Starratt, Mrs. Lydia, Dorcliester, 
Mass., March 27, oe. 32, wife of John L. 
Starratt, and daughter of the late Row- 
land Pollard of Nantucket. 

Stearns, Rev. William L., Chicopee, 
Mass., May 28, a;. 63, lor many years the 
faithful and beloved pastor of the Con- 
gregational society in Rowe. 

Steele, Mrs. C. M., Fredonia, N. Y., 
Jan. 3, se. 50, widow of the late Austin 
L. Steele, of Buffalo. Mrs. S. was for- 
merly assistant teacher in the Fredonia 
Academy, and for some years principal 
of the Black Rock Female Seminary. 

Steele, Dr. Henry S., Roxhurj', 
]\Iass., March 18, a?. 29, late of Dixon, 
III, a native of Hartford, Conn., and a 
graduate of Yale College in the class of 
1847. 

Steele, Rev. John McClary, New 
York city, April 6, re. 34, of Cohimbus, 
O. Mr. S. was a native of Epsom, 
N. H., and grandson of Gen. Michael 
McClarv of E., a distinguished man in 
Rockingham Co., who died in 1824, se. 
71. He was a graduate of Dartmouth 
College in 1844, and of Andover The- 
ological Seminary in 1847. He had been 
settled in Winchester in Mass. for sev- 
eral years, and in Stratham, N. H., which 
place he left in 1856 to become the pas- 
tor of a church in Columbus, O., which, 
we believe, assumed a Congregational 
character at that time. ]Mr. S. was a 
man of great energy and very suj^erior 
abilities, and, at the time of his death, 
had entered upon a field which promised 
an uncommon degree of usefulness. He 
had engaged in his labors with great ar- 
dor ; and it was on behalf of his church 
that the \isit to the East was undertaken 
in which he met the disease which con- 
quered him. His sudden death, just as 
these plans promised success, is another 
instance of the mysterious ways of God. 

Stephenson, Miss Mary L., Gorham, 
Me., April 18, se. 41. 

Stephenson, Maj. WiUiam, Kenil- 
worth, Va., Jan. 8, se. 73. In the death 
of Ml-. S. our community has lost one of 
its oldest and most respected citizens, 
who, for a great portion of his life, had 



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filled various posts of trust and respon- 
si!)ility witli marked probity and upriglit- 
ness, and with a clear, discriminating, and 
well-balanced judgment, which seldom 
failed to lead to correct conclusions. He 
was, in early life, actively and largely en- 
gaged in mercantile affairs, which he con- 
ducted with such success as to lay the 
foundation of a fortune, which, being in- 
creased in after years by the no less suc- 
cessful jjursuit of agriculture, made him, 
at his death, one of the wealthiest cit- 
izens of the valley. He was fond of the 
pleasures of social intercourse, and espe- 
cially at his own home, where, surrounded 
by his family and friends, he disjjenscd, j 
with a liberal and generous hosjiitality, 
the bountiful store with wliich Providence 
had l)lessed him. He filled the domes- 
tic relations of husband, father, and mas- 
ter, with affection, kindness, and discre- 
tion, and lived to see his children grow 
up around him, and, profiting by his ex- 
ample and prudent counsel, aff'ording 
every reasonable hope that the care and 
diligence he had bestowed upon their 
earl}' training would not be in vain. Mr. 
S, died, as he had lived, in the fiuth and 
consolations of the Christian religion, of 
which he had long been a professor — in 
charity with the world, and at peace with 
his God. 

Sternberg, Mrs. Maggie, South Wa- 
terloo, N. Y., May 7, a>. 21, wife of Dr. 
James H. Sternberg. 

Sterns, Judge Henry F., (at the res- 
idence of A. J. Robertson,) Conecut Co., 
Ala., Feb. 3., ae. — . He sufl'ered some 
time from a pulmonary attack, and 
sought to recruit his liealth by a journey 
to Texas last fall, but in vain. He was 
only able to reach this place three weeks 
since on his return home. He was buried 
with misonic honors l)y the fraternity, of 
wliich he was an old and honored mem- 
ber. 

Stetson, Dr. Albert Fvcrett, Dorches- 
ter, Mass., July o, w. 32, eldest son of 
Caleb Stetson, of 15 rain tree. He was a 
gi-aduate of Yale College, class of 1<S46. 
He rejiresented the town of Scituate in 
the legislature of IHJo. 

Stevens, Ebenezcr, !Mount Healthy, 
O.. June 11, ae. 70, formerly of Salem. 

Stevens, Capt. James, Andover, Me., 
Jan. 2'), oi. 71. He was a native of An- 
dover, Mass., and came to this ])lace when 
he was 20 years of age, where lie has 
ever continued to reside. One of the 



most worthy and efficient members of so- 
ciety, he bore his ])rotracted sickness M'ith 
patience, and viewed his ajijn-oaching end 
with calmness and cheerfulness. 

Stevens, John, Clai-emont, N. H., 
Oct. 25, a;. 82. 

Stevens, Commodore John C, Hobo- 
ken, N. J., June 10, vs. 72. He left 
property to the amount of several mil- 
lions. 

Stea'ENS, Mrs. Martha A., Portsmouth, 
N. H., May 29, eb. 29, wife of ]SIr. Ezra 
A. Stevens, and daughter of the late 
Timothy Ham, Esq. She was a woman 
of many amiable and estimable qualities, 
whose loss is severely felt in a large do- 
mestic and social circle. 

Stevens, Wm. C, Mihvaukie, AVis., 
Ajn'il 1, ae. 26. He Avas gentlemanly, 
popular, and afi'able, and deservedly won 
hosts of fi-iends. 

HON. ANDREW STEVENSON, 

Blenheim, Albemarle Co., Va., Jan, 18, 
0D. 74. He was a native of Va., and en- 
tered ])ublic hfe in 1804, as a member of 
the state legislature ; when, after several 
sessions, he was elected sjieaker of the 
House. He was representative in Con- 
gress from Va. from 1S21 to 1834, and 
fi-om 1828 to 1834 was speaker of the 
House of Representatives. He was ap- 
pointed minister to Great Britain in 1836, 
and remained there till he was succeeded 
by Mr. Everett in 1841. After his re- 
turn to America he devoted himself 
chiefly to agricultural pursuits, and to the 
interests of the University of Virginia, of 
which institution he was rector at the 
time of his death. As a friend and 
neighbor he was very much beloved and 
respected. 

Stevenson, William, Claiborne parish, 
La., April 5, ae. 89, a sui)erannuate of 
Louisiana conference. He was a ])ioneer 
preacher, and the history of Methodism, 
west of the Mississij)j)i River, is more 
bound up in his life and labor than per- 
haps any other man's. For several years 
he has iieen almost deaf and blind, Avait- 
ing with paitence till his change came. 
He was born in South Carolina, was con- 
verted in June, 1 800, and ordamed dea- 
con, 1813, by Bisho]) Asbury. 

Stewart,' ^Slr-s. Catharine, AVilliams- 

burg, N. Y., , 03. — , wife of Dr. 

Y. W. Stewait. 



STEWART 



[1857.] 



STITH 



347 



Stewart, William, Payson, 111., Dec. 
13, £e. 56. He was born" Oct. 29, 1802, 
near Belfast, Ireland. He enjoyed the 
best educational advantages his native 
town afforded till he was 15 years old, 
though he was obliged, much of the 
time, to walk four miles, twice a day, and 
acquire his lessons while walking. A 
choice in the studies pursued being al- 
lowed, he devoted most of his time to 
mathematics, especially to navigation. 
To gratify his wishes, he was appren- 
ticed, at the age of 15, as a sailor, on 
board ship, and, in this capacity, made 
several voyages to the United States and 
the West Indies. His apprenticeship 
having expired, he became second mite 
of the vessel. Soon after this his ship 
was captured by the pirates, and only a 
few moments were allowed him to decide 
upon a question involving all the precious 
interests of human existence. Snatching 
his life from such perils, he determined 
to abandon the sea, and accordingly set- 
tled in Maine, where he married in 1823. 
With his family he emigrated thence to 
Illinois in 1835, and settled in Adams 
Co. In the course of a few years he 
opened a nursery in Payson. which has 
supplied this and several adjoining coun- 
ties with fruit that, in variety and excel- 
lence, is seldom surpassed in the north- 
west, perhaps not in the United States. 
The nursery business is largely indebted 
to his inventive genius for improvements 
that are fast coming into use, for which 
the State Agricultural Society has award- 
ed him no faint praise. 

SxiCK-XEY, Jacob, Fitchburg, Mass., 
April 15, se. 81. 

Stickxky, Capt. John, Groveland, 
Mass., Dec. 21, se. 72. 

Stiles, FrankUn Osgood, Middleton, 
Mass., Jan. 26, x. 32. Mr. S. was a 
gi'aduate of Amherst College of the class 
of 1856. He had labored through much 
ill health and discouragement to ht him- 
self for the ministry, but was not allowed 
to reach the goal of his hopes. 



Stiles, Luther, Elgin, 111., 



79. The death of this good man is 
widely felt and deeply lamented. In this 
community his memory is cherished with 
more than an ordinary degree of affec- 
tion. For many years he exemijlified 
the truth and importance of the Chris- 
tian religion in the midst of his people, 
living to do good and honor his divine 
Master. He was an esteemed member 



and an honored and useful officer in the 
Presbyterian church in his village, in 
which cai)acity he did nmch to promote 
the interests of vital piety. More than 
20 years since he removed to the west, 
first to Michigan and then to Illinois, 
where he aided essentially in building up 
two or three new churches. He lived to 
witness and enjoy, during the past win- 
ter, an extensive revival of i-eligion in 
Elgin, and fi-om such delightful scenes 
was called to his heavenly rest. 

Stimson, Nathaniel "B., New York 

city, , 88. 42. He was born in 

Greene Co., N. Y., and came, like hun- 
dreds of others, to this city, in early Ufe, 
to work his way to fame and fortune. 
He first engaged in mercantile pursuits, 
but, opportunity offering, he went into 
the newspaper business, taking charge of 
the Day Book, at the time Dr. Bacon 
left it. Since that time it lias had his 
undivided energies and constant atten- 
tion. No man ever worked harder in 
the newspaper Hue. No discouragement 
baffled, no luck dismayed him. His en- 
ergies were almost superhuman ; and 
when there seemed no way of escape, 
when every thing combined against him, 
he rose superior to all his difficulties, 
and worked his way out of the labyrinth 
of business perplexities which surrounded 
him. As an editor, he was plain, direct, 
and positive. He never equivocated or 
hesitated. He was cordial in his friend- 
.ships, and severe in his antipathies. His 
opponents always knew where to find 
him. No man was more devoted to his 
family, and surely none was more hon- 
ored or respected in private life. — New 
York Paper. 

Stith, Hon. A. A., Camden, Ark., 
Aug. 5, £E. — . By his death that ju- 
dicial district has lost a very able judge, 
and the community one of its most es- 
teemed citizens. Judge S. was well 
known in this city from the great zeal 
he has displayed and the wide influence 
he has exercised on the subject of the 
internal improvements in Arkansas, and 
especially of the railroad connections with 
this city. In his visit to this city he has 
won on the regards of all who met with 
him, and to us has been for years a 
valued correspondent. He will be sadly 
missed in his own state, and by numerous 
connections in this state and Tennessee. 
He was a Virginian by birth, and has near 
kindi-ed m New Orleans. — iV. 0. Pic. 



( 



848 



ST. JOHN 



[1857.] 



STOKES 



St. John, Henry, Wilton, Conn., IMar. 
29, SB. about 80. 

St. John, Mrs. Sally, Bcmvillc, Al- 
bany Co., N. Y., June 23, jb. 62, wife of 
the "late John W. St. John. 

Stockton, Lieut. Edward D., San 
Antonio, Texas, March 13, se. — , of the 
first infantry. United States army. 

Stockton, Mrs. Nancy 11. C, Cross 
Creek, Washington Co., Pa., Sept. 18, 
ge. 53, wife of John Stockton, D. D. She 
was a daughter of James Clark, Es-q., 
a highly-respectable citizen of Frankhn 
Co., Pa., who hved and died near the 
town of Mercersburg. Upon the death 
of her parents, near the same time, — 
which occurred when she was apjnoaching 
womanhood, — the family were scattered, 
and she found a temporary home in the 
family of her guardian, the late Major 
John Brownson, Her removal to 'NAash- 
ington Co., along with her brotlurs and 
sisters, was followed, after the lapse of 
a lew years, by her marriage in 1831 — 
an event which brought her into most 
ha])]5y union with a husband now crushed 
under the sorrows of bereavement, and 
also invested her with the responsibilities 
of a pastor's wife in a very large and 
important congregation. For more than 
a quarter of a century she fulfilled the 
duties of this double relation with a meek 
quietness and an unobtrusive fidelity, 
which endeared her, by ever-strengtlien- 
ing ties, to all with whom she came into 
familiar contact, and especially to the 
circle of home, where, as a wife and 
mother, she was the centre of confidence 
and afic'ction. 

Stodard, widow , Fulton Co., 

N. Y., Dec. 25, ii\ 91. She was born 
in Connecticut in 1776 on Cliristmas day, 
was married on Christmas day, and died 
on Christmas day. 

Stoddard, Kov. David T., Ooroomiah, 
Persia, Jan. 22, a.: 39. Mr. S. was born 
at Northampton, Mass., Dec. 2, 1818. 
His first collegiate year was sjjcnt at 
Williamstown, Mass. ; and in 1837 he 
entered the so])homore class in Yale 
College, where he graduated in 1838. 
He was subsequently a tutor at Mercers- 
burg, and afterwards at Yale, and studied 
theology at New Haven, and was or- 
dained in that city Jan., 18-13. He mar- 
ried Miss Harriet Briggs, daugluer of 
Dr. Calvin Briggs, of Marlilehead, Feb. 
14, 1813, a sliort time previous to his 
embarkation for Ooroomiah. Mrs. Stod- 



dard died at Trebizond, Aug. 2, 1848. 
]Mr. S. and his children returned to the 
United States in Oct., 1848, where he 
spent between two and three years visit- 
ing the churches, and recruiting his 
health. Feb. 14, 1851, he was married 
to Miss Sophia D. Hazen, daughter of 
Rev. Mr. Hazen, of Berlin, Vt., and 
sailed for Smyrna March 4 of the same 
year. He was soon in his field, and 
deeply engaged in his chosen work, ■where 
he was found until the Master called him 
home. The church of Gcd has lost a 
pillar, an ornament, and the world a 
benefactor. He was a scholar, a genius, 
a Christian. His talents were of the 
most versatile kind. Unlike most who 
know a little of every thing and not 
much of any thing, he was perfect in 
what he professed to know, and far more 
than Avhat he pretended to be. He was 
a great linguist, and a most accomplished 
classical scholar. He always read his 
Testament in the original at his private 
devotions. He lu,d compiled a most 
excellent grrmmar of the Sjriac lan- 
guage, and, with indefatigable labor, had 
collected above 10,000 words for a dic- 
tionary of the language. He was a fine 
mathematician, anel had prejjared an 
arithmetic in Syriac for the use of the 
seminaries. He was an excellent as- 
tronomer, and had, when in Yale Col- 
lege, with his own hands, constructed 
two large telescopes, one of \\liich he 
presented to Mieldlebury College, and 
the other he brought to Persia, and used 
not unficquently, of a pleasant sunmier 
evening, from his roof on Mount Sur, to 
gratify his brethren and sisters, and their 
children, with a peep at the stellar w orlds. 
His love for, and acquaintance with, 
chemistry was great ; and he has re- 
peatedly astonished the people here by 
revealing many of the arcana of that 
science. He was an artisan ; and his 
handicraft was equally useful to us all, 
whether in the aeljustment of a delicate 
hairspring to our watches, the construc- 
tion of a sun dial, the hanging of a door, 
the rectifying of a smoky chimney, or 
the setting of a wagon tire. 

Stoddard, Mrs. Mary W., Cleveland, 
O., Feb. 21, a». — , widow of the late 
Judge Stfiddard. 

STeJDDARD, Mrs. Sarah, Providence, 
R. I., Feb. 8, a?. 76. 

Stoki:s, Franklin, Hamilton, O., April 
22. Few men enjoyed a wider circle of 



STOKES 



[ 1837. ] 



STORES 



349 



acquaintances, upon whom this announce- 
ment will fall with unaffected sorrow. 
He was, at different times, auditor and 
treasurer of Butler Co. 

Stokes, Dr. Thomas J. P., Philadel- 
phia, Pa., Feb. 17, oe. 40. 

Stoler, David, Bedford, Pa., March 
25, se. 75. He was a resident of what 
is now Liberty township for over 60 
years. He was one of the pioneers of 
the county of Bedford. When his par- 
ents first settled there the county was 
still annoyed by the red men of the for- 
est, who claimed jurisdiction over the 
soil. He was unobtrusive in his manners, 
and he inculcated his principles more by 
example than precept. He was obliging 
and courteous to all, and endeared to 
himself all with whom he associated. 
His long life has left a savor of good 
behind him. He was a regular member 
of the German Reformed church ; and 
at the time of his death he was a ruling 
elder in the St. Luke's congregation, in 
which capacity he had faithfully served 
the church for many years. 

Stone, Bernard, Xelson Co., Ky., April 
28, a?. 6S. 

Stone, David, Mlddleburj^, Conn., Aug. 
13, se. 58. 

Stone, Mrs. Elizabeth, Middletown 
Valley, Md., March 11, !e. 73. 

Stone, Dea. Israel, Kenaebunkport, 
Me., March 15, se. 81. Dea. S. was for 
31 years a member, and for 20 years a 
deacon, of the South Congregational 
Church in Kennebunkport. 

Stone, Col. Jesse, Livermore, Me., 
Feb. 28, ae. 91. He moved from Auburn, 
Worcester Co., Mass., to Livermore in 
June, 1799. 

Stone, Jesse, Buffalo, X. Y., June 22, 
se. 68. Mr. S. was born in Aubuni, 
Worcester Co., Mass. Early in life he 
removed to Worthington, Hamjjshire Co., 
in the same state. He was hopefully 
converted to God in his youth. While 
at Plainfield, Mass., under the tuition of 
Rev. William Hallock, the father of 
Gerard Hallock, among his schoolmates 
and playfellows were Pliny Fiske, Levi 
Parsons, and William C. Bryant. In 
manhood he formed a business partner- 
ship with his brother, the late Sumner 
Stone, Esq., of New York ; and that 
long partnership of 32 years was never 
for a moment broken or disturbed by 
a word of difference or disagreement. 
United thus in life, these brothers were 
30 



not long " divided in death." Mr. S. 
maintained the temper of a humble, 
sincere, and prayerful piety without os- 
tentation, but with uniform consistency, 
wherever he went. During the year 
1847 he was chosen an elder in " the 
Lafayette Street Presbyterian Church of 
this city ; was elected a delegate to the 
Asseml)ly of 1852. He served with in- 
terest and affection the temporal and 
spiritual welfare of the church with which 
he was connected as an office-bearer, till 
absence and infirmity prevented his longer 
continuance in the exercise of his func- 
tions. He was beloved by his brethren 
associated with him in the session, as a 
kind and faithful man in all the duties 
of his office. 

Stone, William F., Cambridge, Mass., 
March 26, a\ 73. 

Stone, William Lowell, Cambridge, 
Mass., Jan. 9, cc. 27. He graduated at 
Harvard in 1850. 

Stookey, Moses, Belleville, X. J., Jan. 
4, a}. 58. He emigrated with his liither 
from Hardy Co., Va., in 1801. 

Storek, Abraham, Tottenville, Staten 
Island, Oct. 13, aj. 53. 

Stores, Luther, Trenton, Oneida Co., 
N. Y., April 1, ». 80. Mr. S. was a 
native of Southhold, L. I., born Dec. 15, 
1776, and was the youngest son of the 
Rev. John Storrs, a Puritan clergyman 
who preached in that town many yeai's, 
and afterwards removed with his family 
during the revolutionary war, and settled 
in Mansfield, Conn. When a youth he 
came into this region of country while it 
was a wilderness, meeting his brother 
John, the late Judge Storrs, who had 
arrived here in 1794, one year ]n'evious. 
These two brothers were among the 
pioneer settlers of Trenton, and were 
distinguished for their enterprise, intelli- 
gence, and sterling probity of character. 
They built the first mill in the town, and 
were engaged under Col. Boon, an enter- 
prising citizen of Holland, and the origi- 
nal proprietor of this township of land, 
in erecting in 1797 the large stone build- 
ing near the railroad depot, and designed 
by them for a flouring mill. In other 
enterprises their influence was felt at an 
early day. Mr. Luther Storrs surnved 
his brother John twelve years, and was 
almost the last of the primitive settlers, 
a link between the ])resent and past gen- 
eration. Unmarried, he had no family 
of his own ; and he died among his rela- 



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STRAIN 



tives, an object of their strong affection 
and attachment. Of a kind heart, and 
friendly in his manners and intercourse, 
all respected and loved Uncle Luther. 
Age with its infirmities did not sour hut 
rather improved and softened his char- 
acter. And that religion whose princi- 
])les he had iml)il)ed in early life from 
the teachings of his pious father, if for a 
long time unheeded and forgotten, came 
back at last to stay and comfort him in 
his declining years. 

Stout, Dr. Abraham, , N. J., 

March — , at an advanced age. 

StoI'T, Isaac, Esq., Williams township. 
Pa., Jan. 6, a'. 62. He was a useful man 
in the community in which he lived, and 
■was called u]ion to fill several military 
and ci\il offices, and represented his 
county in the state legislature. His in- 
telligence and excellent qualities endeared 
him to his fnends and acquaintances. 

Stoyiek, llev. William, Johnston, Oct. 
10, «}. 67. 

Stow, Mrs. Faustina H., Parma, Mich., 
Sept. 1, a\ 59, wife of Pcev. Timothy 
Stow. 

Stow, ^Irs, Jemima, Detroit, IVIich., 
Dec. 9, ae. 75, sister of the editor of the 
Ontario Republican. 

LIEUT. ISAAC G. STRAIN, 

United States navy, Aspinwall, N. G., 
May 14, je. — . In scientific attainment 
and in jn'actical knowledge Lieut. S. had 
but few equals. The love of adventure 
and the stimulus of honorable ambition 
led him to seek occasions for exploi-ing 
unknown countries. His first effort in 
this direction was in 1845. While yet a 
midshipman he obtained leave from his 
govFrnment to explore the interior of 
Brazil, and in company with a small 
party, which, as the diuigers of the wil- 
derness thickened, diminished to a single 
attendant, he exjjlored the interior of the 
great province of San Paulo, tracing the 
course cf the Rivers Tiete and Parana- 
])anema nearly to their conliuence with 
the Parana, and far beyond the outposts 
of civilization. The dangers and hard- 
ships he encountered in this expedition 
Avere scarcely less than those of the more 
recent and better known expedition of 
the Isthmus of Darien. His services to 
the cause of science, thus early ren- 
dered, were suitably acknowledged by 
the imperial government ; and at this 



day no American stands higher in the 
public estimation of Brazil than Lieut. 
Strain. 

In 1848 he explored the peninsula of 
Lower CaHfornia, and his report Avas 
published. In 1849, returning from the 
Pacific, he crossed the continent from 
Valparaiso to Buenos Ayrcs, and wrote 
a narrative of his journey, entitled " The 
Cordillera and Pampa," which, for pleas- 
ing incident and valuable information, 
will compare favorably with any book of 
travel upon that interesting region. Soon 
after this he was attached to the ^lexican 
boundary commission, where his efficient 
services were cordially ap])reciated by its 
chief in the commencement of that ardu- 
ous undertaking. An African cruise fol- 
lowed his return from Mexico ; and not 
long after we find him leading the fatal 
ex])cdition across the Isthmus of Darien, 
misled by the fallacious reports of the 
English engineer, Gisborne, who never 
saw the route he pretended to describe, 
and which cost so many valuable lives, 
and, in effect, undermined the health, 
and has now caused the death, of the 
heroic and devoted leader. The details 
of that desperate exploration have been 
too recently made familiar to our readers 
through Lieut. S.'s report, to require 
repetition. The seeds of death were 
sown in that expedition ; and to those 
that saw him upon his return from Da- 
rien in the summer of 1854 the only 
sur])rise is that he should have surAived 
so long. Rallying from the effects of 
the mental and physical hardshljjs of that 
adventure, he accompanied Lieut. Berry- 
man, second in command, in the late voy- 
age of the U. S. steamer Arctic, to sound 
the course of the Atlantic telegraph. 

This was his last public service. But' 
his energetic sjiirit could not brook inac- 
tion ; and at the time of his death he 
was on his M'ay to join the same ship 
from which he had been detached three 
years before to examine the Darien route; 
and on the same spot where he won so 
high a name among American explorers 
he yielded up his life. 

Strain, T^ewis L., Esq., Bloomington, 
111., Nov. 30, a\ about 30. He was a 
native of Highland Co., O., son of Sam- 
uel Strain, Esq., an old citizen of that 
county, and a soldier of the revolution. 
He came to Bloomington, a few years 
ago, to establish himself in his profes- 



STRAUSE 



[1857.] 



SUMMERS 



351 



sion, and soon succeeded in drawing 
around him a large circle of friends and 
admirers, and establishing in Illinois 
the reputation he had in Ohio — that of 
a well read lawyer, a fine scholar, a true 
friend, kind neighbor, and true gentle- 
man. His friends were many and his 
enemies few. He was a member of the 
Presbyterian church. 

Strause, John H., Esq., Cincinnati, 
0., Aug. 20, a?. 35. He was for several 
years connected with a journal in the 
capacity of book-keeper, and was latter- 
ly interested as one of its proprietors. 
He was a native of ^Maryland, born in 
1821. At an early age he sought his 
fortune in the west. Of an adventurous 
and gallant spirit, he embraced the op- 
portunity, afforded by the Mexican war, 
of seeing strange lands and participat- 
ing in the thrilling scenes of warfare. 
A member of Company E., (Wash- 
ington Cadets,) Capt. J. B. Armstrong, 
first regiment, Ohio Volunteers, he was 
among the storraers at Monterey, in 
■whose streets one of liis company (which 
had a high reputation for discipline and 
' pluck ') was killed, and nine wounded. 
After the fall of ^lonterey, and the ap- 
pointment of Col. Mitchel as governor 
of that city and the surrounding prov- 
ince, Mr. S., whose recommendations 
were his thorough business capacities 
and habits, was called to act as the gov- 
ernor's secretary. Returning home up- 
on the expiration of the term of service 
for which he had enlisted, he married a 
lady of much amiability of character, 
who, Avith three interesting little daugh- 
ters, are now inexpressibly bereaved. 
Just a month since he received a great 
shock, in the death of an infont and 
only son, from which he never fully re- 
covered. He was an excellent soldier, 
an affectionate husband and father, a 
firm friend, and always earnest and 
faithful in the performance of duty. 

Straw, Dr. Jacob, Henniker, N. H., 
, a^. 75, a prominent man of H. 

Strawn, John, Campbell Co., Ky., 
Feb. 22, se. 100, was a resident of that 
state 50 years. 

Streit, Mrs. Ann, Romney, Pa., 
March 22, ce. — , consort of Philip B. 
Streit, and daughter of the late Rev. 
Joseph Glass, of this county. 

Strong, Mrs. Eunice, Northampton, 
Mass., Dec. 7, ae. 82, widow of the late 
Jonathan Strong. 



Strong, P. B., Springfield. Mass., 
March 29, a>. liG, principal of the Eng- 
lish department of the high school. 

Stroup, Peter, Wythe, Va., June 30, 
od. 107. 

Strowbridge, Frederic IL, Ncvaz, 
Nicaragua, Jan. — , a;. '63, formerly of 
Freetown, Mass. 

Stuart, William, Rushcreck town- 
ship, O., March 23, aj. 81. Mr. S. emi- 
grated to the United States from Ire- 
land in 1796, moved to Fairfield Co. in 
1812, and has been a citizen of Rush- 
creek township to the day of his death. 
He came to this country poor, but by 
industry and economy accumulated quite 
a handsome property, and left his wife 
and children in easy circumstances. 
He was a consistent member in the 
Presbyterian church of Bremen. 

Sturgis, Edwin, Lansing, Mich., 
June 16, 86. 34. Mi-. S. has been a res- 
ident of Lansing since the location of 
the village. He was a leading mechanic, 
a prominent musician, both in sacred 
and instrumental music. He was a fa- 
vorite in the circles where he moved. 
When he was compelled to desist from 
all manual labor, his friends seemed to 
vie with each other, who should do the 
most for his comfort and gratification. 
He said he was at peace with God and 
with man. 

SuFFERN, Thomas, New York, March 
27, se. 21. He was a member of the 
last graduating class in Columbia Col- 
lege, and had entered upon the study of 
the law. Divine grace enabled him to 
die calmly and sweetly, and in the ex- 
ercise of a living faith in the glorified 
Redeemer. 

Su:\oiERHiLL, Wm., Murfrecsboro', 
Tenn., July 16, se. about 54. He was 
a native of North Carolina, but removed 
to Wilson Co., Tenn., in early life. 
Eight or ten years since he settled in 
Murfrecsboro', Tenn. He was a man 
of remarkable energy of character. He 
was noted for his generosity. The voice 
of distress never appealed to him in 
vain. His loss is mourned by a large 
circle of relatives and friends. 

Summers, Maj. David, Rockingham 

Co., Va., , at a very advanced 

age, one of the most worthy and respect- 
able citizens. 

Summers, Francis, Paducah, Ky., 
Sept. 13, a^. 72. Mr. S. was l)orn in 
Fairfax Co.. Va., and with brothers and 



352 



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[18.37.] 



SWARTPIOUT 



sisters emigrated to Kentucky in 1S06. 
He -was thrown into the circle of a large 
family connection, by all of Avhom he 
was greatly respected and beloved. He 
sought retirement and contem])lation, 
but his fine capacity for business and 
sterling merit brought him before the 
public. He long acted as surveyor of 
Christian Co., when it included both 
Todd and Trigg, and perhaps no man 
was ever heard to utter any other lan- 
guage than that of praise at the manner 
in which he discharged his duty. He 
also represented the Counties of Chris- 
tian and Todd in the state Senate to 
the fullest satisfaction of his constitu- 
ents. 

StJNDERLlN, Dennis, Barrington, N. J., 
Feb. 8, ac. 74. The deceased was the 
father of Delazon J. Sunderlin, Esq., 
and the Rev, Alonzo Sunderlin, of Bar- 
rington. He was one of the pioneers 
of the county. 

SuRGET, Capt. Francis, Natchez, 
Miss., , a?. 72. He was distin- 
guished for his integrity and strict at- 
tention to business. Up to within a 
few weeks before his death he managed 
his immense property without agents. 
At the time of his death he was the 
wealthiest man in Mississippi. His es- 
tate is worth $7,000,000, From his 
youth he had resided near Natchez. 

SuRLES, Dea. Nathaniel, Plainfield, 
Wis., Nov. 22, X. 82. Dea. S. was born 
in Dutchess Co., N. Y,, and removed in 
early life to Tompkins Co., N. Y. It 
was here he experienced the saving 
power of the gospel and united with the 
Baptist church. He was decided and 
persevering in any thing he undertook. 
Naturally of a strong constitution and 
firm mind, his more than ordinary abil- 
ities, together with these ti'aits of char- 
acter, soon called him into active service 
in the chm-ch. It is supposed he was 
here first licensed to preach the gospel, 
and cither here or at a subsequent resi- 
dence, was urged to receive ordination, 
but refused, saying that he chose to 
have his liberty, preferring to hold the 
office of deacon, Mliich office he held to 
the day of his death. He removed to 
INlichigan ; then back to New York ; 
then to Pennsylvania, and then to this 
place. He was noted for his industry 
and punctuality in attending the ap- 
pointments of the church, often talking 
long distances to meet liis brethren. 



He united -with the Plamfield church 
Jidy 7, 18.j5. Although aged and in- 
firm, he has been useful among us. In 
the absence of our pastor he has preach- 
ed the word much to the edification of 
the congregation, 

SuTUERLAND, Daniel, Button, N, Y,, 
, ae. 81. Mr, S, was an estima- 
ble citizen. He was one of the first 
settlers in Western New York, having 
settled in the town of Seneca, Ontario 
Co., about 60 years since. He was a 
member of the Baptist church for 32 
years. 

Swain, Mrs. Mary, Camden Co., N. J., 
April 10, ae. 103. Mrs. S. was familiar 
with the principal revolutionary inci- 
dents of New Jersey. 

Swan, John J., Knoxville, Tenn., 
Aug. 9, ae. 28. In 1846 he volunteered 
for the iSIexican war, and was in the 
battle at Cerro Gordo, Avhere so many 
of the brave and gallant young men from 
that state fell in battle. The deceased 
was kind-hearted, and has left many 
warm friends who dc])lore his death. 

Swan, Mrs. Sai-ahB.,Biddeford,Me., 
, ae. 64. 

SwANN, John, Bnmswick Co., N. C, 
Dec. 25, ae. 72. Of a family among the 
oldest and most respected in the state, 
and always distinguished for generous 
hospitality and all social virtues, this 
excellent gentleman has closed his long 
life with the entire regard and love of 
all who knew him. That Ufe was mod- 
est and unobtrusive. The turmoil and 
excitements of the world had no charms 
for him. He built liis altars at home, 
and ofl'ered there a constant sacrifice of 
gentle charities and sweet afl'ections. A 
temper and manners exceedingly attrac- 
tive and winning, joined with a heart 
full of sympathies and generous virtues, 
won him all that he cared for — the 
boundless love of his family, and the 
sincere and cordial esteem of his friends. 
Age, so far from withering, seemed only 
to quicken the afiectionate impulses of 
his heart ; and to the young especially 
he endeared himself by his frank cor- 
diality and ready sympathy. Adding 
to all the high integrity of a true and 
courteous gentleman, he has left not 
one behind him who can breathe his 
name with unkindness or disrespect, 

SwARTiioVT, Mrs. Catharine, Chili, 
N. Y., March 7, ae. 75, widow of the late 
Barna Swarthout. 



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oOo 



SwARTWOUT, Mrs. Mary, Peterson, 
N. J., Jan. 25, se. 85, widow of John 
Swartwout, formerly of New York, and 
sister of the late Israel Smith. 

SWATHELL, John, Esq., Dm-ham, 
Conn., Dec. 7, se. 813, one of the oldest 
•and most esteemed gentlemen in Mid- 
dlesex Co. He has often represented 
Durham in the state legislature ; has 
from Jefferson's day to the present time 
been an ardent and consistent demo- 
crat. 

SwEETSER, Mrs. Hannah, Boston, 
Mass., Dec. 13, le. 85, widow of Samuel 
Sweetser, late of Athol. 

Sweet, Wilber, Kalamazoo, Mich., 
Aug. 19, se. 97. He was a native of 
Vermont ; a volunteer boy in some ser- 
vices connected with the revolutionary 
war, a soldier throughout the war of 
1812, and at 83 years of age enlisted as 
" a good soldier of Jesus Christ." He 
became a resident of Michigan in 1818. 

SwETT, Mrs. Elizabeth T., Chelms- 
ford, Mass., Oct. 16, a:. 54, wife of Dea. 
Edmund Swett, and sister of Jonathan 
Tyler, Esq., of Lowell. Mrs. S. was a 
woman of great amiability, and much 
beloved in the community in wliich she 
resided. Her ministrations to the sick j 
and poor ; her sympathy with the afflict- 
ed ; her gentleness of manners ; and j 
above all the Christian spirit which ani- 
mated her in all her associations, will 
long be remembered by her numerous 
friends and acquaintances. 

SwETT, Dea. Noah, Bethlehem, N.H., 
Oct. 30, se. about 80, also Nov. 2, se. 80, 
Mrs. Sarah, wife of Dea. Noah Swett. 
Husband and wife were both bmied in 
one coffin. 

SwETT, Stephen, Esq., Freedom, Me., 
Dec. 20, se. 85. He was born at Hamp- 
ton Falls, N. H., Jan. 1, 1772 ; was mar- 
ried and settled at Gilmanton ; moved 
from Gilmanton to Freedom in 1809, 
where he resided until his death. He 
experienced religion about 40 years ago. 
From that time till his death, his house 
was a home for the servants of the Lord. 
He was also kind to the poor and the 
sick. The neighbors have lost a kind 
neighbor, and the town a good towns- 
man. In his last hours, he felt that that 
religion which he embraced in his youth 
was his support. He was a man of 
business, and accumulated a large prop- 
erty. He represented the town in the 
state legislature for two years. 
30* 



SwiERS, "William, Kcosanqua, Iowa, 
Sept. 22, se. 69. He was a native of 
England, and emigrated to America in 
1832. He was one of the early settlers 
of Van Buren Co., being a resident for 
the last 15 years. He died respected 
by all Mho knew him, surrounded by a 
large ciixle of relatives, who moui'n their 
loss. 

Swift, Dr. H. Sedgwick, Benning- 
ton, Vt., Sept. 23, se. — . 

SwiTZLER, George W., Huntsville, 

Randolph Co., Mo., , se. 23, 

brother of Hon. Wm. F. Switzler, of the 
Missouri Statesman. He was born in 
Howard Co., Jan. 8, 1S34. During the 
exciting political contest last year for the 
presidency, he acted as junior editor of 
the Statesman, and his articles were 
marked with a brilliancy, and read with 
an interest by a discriminating public, 
that young writers can but seldom lay 
claim to. AVriting was not Mr. S.'s only 
forte ; he was also a fine speaker, and 
had he lived would doubtless have be- 
come an eminent and highly useful cit- 
izen. 

Sykes, Mrs. Georgiana IMay, Noi-wich, 
Conn., April 12, as. 47, wife of D. E. 
Sykes, Esq. 

Sylvester, Mrs. Lydia, Kinderhook, 
N. Y., ]\Iay 28, a;. 87, widow of Francis 
Sylvester, Esq. ; " a lady of elevated and 
most estimable character, and at the 
time of her decease one of the veiy few 
surviving representatives of interesting 
and venerated age. She was a niece of 
Peter Van Schaack. (her mother being a 
sister of that gentleman,) to whom she 
also bore the interesting relation of 
daughter-in-law by her first marriage 
with his oldest son, Henry Cruger Van 
Schaack. The intermarriage of cousins 
at that period was of frequent occurrence 
in that locality, and Mrs. S. became suc- 
cessively the wife of her two coiLsins. 
The earlier years of her life were passed 
in a society intimately connected with 
the scenes and events wliich marked and 
followed the revolutionary conflict ; and 
she was thus brought much in contact 
with the persons and opinions which gave 
a tone and character to that era. The 
interest thus awakened and fostered was 
controlled by a sound judgment, and soft- 
ened by great refinement of mind and 
manners, while these, combined with an 
a])parently intuitive perception of the 
riffht and the true in matters of human 



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polity gave an uinvontcd charm to her 
society to the very closing days of her 
life. An interesting revolutionary inci- 
dent is related in connection with the 
name of this amial)le lady. At the 
taking of Burgoyne she was a little girl, 
only about four years old, and was stay- 
ing in the family of one of her uncles at 
Kinderhook, who was a loyalist, as was 
also her own father. In their route from 
Saratoga to Boston, after the surrender, 
Gen. Burgoyne and his officers, with 
their American escort, passed througli 
Kinderhook, and dined at her uncle's 
house at that place, which is still stand- 
ing, and is now the seat of Dr. J. P. 
Beekman. After the cloth was removed, 
a glass of wine was put into her hands, 
and she was asked to give a toast. She 
looked around and archly said, ' God save 
the king and all the royal family.' On 
Mr. Clay's visit to Ex-President Van Bu- 
rcn, the year previous to his decease, he 
dined in the same room in which the 
captive British general had been enter- 
tained three quarters of a century be- 
fore, and he expressed great interest in 
that circumstance, and was not a little 



amused by the anecdote related above. 
Her two fathers-in-law, Peter Van 
Sehaack and Peter Sylvester, are names 
not unknown in our history ; and Mrs. 
Sylvester, by being much in their fam- 
ilies, and in that of Henry Van Schaack 
in early life, enjoyed many advantages, 
and had rare opportunities of noticing 
the appearance and manners, and hear- 
ing the conversations, of their eminent 
visitors, among whom were Gen. Schuy- 
ler, John Jay, Egbert Benson, Alexander 
Hamilton, Kichard Harrison, Theodore 
Sedgwick, and others of the same class ; 
and her recollections of these eminent 
men were vivid, and of the most inter- 
esting character. She was a bosom 
friend and contemporary of those two 
remarkable daughters of John Jay, Mrs. 
Bayard and Miss Ann Jay, who pre- 
ceded her to the tomb only a i'ew months 
previous to her own decease, leaving, 
like them, a character marked for its 
loveliness and beauty and for its Clnis- 
tian jierfectness, and presenting a pure 
and bright example for the imitation of 
her sex and lor the profit of all." 

H. c. V. s. 



T. 



Taber, Isaac, Smithfield, R. I., 

— , 0?. 70. He was born on the Island 
of Rhode Island, and was one of 12 chil- 
dren, all of whom, with one exce]3tion, 
reached adult age. For 50 years Mr. T. 
had been a ])rofessor of religion. His 
life was marked by strict integrity and 

{)iety. His death is believed to have 
)een evidently that of the righteous. 

Taber, Susannah, Fairhaven, Mass., 
Nov. 15, a^. 94. 

Tabor, William, Newark, Wayne Co., 
N. Y., April 24. oe. 30. Mr.'T. was 
born at Dover I'lains, Dutchess Co., in 
1821, and removed to Newark in 1842, 
since Mhich date he has been engaged in 
the mercantile liusiness, forming an ex- 
tensive acquaintance, and secured the 
entire confidence of the community in 
which he resided. 

Taggakt, Cardiff, Girard townshi]i. 
Pa., June 10, u>. S.S. Mr. T. went into 
the townshij) in 1799 or ISOO, and con- 
sequently ranked among the oldest set- 
tlers, of whom very few yet live. 

Talbot, Mrs. Deliverance, Dighton, 



Mass., 



30, a?. 82, wife of Dea. 



Joseph Talbot. 

Tai.lmadge, Mrs. Abby L., Fond-du- 
Lac, Wis., March 3, ss. 53, wii'e of Hon. 
N. P. Tallmadge. 

Tallmadge, ISIrs. Rebecca, New Ha- 
ven, Conn., Dec. 21, se. 87, widow of the 
late Capt. Daniel Tallmadge. 

Tallman, Anthony, Scijiio, N. Y., 
April 28, se. 81. He was born in Mas- 
sachusetts, but removed into Central 
New York half a century since. He 
hved in Scipio over 40 years, where he 
was known as an industrious and honest 
man. 

HON. BENJAMIN TAPPAN, 

SteubenA-ille, O., April 12, w. 84. The 
late Judge T. was l)orn at Northampton, 
Mass., May 25, 1773. He was the second 
of a family of 11 chiklren, and tlie oldest 
of the sons. His father was a native of 
Manchester, in the same state, being the 
son of Rev. Benjamin Ta])j)an, for many 
years the beloved minister of that town. 




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355 



His mother was Sarah Hanes, daughter 
ofWilliara Hanes, Esq., long known as 
" the honest goldsmith," in Ann Street, 
Boston, with whom Benjamin Tappan, 
father of Judge Tappan, served his time. 
Mr. Hanes was a nephew of Dr. Benja- 
min Franklin. 

Judge T.'s education was acquired at 
the common schools of his native town, 
and at a private school in the same place. 
From early boyhood he had an extraor- 
dinary love of books, and there being 
one or two Ubraries of private gentlemen 
at Northampton, (Gov. Strong's being 
one of them,) he availed himself of the 
privilege thus afforded to procure the 
best works on history and science tq be 
obtained by him at that day. After 
leaving his native town, it was his cus- 
tom, whenever he visited his parents, to 
go to their libraries, and bring home an 
armful of books, the contents of which 
he would devour during his short abode 
with his relatives. By availing himself 
of every opportunity, at home and abroad, 
during his whole career, he acquired 
much information on literary, historical, 
scientific, legal, and political subjects. 

His parents were desirous of giving 
him a collegiate education, but their son 
having overheard a conversation between 
them on the subject, in which his father 
expressed a fear that the expense would 
exceed his means, he expressed to them 
soon after a wish to learn some trade, 
without acquainting them with the reason 
of his decision. 

A singular coincidence renders this oc- 
currence somewhat remarkable. His 
own father, who was the eldest of 12 
children, had been partly prepared for 
college, when, on hearing a conversa- 
tion between his parents, in which allu- 
sion was made to the great desire they 
had to give their son a libei'al education, 
and their very limited means, he resolved 
that he would not be a burden to them. 
Accordingly he, to the surprise of his 
parents, told them that he had made his 
mind u]) not to pursue his studies, as he 
intended to be a mechanic. Following 
what they supposed was the incHnation 
of their son, they apprenticed him to Mr. 
Hanes, and were never informed of the 
reason of what they always deemed the 
singular change of mind that led their 
son to abandon his studies for a mechan- 
ical employment. Agreeably to their 
own wish, and at the urgent solicitation 



of their eldest son, they educated their 
next son at Harvard University, the late 
Rev. Dr. David Tai)i)an, HoUis professor 
of divinity in Harvard College. Judge 
Tappan a])plied himself diligently to the 
business that had been selected for him 
or by him. He learned coppcr])late en- 
graving and printing. He also worked 
some time in manufacturing military arms 
and musical instruments, and at clock 
and watch making, keeping uj) his earlv- 
formed habit of reading all the valuable 
books he could procure. At the age of 
20 his father set him uj) in his trade at 
Pittsfield, Mass. ; but although he was 
diligent in business, his heart was not 
in it. 
I The day he was 21 he presented him- 
I self to his father at Northampton, and 
said, " Here, sir, is the key of my shoj). 
I All the tools, &c., you gave me are there 
1 in good order. I have deliberately made 
up my mind to quit business, and now 
relinquish every thing to you." Soon 
after he went to the West Indies as the 
companion of a gentleman whose ac- 
quaintance he had formed at Pittsfield, 
and M'ho was in feeble health. This gen- 
tleman died in the West Indies. Soon 
after they had embarked it was found by 
young Tappan that three of the quad- 
rants, all that were on board, were so 
much out of order that a correct obser- 
vation could not be made; but neither 
the master of the vessel nor any other 
person on board, except Tappan, knew 
the cause, nor how to apply a remedy. 
His mechanical skill came here into use- 
ful exercise, and enabled him to remove 
the difficulty. 

He returned to his native land after 
the lapse of a few months, and landed at 
New Yoi'k, Having from Ijoyhood had 
a taste for drawing and jjainting, he 
sought the acquaintance of the celebrated 
Gilbert Stuart, whose studio was then in 
Stone Street, New York, with a view to 
perfect himself in the business of por- 
trait painting. Stuart gave him at once 
one of his pictures to copy, and was so 
well pleased with his execution that he 
offered him all the advantages in his 
power. Here he remained six months. 
He then went to Connecticut, and after- 
wards to his native town, in which place 
he took the likenesses of a score or two 
of friends and relatives. He made sev- 
eral attempts to paint the portrait of his 
oldest sister, but failed in taking a satis- 



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factory likeness. One day, after having 
indulged rather freely in u convivial cir- 
cle, he made another attempt, and suc- 
ceeded admirably. He said to himself, 
•' "When a little excited by wine, I can, 
it seems, paint better than when perfect- 
ly sober. I have observed that this is 
the case with many artists. If, then, I 
am to be a portrait painter, I must, Hke 
others, indulge myself in wine or brandy 
drinking. I will not do this. Rather 
will I relinquish the profession." He 
threw down his pencil, and never re- 
sumed it. A good Providence then 
saved him from probable ruin. What 
rendered the determination more praise- 
worthy is the fact that he had just before 
received an order to paint several por- 
traits from those whose patronage and 
friendsliip promised to be of essential 
service to him. 

At the age of 23 he entered the office 
of Gideon Granger, Esq., then an emi- 
nent legal practitioner, at Suffield, Conn., 
and commenced in earnest the study of 
the law. Here he continued three years, 
when he was admitted to the bar at 
Hartford, Conn. It was a time of high 
pohtical excitement. The members of 
the Hartford bar were chiefly ])oliticians 
of the federal school. The young attor- 
ney had eipbraced the political principles 
of Jefterson, and had made himself some- 
what conspicuous by essays, in prose and 
verse, offensive to those of the opposite 
jjarty. Some of them, probably more 
under the influence of resentment than 
sound policy, attempted to frustrate his 
claim to be admitted to the bar ; but 
after a rigorous examination, it was as- 
certained that he was too well read in 
the science, and too well versed in the 
practice, to be set aside. He was there- 
fore admitted. 

His father being the owner of two 
thirds of a township on the Western Re- 
serve, O., his son prepared to emigrate 
tn that distant country, as it was called, 
and commence the settlement of the 
I'.nd. No maps existed then of this and 
other townships similarly situated, and 
not a tree had been cut down in the 
tract of land owned by his father. But 
young Tappan's sj/irit of enterprise was 
so great, his love of adventure so strong, 
and his determination so propelling to 
establish himself as a lawyer and a jjoli- 
tician in one of the new settlements of 
the country, that he was prepared to en- 



dure every hardshij) in the prosecution 
of Ills wi^hes. 

Early in the year 1799 he started from 
his father's house in Northamjiton, with 
an ox team, agricultm-al imjjlcments, 
seeds, and hired men, himself riding on 
horseback. They went to Schenectady, 
then up the Mohawk River, then under- 
took portage to Ontario Lake, then went 
to Niagara River, and then to Lake Erie. 
Here they embarked in a large flat- 
bottomed boat for Cleveland, where there 
was at the time only one or two log cab- 
ins. On the passage, during a violent 
blow, he stood for hours in the water, 
breast high, holding the boat, which, 
with the ])roperty on board, was with 
great difficulty preserved. He could not 
])revail on his hired men to pcrlbrm the 
labor he undertook, and had it not been 
for his personal and indomitable perse- 
verance the loss and destruction Mould 
have been complete. 

He made his way through the wilder- 
ness, to No. 3, the 8th Range, as his 
father's township was designated, the 
best way he could. Having, by an ob- 
servation, ascertained the probable lo- 
cality, he pitched two tents on a ridge 
at the north-east of the township, where 
he built a log house. The next year he 
moved two or three miles to the centre 
of the toAvnship, laid out a town plot, 
and gave it the name of Ravenna. He 
felled the first tree at what is now the 
flourishing village with his own hands, 
and for nearly 20 years the large stump 
remained on the green in front of the 
court house, and vvas pointed out as the 
spot where the fia-st settlement was com- 
menced. 

In 1800 he visited Connecticut, and 
married, at Farmington, INIiss Wright, 
sister of the Hon. J. C. Wright, now of 
Ohio. Her spirit of adventure was sim- 
ilar to her husband's, and she entered 
with delight upon the duties of house- 
keeper in a new log cabin, built to re- 
ceive the newly-married couple. 

He was successful in the practice of 
the law. His first case was that of an 
Indian charged with murder. The trial 
excited gi'eat attention. General St. 
Clair, who was then governor of the 
territory, attended it, and extraordinary 
efforts were made to procure the con- 
viction of the prisoner. Unassisted by 
any professional l)rother, young Tappan 
conducted the defence, and had the sat- 



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357 



isfaction of obtaining for his client a 
verdict of " not guilty." He was warm- 
ly congratulated upon his able advo- 
cacy, and acquired no little reputation 
throughout that part of the new state 
for the skilful manner in which he had 
managed the case. 

In 1803, being in his 30th year, he 
■was elected to the Senate of the new 
state. He served only one year. His 
professional practice having rapidly in- 
creased, and his love of his profession 
predominating over his love of politics, 
he devoted himself very assiduously to 
his practice for several years. 

Soon after the war of 1812 had com- 
menced, having previously moved to 
Steubenville, on the Ohio River, he per- 
formed efficient military service as aid- 
de-carap to Major General Wadsworth, 
until ill health, occasioned by his great 
exposures, compelled him to retire from 
the service. 

In 181.5 he was appointed president 
judge of the fifth Ohio circuit, (compris- 
ing five counties,) in which office he 
served the constitutional term of seven 
years. This appointment was made 
without any solicitation on his part, or 
any knowledge that he was thought of 
for the office. He had the confidence 
of the bar as an able lawyer and up- 
right judge. One or more volumes of 
his " Reports of Cases " Avere pubUshed, 
being the first law reports ever pub- 
lished in that state. In 1821 he was ap- 
pointed canal commissioner, and in the 
capacity of chairman of the board, de- 
voted himself, to the great acceptance 
of the people, to the com])letion of that 
great undertaking, the Ohio State Ca- 
nal. 

During Gen. Jackson's administra- 
tion, in 1833, Judge Tappan was ap- 
pointed judge of the United States for 
the district of Ohio, and presided in the 
court six months. When the nomina- 
tion came before the Senate for confir- 
mation, it was violently opposed, and at 
length rejected. No one disputed his 
competency as an able lawyer and ex- 
perienced judge ; but his nomination was 
rejected, as was supposed, chiefly on 
party considerations. The same Senate 
rejected President Jackson's nomina- 
tion of Mr. Van Buren as ambassador 
to the Court of St. James, while he was 
at that court performing the duties of 
his office. 



In the month of December, 1838, 
Judge Tappan was elected a senator in 
Congress, and took his seat March 4, 
1839. He was the oldest member of 
that body, while his colleague, Hon. 
Wm. Allen, was the youngest. Senator 
Tappan usually acted as chairman when 
the democratic members of the Senate 
met in caucus. He took part, frequent- 
ly, in the debates in the Senate, while 
he gratified his literary and scientific 
taste in his labors as chairman of the 
committee on the Congressional Library. 
It was owing to him, in a great measure, 
that the splendid volumes of " Wilkes's 
Expedition " were so magnificently pub- 
lished. 

After the termination of his senatorial 
career, Judge Tappan busied himself, at 
Steubenville, in scientific pursuits and 
con-espondence. At one time of his 
life he had paid much attention to geol- 
ogy, and his collection of specimens was 
very valuable. During his later years 
his attention was much engrossed with 
conchology, and his collection was quite 
extensive. 

In politics. Judge Tappan was, from 
early life, a great admirer of Jefferson. 
The politics of that eminent statesman 
he endeavored to cherish and act out in 
all his subsequent life, and deeply la- 
mented in his old age, that the domi- 
nent political party of the country, pro- 
fessing to be Jeffersonian democrats, 
had abjured the most distinguishing 
parts of the system inaugurated by their 
nominal leader. 

Judge Tappan was a man of temper- 
ate and simple habits. In his expenses 
he was extravagant in nothing but in 
the purchase of books. He had great 
love of sound knowledge of various 
kinds. He was a thoroughly read and 
able lawyer, a successful advocate, an 
upright judge, and an honest legislator. 
He was inflexibly upright in all his busi- 
ness transactions, and was mucli beloved 
by his family and other relatives. In 
his death the legislature, jurisprudence, 
and people of Ohio lost an early and 
efficient friend ; the country a steadfast 
patriot ; the enslaved an intrepid defend- 
er ; science an enthusiastic student ; and 
the arts a practical and discrimmating 
supporter. 

Judge Tappan was educated by pious 
parents, and early instructed in the 
truths of rehgion as professed by them 



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— the Calvinistic. In his youth he was 
under considerable rcHgious impres- 
sions, but his associations were after- 
wards with men tinctured with the prin- 
ciples of the French ])hilosophers. Dur- 
ing the last year of his life he read the 
Scriptures, attended upon the means of 
grace more than he had done in earlier 
life, and inspired many with a hope 
that he felt the truth more than he ex- 
pressed it. 

Judge Tappan was twice married, and 
died a widower. He left tMO children, 
both sons, one by each wife, the oldest 
a surgeon, and the other a lawyer. 

Tappan, Mrs. Eunice, Auburndale, 
Mass., ^larch 29, pp. — , m idow of Capt. 
A. Tappan, of Newburyport. 

Tappan, Miss Hannah, Augusta, 
ISIarch 25, se. about 60, sister of liev. 
Dr. Tappan. 

Tappan, Mrs. Helen, Steubenville, 
O., Jan. 15, a?. 32, wife of Dr. Benjamin 
Tappan. 

Tapscott, Joseph, Franklin, O., Jan. 
18, se. 68. He was one of the early set- 
tlers of the Miami Valley. 

Taylor, Mrs. Elizabeth, Lewisburg, 
Va., at the residence of her son-in-law, 
John W. Dunn, March 6, te. 76, wife of 
Capt. Solomon Taylor. Mrs. T. was 12 
years of age when her father, George 
Wetzel, Sr., deceased, removed with his 
family from AVoodstock, Va., to Lewis- 
burg. For 64 years she had been an 
inhabitant of the town, known and be- 
loved of all. 

Taylor, Mrs. Harriet C, Algona, 

Iowa, , a?. 50, wife of Rev. 

Chaunccy Taylor, formerly of Vermont, 
and more recently from New Hamp- 
shire. 

Taylor, Joseph S., New York, June 
— , a'. 27. He was elected almshouse 
governor in 1S54, and street commis- 
sioner in the fall of 1855. He was 
a very ])romincnt and efficient leader 
in the American party, and as a pub- 
lic officer exhibited much energy and 

ability. 

Taylor, Mrs. Lucv W., !\Ianlius, 
N. Y., Nov. 9, IV. 65, wife of Hon. Wm. 
Taylor, M. 1). Mrs. T. was no ordina- 
ry woman. Her quick ])erce))tion, her 
gifted intellect, an<l her remarkable in- 
telligence, conil)ined with great social 
powers and dignified simjjlicity of man- 
ners, endeared her to all who had inter- 



course with her. Having been a resi- 
dent here for more than 63 years, she 
survived all save one of the companions 
of her childhood, and was famihar with 
all the most interesting events which 
had transpired from the earliest settle- 
ment of the country, which her wonder- 
fully retentive memory enabled her to 
treasure up and clearly to recall in ev- 
ery emergency. 

Taylor, Mrs. Marietta, Northville, 
Mich., Jan. 22, w. 30, wife of Dr. B. S. 
Taylor and daughter of the Hon. D. H. 
Kowland. As she was that person of 
whom the editor of the ]Musical Pioneer 
said, " She is a singer of whom the 
west may justly be proud," the public 
may be sup])osed to have some interest 
in her death. She had long been 
known in Michigan, and several other 
states, as a distinguished singer. Like 
all others who have become celebrated, 
she commenced her musical career in 
childhood. Persons have often re- 
marked that their earliest recollection 
of her Mas when they saw her a little 
girl, standing upon the seat beside her 
mother, in church, singing ; her voice, 
even then, prominent above every other 
one in the house. At the age of 12 
she was placed at the head of the choir 
in Northville. It was a large, well- 
trained, and efficient choir, but the 
place was willingly awarded to her by 
the older singers as due to her superi- 
ority. For several years her public 
singing was confined to the house of 
worship, and occasional concerts by 
classes and conventions. During these 
years she Mas frequently sent for to 
sing at festivals, celebrations, and dedi- 
cations, at places remote from her resi- 
dence. 

Taylor, ]\Irs. Martha ShaM-, HaM-ley, 
Mass., Oct. 22, fe. — , MidoM' of the late 
Capt. Jeremy Taylor, and daughter of 
Rev. Timothy Alden, for nearly 60 years 
pastcn- of the Congregational church in 
Yarmouth, Mass., and Mas the youngest 
of six children, all of Mhom reached an 
advanced age. She had been, for some 
years, the only survivor of her father's 
family. Her father Mas a descendant, 
in a direct line, from John Alden, Mdio 
came Mith the first company of j)ilgrims 
to New iMigland. Her mother Mas the 
daughter of Rev. llaliijah Weld, pastor 
of a Congregational church in Attle- 
boro' 55 years. Within a short time 



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after hor marriage, she with her hus- 
band locit?l in Ilxwley, then a wilder- 
ness. Toiling and praying together, 
they were happy in each other, and in 
Christ they both hoped. When a lit- 
tle rising 40 years of age, Mrs. T. was 
left a widow with eight children. She 
lived to see her four sons all, for years, 
pastors of Congregational churches. 
Sixty years or more this mother in Is- 
rael professed the religion of Christ. 

Taylor, Mrs. Mary C, Antrim, 
N. H., Nov. 10, se. 38, vnk of J. M. 
Taylor, and daughter of the late Rev. 
John :\I. Whiton, D. I). 

Taylor, Mrs. Millicent, Plymouth, 
Mass., :\ray 1, se. 84, relict of David 
Taylor, whom she survived 40 years. 
They were both natives of Waterbury, 
and she was a half sister of Mrs. Zenas 
Cooke, who was the daughter of Col. 
Phineas Porter. The husband of the 
deceased was a prosperous merchant for 
several years after their marriage, at 
Canaan. He afterwards removed to 
New York about 1811 or 1812, and 
entered into the importing business, 
in Pine St., with two partners, under 
the firm of Smiths, Taylor & Co., 
one of whom was Junius Smith, who 
subsequently distinguished himself as 
the projector of the great Atlantic 
steamshin enterprise, of which the 
Great Western was the pioneer, and 
which has since wrought out such won- 
derful results in the commercial world. 
Few individuals have experienced more 
vicissitudes than the subject of this 
sketch, all of which she sustained with 
dignified composure, and in a truly 
Christian spirit, and though absent from 
the place of her birth for a long inter- 
val, in her declining years she returned 
to the place of her youth, established 
herself in a comfortable home, and 
calmly waited the approach of death. 

Taylor, Dr. Samuel, Berry ville, 
Clarke Co., Va., Feb. 21, eb. 82. He, 
after a long pilgrimage, has at last come 
to his end. He was a native of Dover, 
Del., and settled as a practitioner of 
medicine in Berry ville, in 1796, and 
with but a short interval he had been a 
resident of th it village ever since. He 
had, through his long life, at all times 
enjoyed the confidence and esteem of 
his fellow-citizens ; but alas ! few of 
his contemporaries have survived him 
to pay the last mark of respect to a de- 



ceased friend. With but one exception, 
every citizen of Bcrryville, who was a 
resident of the place when he came to 
it, has gone to the grave. 

Taylor, Stephen, Monay Creek, 
Minn., Jan. 2, sl\ 100, a soldier of the 
revolution. 

Teas, Mrs. Isabella, Bclvidere. HI., 
INIarch 12, ep. 50, wife of Mr. Noble 
Teas, formerly of Newark, N. J. 

Temple, Mrs. Martha E., Boston, 
Mass., Oct. — , rr. 02, widow of the 
late Rev. Daniel Temple, long and ex- 
tensively known as a missionary of the 
A. B. C. F. M. to Western Asia. Few 
persons have borne more distinctly the 
marked impress of a long line of pious 
and honored ancestry. She was the 
daughter of Deacon Nathaniel Ely, of 
LongmeadoM", Mass., and was convert- 
ed in early life. She engaged in teach- 
ing while still quite young, and had 
charge, for several years, of some of the 
choicest select schools for young ladies. 
Many of her pupils still survive, re- 
taining vivid and grateful recollections 
of her aff'ectionate and faithful instruc- 
tions. Her attachments to her friends 
were imwavering, and won from them 
an ardent reciprocation to the last days 
of her life. She was peculiarly fitted 
for missionary work, by her patience 
and perseverance, her aptness to teach, 
her skill and thoroughness in the man- 
agement of houschokl affairs and gen- 
eral business, and the ardent love for 
souls which marked her through life. 
It was her aim to promote the sjnritual 
good of all whom she could influence, 
and she was apparently the means of 
winning many souls, and quickening 
and strengthening many Christians. 
Though timid, and self-distrustful, and 
reserved in regard to her own religious 
feelings, she possessed a happy and del- 
icate tact, which enabled her to gain ac- 
cess to many persons whom few others 
could have reached. While she lived 
she ardently sought, and diligently im- 
proved, every opportunity for doing 
good. 

Templeton, Robert, Potosi, Wis., 
Dec. 31, fe. 53. He was an old settler 
of Potosi, a resident of the INIines 
since 1827, and was widely known and 
highly esteemed. 

Ten Eyck, Abraham R., Albany, 

N. Y., , a?. — . a venerable and 

estimable citizen of Albany. He was 



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born before the revolutionary war, and 
his life has been an epitome of the his- 
tory of his native country. For 60 
years he has been a citizen of Albany, 
having established a bookstore in that 
city in 1798. In 1820 he retired from 
business u])on a competency acquired 
therein. With the constancy and con- 
tentment characteristic of his race, he 
remained for 60 years an inmate of 
the dwelling in Broadway which he first 
took possession of on arriving in the 
city. 

Texney, Mrs. Mary H., Dunbarton, 
N. H., Nov. 19, IV. 64, wife of David 
Tenney, Esq., and daughter of the late 
E,ev. Ur. Harris, of Dunbarton. 

TiLVYER, Daniel, North Adams, 
Mass., July — , a;. 83. Mr. T. was born 
in Taunton, Jan. 2S, 1775, and lived in 
Conway during his early life. In 1806 
he removed to Florida, where he resid- 
ed about 40 years, and since then has 
been an inhabitant of North Adams. 
He was buried in Florida by the side of 
his wife. 

Thayer, Dr. Henry W., New York 
city, , a^. 50, formerly of Provi- 
dence, R. I. 

Th.\yer, Jerijah, Vernon, Vt., June 
15, cs. 95, the last of the revolutionary 
soldiers in Windham Co. 

Thayer, John E., Boston, Mass., 

, ae. — , a leading banker, and a 

man of great wealth. Mr. T. married 
the daughter of Hon. Francis Granger, 
of Canandaigua, N. Y., two years ago in 
October. He was son of the late llev. 
Dr. Thayer, of Lancaster. His first wife 
was daughter of Ebenezer Francis, Esq., 
of Boston. 

Thayer, Levi, Ptdmyra, N. Y., Nov. 
14, ae. 69. Mr. T. was one of our old- 
est citizens : for more than 40 years he 
has gone in and out among us. Our 
older business men recall him as the 
])rominent merchant — a member of a 
firm of extended mercantile interests 
and operations. Scarcely a counte- 
nance could be more missed in our 
streets. He has left upon the minds of 
all acquainted with him a pleasing im- 
pression — a man of kindly spirit to all, 
attached to friends, more affectionate to 
those of closer tie, deeply grateful for 
attentions, and friend to all. Mr. T. 
was closely associated with the edifice 
in which his funeral services were held ; 
it shared in his prosperity ; he was an 



early vestryman and he received the 
rite of confirmation there in 1844. 
From this time his relation as a com- 
municant dates, though bodily infirmi- 
ties interfered with his often attendance 
upon religious services. 

TlL^YER, Mi's. Sarah, Lancaster, 

Mass., , ae. 82, widow of the late 

Rev. Dr. Thayer, sister of the late Mrs. 
Charles H. Atherton, of Amherst, N. H. 

TiL\YER, Solomon, Portland, Me., 
Nov. — , a?. 69, a graduate of Bowdoin 
in 1815, and a counsellor at law. 

Thomas, Capt. Andrew S., Weymouth, 
Oct. 12, IB. 81. 

Thomas, Mrs. Eliza A., Jordan's 
S])rings, Va., May 15, ae. — , wife of 
Col. Charles Thomas, U. S. A. 

Thomas, Col. Isaac, Rockingham Co., 

Va., , a?. 67. For a long time 

he had been justice of the peace, and 
for several years represented the county 
in the House of Delegates. 

Thomas, Mrs. Mary Blower, Pitts- 
ton, Pa., , a;. 43, wife of the Rev. 

J. Jordan Thomas, late of Edwardsburg, 
Mich. 

Thomas, Hon. Moses, Damascus, 
Wayne Co., Pa., Feb. 19, ;e. 78 years, 10 
months. Judge T. was born in "Shawan- 
gunk, nowDeerpark, Orange Co., April 
11, 1778. His ancestors were among 
the early pioneers in the settlement of 
his section of the country. The grounds 
upon Avhich he has always lived and 
upon which he died were successively 
occupied by his grandfather and father, 
each of whom bore the name of Moses 
Thomas. The former was shot by the 
Indians in 1762, at the mouth of Calkin's 
Creek. The latter fell a victim to sav- 
age cruelty, with many of his neiglibors, 
in the memorable and bloody battle of 
Lackawaxen — a battle which clad the 
recent settlements along the Delaware 
in mourning. Subsequent to this, and 
after the troublous times incident to the 
American revolution had subsided, the 
family, of which the subject of this me- 
moir was the only son, are found living 
in peaceable possession of the patern^ 
estate. The circumstances of his early 
life, by which he became inured to toil, 
together Avith the early assumption of 
res])onsibility, tended to fasten and de- 
velop those elements of character which 
greatly added to his nsefidness, both in 
the private and jiublic walks of life. 
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361 



give his opinion 
thcat came before 
strict punctuality 
a reality. None 



and moral improvements of the age ; 
was -a firm friend of the temperance ref- 
ormation ; possessed remarkable decis- 
ion of character ; -vvas always ready to 
upon every question 
him ; was a man of 
his promptitude was 
having the slightest 
acquaintance Avith him could fail of be- 
ing impressed by this singular trait in 
his character. Nov. 17, 1815, Mr. T. 
was appointed " to be one of the judges 
of the Court of Common Pleas in and 
for the County of Wayne," by Simon 
Snyder, governor of the Commonwealth 
of Pennsylvania, for so long a period 
" as he should behave himself." By the 
constitution of 1790 the judges were 
appointed by the governor to hold office 
during good behavior. By the amended 
constitution of 1838, the associate judges 
were appointed by the governor to hold 
their office for the term of five years, 
and the amended constitution required 
the legislature first in session under the 
same to divide the associate judges of 
the state into four classes, to be arranged 
according to the seniority of their com- 
missions, and the commissions of those 
in the first class to expire Feb. 27, 1840. 
In pursuance thereof, by an act of the 
legislature, passed in 1839, Judge T. 
was embraced in the first class ; thereby 
he went out of office Feb. 27, 1840, and 
was succeeded by Moses Tyler, making 
a period of 26 years and over that he 
was one of the judges of WaJ^le Co. In 
1822 he connected himself with the Bap- 
tist church in his place. This relation 
he sustained and adorned during the 
remainder of his life. In him the church 
of God had a faithful friend ; in her 
severest trials he deeply sympathized, 
and in her gracious enlargement he joy- 
ously participated. The language of 
his Christian hfe to the church was, " If 
I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right 
hand forget her cunning ; if I do not 
remember thee, let my tongue cleave to 
the roof of my mouth, if I prefer not 
Jerusalem above my chief joy." 

Thomas, Samuel, Manchester, Vt., 
Jan. 19, vc. 84. He was the first child 
born in Sandgate, where he continued 
a residence of 82 years. During his 
long and useful life, he was called to the 
discharge of various public duties in his 
native town, to an extent seldom falling 
to the lot of a single individual ; in the 

ai 



supervisory affairs of his town always 
discreet and firm, as a legislator con- 
servative and prudent, as a magistrate 
inflexibly honest and just. With him 
the poor and needy always found sym- 
pathy and rehef. In short, he died as 
he lived, an honest man, and it is firmly 
believed without an enemy on earth. 

Thompson, Amherst, Peru, Berkshire 
Co., Mass., May 21, a;. 95, one of the 
very few reUcs of the revolutionary army. 
On the 4th of July, 1854, Col. Sam- 
uel Thompson, of the town of Am- 
herst, now 96 years of age, met the 
deceased : they " kept independence." 
Friends, relatives, and recipients of 
bounties and pensions, they could unite 
with heart and soul in praises for the 
past and prayers for the future. The 
family record shows several cases of 
rather interesting longevity: SarahClark, 
wife of deceased, was born Aug. 27, 
1765; died Jan. 15, 1852, a?. 86. The 
mother of Amherst was 87 when she 
died ; and the mother of Mrs. Thomp- 
son was 77 when she died. Earth's re- 
mains of these four lie side by side in 
the burying ground at Peru. Col. Jo- 
seph Thompson, the father of Amherst, 
held a commission under Washington ; 
was taken prisoner and released in an 
exchange ; after which he did not return 
to the service. Subsequently he Avcnt 
to Ohio, and perished on the Avilderness 
bank of the ]Miami ; but ■\\here and when, 
there is no stone to tell. The descend- 
ants — children, grand and great-grand- 
children — of the foregoing are very 
numerous, and are represented in seven 
states and Canada. Mr. T. had for 
more than 30 years dra^n a pension for 
services in the revolution. Few — very 
few — of his comrades remain. 

Thompson, Mrs. Caroline Berry, Por- 
tage, Mich., Dec. 30, pp. 20, the beloved 
Avife of Rev. Hugh Miller Thomjison, 
rector of St. John's Church, " fell asleep 
in the Lord Jesus," in confidence of a 
certain faith, in the comfort of a reason- 
able, rehgious, and holy hope, and in 
perfect charity with all the world. 

Thompson, Lathrop, Hudson, N. Y., 
Nov. 7, ffi. 52, formerly of Bristol, R. I. 

Thompson, Nicholas, Esq.,Leesburg, 
Miss., July 29, se. 74. 

Thompson, Samuel, De Ruj-ter, N. J., 
Jan. 30, ee. 90. Mr. T. was born in 
Columbia Co., March 15, 1764. In the 
summer of 1794 he bought a lot of land, 



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cleared some of the same, built a log 
house, and moved into it the follow- 
ing winter. The country, at that time, 
was ahnost an unbroken wilderness, 
with less than a half dozen families in 
the whole town. Like most of the ear- 
ly settlers he was possessed of small 
means, but by industry and persever- 
ance acquired a good estate, and what 
is more remarkable, lived on the same 
farm, enjoying the fruits of his labor, 
for 62 years. Possessing a vigorous 
constitution and energy of cliaracter, he 
was well calculated to contend with the 
wilderness or the wild beasts, which at 
that time were numerous and often de- 
structive. As a mirksman he was hard- 
ly excelled by the famous " Natty Bumpo, 
or Leathcrstocking," of the i' Pioneer," 
having killed, with liis own hind, three 
wolves, three beirs, and more than 
50 deer. He held nearly every town 
office, from supervisor to committee of 
schools, and discharged the duties of the 
same to the entire satisfaction of his 
townsmen. In all the relations of life 
he was governed by a principle of right 
— a kind parent, fiithful friend, and good 
citizen. He was full of benevolence to 
the poor, who were never sent away 
hungry or uncared for from his dwelling. 
He was emphatically a just man, who, 
after living to a great age, has descended 
to the tomb witliout a stain on his char- 
acter. This tribute of respect is from a 
neighbor who has known him long and 
well. 

TnoMPSOX, Mrs. Sarnh, ^Slount Pleas- 
ant, Iowa. Feb. 18, aj. 68, wife of Rev, 
Samuel Thompson. Mrs. S. was born 
near Montjjelier, Vt., Feb. 15, 1789. 
She resided, at ditferent periods of her 
life, in the States of Vermont, Maine, 
Virginia, Oliio, and Iowa, and reared up 
a family of 12 children to become useful 
members of society. She was possessed 
of vigorous intellectual powers, fervent, 
though liberal, religious feelings and sen- 
timents, and a heart that sym])athized 
with tlie suffering and oppressed of every 
nation, clime, and color. 

Tjiompsox, Thomas, Staunton, Va., 
May 6, ae. — , an aged and respectable 
citizen. 

Thompson, Rev. William, Jefferson 
Co., Tenn., June 10, se. 61 ; was born 
Aug. 20, 1796 ; embraced religion in the 
fall of 1816; commenced jjrcaching in 
about two years, and was a faithful and 



successful local jn-eacher in the Meth- 
odist Episcopal church, until, al)out two 
years since, he was employed by the pre- 
siding elder as a travelling ]jreacher. In 
October last he united with the Meth- 
odist Protestant church, and was em- 
ployed by the quarterly conference as 
an assistant superintendent of Hopewell 
circuit, and afterwards ajjpointed by 
brother M. J. Langhorne. He preached 
all the time on Sabbath in his neigh- 
borhood until spring. He had just fin- 
ished his first round on the circuit, and 
made his regular* ajjpointments for the 
year. 

Thompson, Mrs. Elizabeth, Petis Co., 
Mo., April 11, te. 73, was born in Scott 
Co., Ky., June 14, 1782. She was the 
daughter of John Suggett, one of the 
pioneers of Kentucky. She was married 
to Gen. David Thom])son at an early 
age. At the age of 16 she united with 
the Baptist church. 

Thorn, Stephen, Washington, N. Y., 
Jan. 25, a?. 83. He was born, and al- 
ways lived, on the farm on wliich he 
died. His acquaintance was extensive, 
and his family relations large. Mr. T. 
left a widow surviving him of nearly the 
same age, with whom he had lived for 
more than half a century. He was a 
kind and affectionate husiiand, an indul- 
gent and warm-hearted father, and a 
man highly esteemed by his friends and 
neighbors. 

Thorne, Isaac, Warren Co., O., Dec. 
— , JB. 86, late of Duchess Co. He was 
an esteemed minister of the society of 
Friends for about GO vears. 

Thornton, Dr. J. B. F., Prince Wil- 
liam Co., Va., Sept. — , a?. — , a prom- 
inent physician of that county. 

Thornton, Mrs. Sallv, "Merrimack, 
N. H., March 12, vo. 66," widow of the 
late Matthew Thornton, Esq. 

TnoRP, William, Port Ewen, Ulster 
Co., N. Y., , iv. 50. 

Thum, Dr. George W., Louis^ille, Ky., 
Nov. 25, £P. 34. 

Thurher, James, Esq., Plymouth, 
Mass., May 20, a*. — , for many years 
editor and putiUsher of the Old Colony 
Memorial. Mr. T. had officiated as 
clerk in the office of the secretary of 
state for several years, in addition to his 
other duties. He was a worthy member 
of the order of Freemasons, and at the 
time of his death was secretary of the 
lodge at Plymouth. His life was with- 



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363 



out reproach, and hiss loss will be keenly 
felt by a large circle of friends. 

Thurber, Hon. Jefferson G., Monroe, 
Mich., May 6, eo. 50. Mr. T. had been 
a resident of jVIonroe for about 24 years, 
and during this period had been actively 
engaged in the business of his profession 
as a lawyer, and mingled constantly in 
the questions that have agitated the po- 
litical parties of the country. He had 
filled several im])ortant otKces, having 
discharged the duties of prosecuting at- 
torney, judge of probate, and of senator 
and rejjresentative in the state legisla- 
ture, in all which he won the esteem and 
confidence of his numerous friends here 
and throughout the state. He was 
speaker of the House of Kejjresentatives 
in 1852. We venture to say that no 
man among us, in all the relations of 
life, could have been more generally 
missed by those who survive him. As a 
husband and father he was uniformly 
kind and amiable, and contributed all he 
could to render life desirable and hap])y 
to those dependent njion him, thus set- 
ting an examjjle worthy of imitation by 
the living. As a friend and neighbor he 
possessed social qualities that endeared 
him to all our community, who deejjly 
feel the loss they have sustained, and 
can truly sympathize with his bereaved 
family in their severe affliction. 

TiiURLOAV, William, North Raymond, 
Me., July 20, a\ 49, one of the most 
esteemed and valuable citizens of the 
county, 

Thurston, Dr. James N., Clarksville, 
Tenn., Aug. 4, ;t?. 29. He was a kind- 
hearted, true friend to the poor, a mod- 
est, unassuming gentleman to all, and a 
phvsician whose attainments had already 
marked him among the foremost of his 
profession, and gave promise of a future 
career of usefulness and eminence. He j 
has left a vacancy in the family circle, 
and at the social fireside, that cannot 
easily be filled, and a memory behind 
him that all might emulate, to be fondly 
cherished by his numerous friends, as 
long as unspotted honor, goodness of 
heart, magnanimity of soul, joined to 
quiet, unobtrusive worth, shall find an 
advocate in the human heart. 

Tiffany, Rev. John J., Oxford, O., 
Dec. 29, 86. 31. 

Tiffany, Mrs. Lydia, Griswold, Conn., 
April 6, ae. 72, wife of Stephen Tiffany, 
formerly of Rhode Island. 



Tiffin, Judge George Eaton, Eaton- 
town, N. J., June 10, iv. — , formerly a 
merchant at Richmond, Va. 

Till, Aunt, St. Louis, Mo., June 8, 
se. 130, belonging to C'apt. Lewis Lissell. 

Tilley, Mrs. Ruth N., Newjiort, R. I., 
March 25, a?. 76, relict of Abraham D. 
Tillev, and a daughter of the late Col. 
William Tew. 

TiLLOTSoN, Judge Elijah, Ten-e Haute, 
Ind., A])ril 1, bp. 65. Judge T. was a 
native of New York, and came to this 
prairie in 1824. He was the Jirst mayor 
of the city of Terre Haute, and for a long 
time discharged the duties of associate 
judge of the county. Like all the first 
settlers of this country, he was a con- 
vivial, warm-hearted gentleman. Gen- 
erous in all his feelings, he was the life 
of the social group, and peculiarly last- 
ing in his attachments. He was honor- 
able, elevated in his impulses, and frank 
in his relations with the world. 

TiLTON, Mrs. Jane, Canaan, N. H., 
Aug. 25, sp. 74, widow of the late Dr. 
Timothy Tilton, of Canaan. 

TiLTON, Stephen, Boston, Mass., Jan. 
12, a-. 66, much res])ected and lamented. 
He was born in Newburyport, jNlass., 
Aug. 22, 1790, and was of the old Puri- 
tan stock of Essex Co. His first known 
ancestor in this country, and amongst 
the early settlers, though not of the ear- 
liest, since he was admitted a freeman so 
late as 1681, was Abraham Tilton, Avho, 
with his wife Deliverance, were of the 
ancient town of IpsMich, in the same 
county. Of tliis primitive pair, the first- 
named is styled " old Mr. Tilton," in 
the early Ipswich records. From their 
daughter Abigail, by marriage with John 
Fillmore, " saylor," is descended ]\Iillard 
Fillmore, late president of the I'nited 
States. The descent of Stephen Tilton 
is traced directly through their son 
Abraham, Jr., Daniel, Nathaniel, and 
Stephen, Sr. Capt. Daniel Tilton, the 
great-grandfather of the subject of this 
notice, was a man of mark in his day. 
In his youth, while the small vessel in 
which they were was l}ing becalmed in 
a bay called Fox Bay, on the coast of 
Maine, he and his elder brother Jacob, 
who then bore the tiile of lieutenant, 
were taken prisoners by a party of In- 
dians, one of whom claimed the style 
and dignity of" Governor of Penobscot." 
After being bound with their hands be- 
hind them, Daniel managed to cut his 



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cords and release his brother, and they 
finally escaped the fate which probably 
awaited them, by the exertion of great 
skill and bravery, after a desperate con- 
flict with the savages, and favored by a 
breeze which op])ortunely sprang up. 
Their ship's company consisted only of 
themselves and a boy, while the Indian 
warriors were six in number. So re- 
markable was the adventure, and so 
providential the deliverance, that its his- 
tory was celebrated in verse, printed at 
the time, (1722,) a copy of which was 
published in the number of this Register 
for July, 1848. Daniel Tilton afterwards 
held the commission of captain in the 
military forces of Massachusetts Bay, 
and died in command of the Xewbury 
company, at the siege of Louisburg. 
The grandfather and father of Stephen 
T. were persons of well-known worth in 
private life ; and the object of noting 
these " short and simple annals " of wor- 
thy citizens is useful only to repeat what 
experience shows, how sterling qualities 
and good discipline, by precept and ex- 
ample, descend from generation to gen- 
eration. The fatlier of Stephen T., 
bearing the same Christian name, was a 
master mechanic, of excellent repute and 
uncommon promise. He died young of 
yellow fever, which, it is interesting to 
note as an historical fact, infected a cer- 
tain locality in Xewburjjjort at the peri- 
od. His son was left a mere child, de- 
prived of both parents, his mother having 
deceased at a still earlier date. In this 
strait he was taken charge of by his 
mother's brother, Mr. Timothy Palmer, 
distinguished in his day as a mechanic 
and architect, when skill in the latter ca- 
pacity was yet more uncommon than at 
present. Mr. Palmer constructed the 
first chain suspension bridge built in this 
country, that over the Merrimack River, 
a few miles al)ove Xewburyjiort, which 
was then regarded as an extraordinary 
enterprise ; and he was of such reputa- 
tion as to have been called as far as 
Philadelphia to erect a noted bridge, we 
believe of similar construction, over the 
Schuylkill River, near that city. Mr. 
Palmer, to some playful and innocent ec- 
centricities, added other qualities, which 
it is a pity are not more common. He 
was remarkat)le for his single-hearted- 
ness, and the frank directness of his 
character, and tlie simjiie but warm be- 
nevolence of his disposition. Of his dis- 



charge of the trust which he undertook 
in the care of his nephew, it is only 
necessary to say that the latter, to the 
last of his life, exhibited towards his 
memory the respect and affection due to 
a beloved and venerated parent. By 
Mr. Palmer, at the jjroper period, he 
was ])laced in the counting room of the 
late Joseph Brown, of Newburyport, 
auctioneer and commission merchant, in 
whose business he early became a part- 
ner, and whose daughter, Priscilla H. 
Brown, he married while quite }oung. 
With her he hved in unbroken confi- 
dence and affection for almost 50 years. 
Continuing in the transaction of this 
business, in partnership, and, after the 
decease of Mr. Brown, by himself, imtil 
the year 1836, he then removed to Bos- 
ton, induced partly by a wish to extend 
and improve his interests in trade, and 
partly for the purpose of affording eight 
sons, who with several daughters sur- 
rounded his board, the better opportuni- 
ties of a city for engagement in the en- 
terprises of life. Though never seeking 
public emjjloyment in his native town or 
elsewhere, yet general confidence in his 
good sense, judgment, and integrity led 
his fellow-townsmen to confer upon him 
every trust of this sort in their jjower 
which he would accept ; and for quite a 
number of years he was an active and 
useful officer of the Federal Street 
Church in Newburyport, of which he had 
long been an exemplary and honored 
member. During his residence of 20 
years in Boston, Mr. T. was engaged 
principally in extensive dealings in the 
southern trade, receiving several of his 
sons, from time to time, into the ])art- 
nership, well known under the firm of 
Stephen Tilton & Co. In this Ijusiness 
he enjoyed the unlimited confidence of 
an extensive circle of corres])ondents, and 
of the mercantile community at large. 
In these transactions he was successful 
enough for a person of his moderate and 
reasonable views, regarding the means 
as well as the ends of prosjjerity, and, 
without leaving any very large fortune, 
such as is oftentimes acquired liy dishon- 
orable as well as honorable methods, he 
has bequeathed to his children what is 
far better — the sincere, cordial good will 
and rcsjiect of his comjjcers in mercan- 
tile affairs, who, with remarkable una- 
nimity, ])ronounce him to have been '♦ a 
good citizen, an excellent neighbor, an 



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365 



honorable and upright merchant, and an 
honest man." Of the vahie of such a 
character to those connected with him 
by more intimate ties, it would be vain 
to speak. — Historical & Gen. Reg. 

TiNDALE, Hezekiah M., New York 

citv, , ic. — , one of the veteran 

corps of the last war with England. 

TiPPENS, James, Petersburg, Va., Feb. 
2, at an advanced age, was a soldier of 
the revolution. 

ToBEY, Mrs. Isabelle Hall, Yancej'ville, 
Va., Oct. 11, 33. — , wife of Thomas W. 
Tobey, formerly missionary to China, but 
for the list four years pastor of the Bap- 
tist church. Seldom has it follen to our 
lot to record the death of a more esti- 
mable lidy, endowed by nature with a 
superior order of intellect, extreme sen- 
sitiveness, and a high sense of honor and 
rectitude towards her fellow-creatures. 

Todd, Solomon, West Charlemont, 
Mass., April 13, fe. 89, leaving 7 chil- 
dren, 50 grandchildren, and 40 great- 
grandchildren. 

Todd, William, Esq., Utica Mills, Md., 
Jan. 28, m. 75. He was a man of great 
worth, filling the various positions in 
which he was placed with marked ac- 
ceptability. Possessing great originality 
of thouglit, he was often opposed to pre- 
vailing sentiment, and boldly independ- 
ent. The large and respectful attend- 
ance at his obsequies established his 
claim to more than ordinary esteem and 
honor in the community. 

ToLLEY, Mrs. Rebecca, Athens, Green 
Co., N. Y., March 29, se. 73, widow of 
the late Judge ToUey. 

Tollman,' Mrs. Sarah, Bath, Me., Feb. 
26, EB. 43, wife of Hon. Henry Tollman. 

Tomes, Rev. Charles, Nashville, 
Tenn., July 11, se. — , late rector of the 
Church of the Advent, Nashville, and 
son of Francis Tomes, Esq. 

ToMLixsox, Miss Caroline, Leroy, 

, March 11, se. 24, daughter of 

John Tomlinson, Esq., and niece of 
Rev. Russell Tomlinson, of Plymouth, 
Mass. She was a contributor to the 
Young Chi'istian over the signature of 
" Aunt Carrie." She took great inter- 
est in the religious education of chil- 
dren. She was, indeed, a bright exam- 
ple, in all respects, of the power of 
Christian faith. Her soul seemed to 
be constantly overflowing with zeal for 
good. 

ToMPKlxs, Caleb, Albany Co., N. Y., 
31* 



Sept. 7, ie. 67, extensively and favora- 
bly known in that section of country. 

Tompkins, William, Kanhawa Co., 
Va., May 2, fe. 64. He was born in 
Hanover Co., Va., Dec. S, 1793. When 
he was yet in his childhood his father 
removed to Kentucky, and was soon 
called away, leaving a fatherless family 
to experience the loss of their main 
earthly support. He had not yet 
reached his majority at the breaking 
out of the war of 1812 ; but, at the call 
of his country, marched to its defence. 
He served through one campaign on 
our north-western frontier, and there 
underwent the privations and suti'erings 
incident to military life in that then 
wilderness country. At the expiration 
of one arduous campaign he received 
his honorable discharge, and returned 
home. But the call being made a sec- 
ond time, he marched again to the 
frontier, and served until peace was 
proclaimed. Soon after this he re- 
moved to Kanhawa Co., and became 
connected with the manufocture of salt. 
Although he commenced without means 
other than his talents and energies, he 
soon obtained an influential position. 
Being a man of great industry, econ- 
omy, and skilful management, he was 
one of the few salt manufacturers who 
have accumulated fortunes. His life 
is an instructive lesson to those who, 
like him, have nothing* but their own 
energies to rely upon ; it shows what a 
man may achieve who will persevere in 
his undertakings. He was one of the 
leading spirits in the salt com])any of 
Hewitt, Ruff'ner, & Co., and his fffluence 
has been long and largely felt in the 
business circles of this county, and his 
death has left a vacancy that will be se- 
verely felt, and will not soon be filled. 
He was prompt and faithful in the dis- 
charge of his obligations, and his integ- 
rity inspired the confidence of all who 
knew him. As a friend he was warm 
and generous in his attachments. He 
lent the helping hand by which several 
young men were enabled to make a 
successful start in life, and not a few 
who read this will remember the assist- 
, ance l:)y which they were raised from 
difficulties — the generous aid rendered 
them in time of need. 

T()WA*ii, Alexander, Pliiladclphia, Pa., 
March 16, ae. 69. 

Tower, Fayette B., Waterville, 



86(3 



TOWERS 



[1857.] 



TRIMBLE 



N. Y., Feb. 16, pp. 40. He was a gen- | 
tleman of fine talents, disciplined by a 
thorough education. Though active, 
industrious, and prudent, and often suc- 
cessful in business, misfortunes, against 
which no foresight could guard, seemed 
to be his lot. lie was also at times af- 
flicted by severe bereavements in the 
death of those who were dearest to him. 
Yet he bore his trials with the forti- 
tude and patience becoming a Christian. 
He was frank, sincere, and generous, 
" without partiality, and without hypoc- 
risy." Some years since he was a resi- 
dent of Cumberland, Md., of which city 
he was for a time mayor, and where his 
public spirit, added to his other noble 
quahties, will cause his name to be long 
held in grateful remembrance. 

Towers, Hon. John T., Montgomery 
Co., Md., Aug. 11, ae. 46, ex-mayor of 
"Washington city. He was ^ native of 
Alexandria, but had been a resident of 
Washington 30 years. He was distin- 
guished for public spirit, frankness, lib- 
erality, and good sense as a citizen, 
and for all the personal qualities which 
secure for a man the ardent love of his 
own family, and of those even remotely 
depending upon him for happiness or 
success in life. Few men of his age 
have been of more substantial service 
to Washington city, the improvement 
and prosperity of which were alwaj's 
the subjects of unflagging solicitation 
on his part. — Wnfthiiujtov Sfor. 

Towx, Mrs. Frances Myraette, St. 
Paul, Minn., Feb. 5, se. 46. wife of 
I. S. Town, and daughter of the late 
Elijah Witherell, formerly of Montpe- 
licr, Vt. 

Tow'XLEY, Robert, Richmond town- 
ship. Pa., Oct. 10, w. SO. He was an 
old resident and a highly respectable 
citizen. 

Towns, Moses M., ^lanchester, 
N. H., AprilO, a^41. 

TowNSKXi), Solomon, Canton, St. 
Lawrence Co., X. Y., ]\Iarch 2S, cc. 74. 
His remains were interred at Keeseville 
with the honors of Masonry, of which 
order he had been a meml)er for about 
50 years. 

Tkacy, Hon. Josiah, Mansfield, 0., 
Jan., 8c. — . He was for some years a 
resident of this place, and afterwards 
of Huron. He represented Huron in 
the State of Ohio at one time. As a 
man he possessed a large, warm heart. 



which was constantly giving birth to 
generous imjjulses and benevolent ac- 
tions. As a friend he was firm as steel 
— a quality too rarely found amid the 
prevailing selfishness of the world. 

Tracy, Rev. J. A., Cliilton township, 
Ind., April 30, se. about 44. 

Trafton, Gen. Mark, Bangor, Me., 
Sept. 15, a*. 72. He was one of the 
oldest settlers of Penobscot Co., and 
for many years postmaster of Bangor. 

Trai'IIAZEN, Henry, one of the old- 
est residents of Jersey City, , ge. 

89. Fifty-eight years ago, he was a 
teacher in the old Bergen Academy. 
He has since that time lived in the part 
of Jersey City formerly known as Har- 
simus, and now the fourth ward of the 
city. He was a man of great wealth. 

Traver, Simon A., St. John, Mich., 
May 13, se. 45. He was in 1837 the 
resident engineer on the Rochester and 
Auburn Railroad, and for the last four 
years on the Detroit and Mihvaukie. 

Treadwell, John White, Esq., Sa- 
lem, Mass., April 4, a>. 72. 

Treadwell, William C, Hudson, 
Mich., Dec. 27, se. 41. He was a man 
highly prized by most that kncAv him. 
He has filled several offices of trust 
with faithfulness, and as a citizen his 
loss will be severely felt. 

Tree, Lieut. Arthur Donaldson, Fort 
Riley, K. T., Feb. 15, a-. — , of the U. S. 
Dragoons. He, at an early age, im- 
bibed a passion for military life, and 
has been in the dragoon service about 
20 years. The life of a soldier was to 
him a fond romance, from which he 
never could be weaned. His saddle 
was his rocking chair, the prairies his 
parlor, the chaperral his bed chamber, 
and the untrodden forest his hunting 
park. He won his Avay successfully 
through subordinate grades to the rank 
of a commissioned officer upon his mer- 
it alone. As a drill officer he had an 
enviable reputation, even before he was 
commissioned. He was in every battle 
in the Mexican war except one, and Mas 
wounded in his bridle arm at Molina del 
Rey. He was generous to a fault, and 
his social qualities endeared him to all 
his comrades in arms. He has left a 
large circle of friends and relatives, Mho 
Mill read this notice of his decease M'ith 
sadness of heart. 

Trimrle, Mrs. Sarah A., Frankfort, 
Ala., June 21, a). — , consort of Judge 



TRIPE 



[1857.] 



TUCKER 



3G7 



James H. Trimble. In all the relations 
of life Mrs. T. was a model lady ; as a 
neighbor she was kind and obliging ; as 
a parent she was afi'ectionate, and by 
her children a})])reciated, venerated, 
and loved ; as a wife she was obedient 
and dutiful, ever studying the happiness 
and comfort of her husband ; and as a 
Christian, meek, humble, and confiding. 

Tkipi:, Capt. Richard, at sea, on 
board ship Daniel Sharp, Feb. — , a?. o4, 
of Portsmouth, N. H. The ship sailed 
from Boston Nov. 15, '56, and arrived 
at Batavia March 1. He died about a 
fortnight before the arrival. Capt. T. 
was last year chairman of the school 
committee in the tliird ward in Ports- 
mouth. 

Tripp, Mrs. Deborah, New Bedford, 
Mass., May 25, se. 84, widow of Mi\ 
Samuel Tripp. 

Tripp, Lot, Dartmouth, Mass., Aug. 
l.^". 87. 

Trippler, Jacob, Philadelphia, Pa., 

3, te. 80, the oldest fireman in the 

city of Philadelphia. He was an active 
member of the United States Engine 
Company for over 65 vears. 

Trott, Capt. David G., Bath, Me., 
, OP. 78. 

Trovillo, Col. Elijah, Pittsburg, 
Pa., Jan. 6, se. — , a well-known citi- 
zen, resident of Pittsburg for more 
than half a century, and a soldier of the 
war of 1812. The colonel was a mem- 
ber of the famous Pittsburg Blues, a 
volunteer corps of that war which 
bore itself gallantly, and brought home 
a lustrous name. He was twice elect- 
ed sheriff' of Alleghany Co. 

True, Mrs. Louisa P. W., Owatouna, 
Minn., Jan. 7, se. 34. She was wife of 
Mr. George W. Tiiie, one of the repre- 
sentatives from Knox Co. in the Ohio 
legislature, and only daughter of Mr. 
David Potwin, of Mt. Vernon. She 
was born in Weathersfield, Vt., Mav 1, 
1823. She was married in 1843 to 'Mr. 
H. A. Raymond, who died a few years 
after. In 1849 she was again married 
to Mr. T., who has now been called to 
mourn her sudden death. In 1845, 
she, after prayerful consideration, was 
confirmed in St. Paul's Church, by 
Bishop McTlvaine, and soon became a 
communicant of that church. From 
that time to the period of her death 
her deportment was such as evinced 
her earnest sincerity and a right view 



of Christian propriety and circumspec- 
tion. She adorned her profession by 
the exhibition of the graces and virtues 
which belong to the Christian character. 
Mrs. T. possessed a strong mind, and 
won the esteem of all who had the 
pleasure of her acquaintance by the 
amiability of her temper, the suavity 
of her manners, the kindness of her 
disposition, the energy of her character, 
and the assiduity with which she dis- 
charged the duties devolving upon her 
in the various relations of life. 

Try, Mrs. , Circleville, O., 

April 12, 8G. 91, widow of Major Jacob 
Try, who was an officer in the revolu- 
tionary war. She was born in Berks 
Co., Pa., and removed to this ])iace in 
1803, Avhilst yet the wild and dreaded 
savage was the occupant of our now 
peaceful homes. She, on account of 
her great age, enjoyed the singular 
privilege of seeing Washington, the fa- 
ther of his country, and first president 
of the United States, and of living 
until after the inauguration of the last. 
She was the mother of 11 children, 
whom she early presented to God in 
baptism, and lived to see them members 
of the church of that Redeemer within 
whose pale she herself was a bright or- 
nament for 77 years. The death is a se- 
vere loss to her numerous relatives and 
friends, but, we believe, her own ever- 
lasting gain. s. 

TUCKE, E. Frank, Exeter, N. IL, May 
30, jp. 35. Mr. T. was born in Kensing- 
ton, Feb. 16, 1822; prepared for college 
at Phillips Exeter Academy ; entered 
the soj)homore class, Dartmouth Col- 
lege, 1840 ; graduated 1843 ; read law 
with the late lamented James Bell, in 
connection with Amos Tuck, and was a 
student of the law school at Caml^ridge. 
Besides the advantages of a finished 
education, Mr. T. was endowed with 
more than ordinary talents. In his in- 
tercourse with his friends and acquaint- 
ance, he evinced high social qualities, 
and was ever the well-bred and high- 
toned gentleman. In his character was 
blended a combination of the attractive 
and estimable. — Exeter News Leiter. 

Tucker, Mrs. Martha A. C, Vicks- 
burg. Miss., Sept. 8, a>. — , wife of Ex- 
Gov. Tucker, formerly of Mississippi, but 
now of Louisiana. 

Tucker, Zachariah, Lebanon, Marion 
Co., Ky., Oct. 12, 33. 78. lie was a 



368 



TUDOR 



[1857.] 



TWEED 



native of Xorth Carolina, and removed 
to Marion Co., Ky., in the early part of 
his life. He has resided upon the farm 
on which he died for upwards of 50 
years. 

Tudor, William F., Hartford, Conn., 
June 2G, le. 76, a gentleman cUstinguished 
for the strict integrity of his character, a 
devoted Christian, and much respected 
by all who knew hiiu. 

PROF. MICHAEL TUOMEY, 

Tuscaloosa, Ala., , a?. 51. Prof. T. 

was a native of Ireland, and came to this 
country a number of years ago, a poor, 
friendless boy. He began life as a school 
teacher, and, by the jjurity of his charac- 
ter and the force of his intellect, carved j 
out his way to fame and distinction. 
His scientific attainments were of such 
a high order as to give him a national 
reputation. In fact, as a man of science, 
it is said that he ranked second to but 
one upon the American continent. No 
votary of science was more wedded to 
his profession, or had a higher concep- 
tion of its true dignity. His labors in 
South Carolina and Alabama as state 
geologist, were assiduous, untiring, and 
productive of great good. Alabama is 
particularly indebted to him for revealing 
the unbounded, incalculable wealth which 
lies hidden l^eneath her surface. At the 
time of his death he filled the professor- 
ship of geology, mineralogy, &c., in the 
university. We but reecho the unani- 
mous sentiment of all competent to 
judge in stating that its arduous and 
multifiirious duties were never discharged 
by any one with more signal ability than 
by him. 

As a member of societ)', Prof. T. was 
quiet, unobtrusive, gentlemanly. Through 
his conversation there ran a rich vein of 
g(!nuine Irish humor, rendering him the 
life of the social circle. In private life 
his character was most exemplary. In 
all the relations of husband, fathei', and 
friend, he was a model. 

Turk, Mrs. Eliza, Newark, N. J., Aug. 
2, iE. 76, widow of Dr. William Turk, 
United States navy. 

TuRN'iiULL, llobert, Auburn, Cal, Mar. 
13, X. 33. 

Turnhull, Col. William, United States 
army, Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 10, re. — , 
of the United States Topographical En- 



gineers. Col. T. had been residing in 
W. for some months past, having charge 
of the work at the mouth of Ca])e Fear 
lliver. He was esteemed by all who 
enjoyed the pleasure of his acquaintance, 
and was distinguished as a gentleman of 
courteous and unassuming manners, clear 
sense, and honorable feeling. He stood 
high in his profession, having occupied 
a prominent position in his corps during 
the campaign made in Mexico by Gen. 
Scott. 

Turner, John, New York, , ve. 

85, of the late firm of Lang & Turner, 
editors of the New York Gazette and 
General Advertiser. 

Turner, Col. J. Maybury, Baltimore, 
Md., Dec. — , ae. — , a prominent citizen. 

Turner, Capt. Reuben, Cleveland, O., 

, 06. — , well known for his efforts 

in the temperance cause a few years ago. 

Turner, Samuel, East Randolph, Vt., 
Dec. 22, a?. 37. He was a brother of 
Hii-am Turner, Esq., of Manchester, N.H. 

HON. HOPKINS L. TURNEY, 

Winchester, Tenn., July 1, oe. — . Mr. 
T. was a lawyer and a politician of more 
than ordinary reputation. He has served 
in the legislature, in the United States 
House of Representatives, and one term 
in the United States Senate. 

TuTHiLL, Dr. Oliver N., Stafford 
Springs, Conn., June 6, a;. — , son of 
Oliver Tuthill, of S])eonk, L. I. 

TUTTLE, ]\Iiss Lorena, Middlebury, 
Conn., April 13, pp. 19, a member of the 
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. 

TuTTLE, Sampson, Hancock, N. H., 
Fob. 19, £P. 67. Mr. T. was a very quiet 
man, living, as it were, isolated from the 
world among the rugged hills in the 
Avestern part of the town ; but in this 
obscure and out-of-the-way place he dili- 
gently studied and closely examined all 
the great subjects which agitated the 
country, and drew his own conclusions 
without the help of bar-room oracles. 
It was truly refreshing to convci'se with 
such a man. With his superior mind 
and unflinching integrity, he would have 
done honor to his country in high ])laces 
of trust and responsibility. His death 
is deeply mourned by a large circle of 
friends. 

Tweed, Wra,, Lewis township, North- 
umberland Co., Pa., Feb. 1, ae. 68. 



TWILIGHT 



[16.37.] 



VAN ALEN 



3G9 



Twilight, Rev. A. L., Brownington, 
Vt., June 19, 33. 61. Mr. T. was for 
many years principal of tJie Orleans Co. 
Grammar Scliool, well known as an effi- 
cient teacher, and one long to be remem- 
bered. 

Twiss, Rev. Daniel, New Brunswick, 
N. J., June 30, se. 39, at the residence 
of Rev. G. S. Webb. 

Tygard, Mrs. Cassandra, Connellsville, 
Pa., June 28, a>. 24, wife of Rev. John R. 
Tygard, superintendent of Connellsville 
circuit, Pittsburg district, Methodist Prot- 
estant cburch, and daughter of Solomon 
and Sarah Gordon, of Green Co., Pa. 

Tylek, Mrs. Mary, iMadison, Wis., 
Sept. 14, a-. 67, wife of the late Dea. 
Nathan Tyler, of Providence, R. I. 

Tyler, Phineas, Springfield, Mass., 
April 9, a>. 84. 

Tylek, John, Broome Co., N. Y., a;. 



80. lie was the father of Mrs. William 
M. Clarke, and of liie late Prof. J. W. 
Tyler, former princiijal of Oneida Con- 
ference Seminary, in C'azenovia. 

Tyxer, Mrs. Margaret, Marion Co., 
Ind., June 14, a>. 63. Mrs. T. emigrated 
with her father, ]Mr. John Tliom])son, 
from Kentucky to Indiana in 1800. Mr. 
Thompson settling near the mouth of 
White Water, Dearborn Co., she resided 
there a number of years. In 1821 she 
came to Marion Co. with her husband. 
Mrs. Tyner was thus one of the matrons 
of the commonwealtii. She was an ex- 
emplary Christian, having been a mem- 
ber of the Baptist denomination since 
1811. 

Tyssouski, James, Washington, D. C, 
April 5, an eminent Pole. He had been 
for several years an assistant examiner 
at the patent office. 



U. 



UxDERWooD, Nicholas, Newport, R. I., 
March 18, ae. 71. 

Upham, George T., Esq., Soraerville, 
Mass., June 17, ae. 37, a son of the late 
Col. Timothy Upham. 

Upson, Harvey, Wolcott, Conn., Sept. 
11,86. 88. 



Upton, Mrs. Elizabeth, Salem, Mass., 
Jan. 12, a;. 93 years II months. 

UsTiCK, Rev. Hugh S., Hamilton, O., 
Oct. 31, a?. 25. The deceased was j)astor 
of the First Presb}terian Church of 
Hamilton, O. 



V. 



Vache, Dr. Alexander F., New York 
city, June 8, ob. 58. Dr. V. was a prom- 
inent member of the democratic party, 
and occupied many offices of trust and 
importance. Previous to the organiza- 
tion of the present emigrant commission 
he was the resident physician of the 
city of New York, then a post of much 
greater importance than now, its duties 
embracing those of the present physician- 
in-chief at quarantine. He was also a 
prominent member of the constitutional 
convention of 1846, and Avhile in Albany 
won for himself many warm friends and 
admirers among the members of his own 
profession. Subsequently he was ap- 
pointed physician-in-chief at the Marine 
Hospital, which position he filled to 
within the past two years and a half, 
when he was succeeded by Dr. Harris. 
Dr. V. was a gentleman eminent in the 



medical profession, and recognized au- 
thority on the subject of quarantine. He 
leaves a wife and family and a large circle 
of warm and admiring friends. 
I Valentine, Dr. Peter, Rose, Wayne 
j Co., N. Y., April 1, ae. 63. 

YajSI Alen, Hon. John Trumbull, 
I Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., N.Y., Aug. 
I 22, ae. — . He was a prominent man, 
j well known in ])olitical life and in com- 
I mercial circles in New York. In the can- 
I vass which resulted in the election of 
: Gen. Taylor to the jjrcsidency he took 
an active jiart ; and I'rom its commence- 
ment to the close of Gen. Taylor's life he 
I enjoyed a greater degree of the old 
veteran's confidence and affection than 
; almost any other person not of his im- 
mediate kindred. Soon after the inau- 
guration Mr. Van Alen accepted the 
I mission to Ecuador, and held it, we be- 



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VAN AXDEN 



[18,37.] 



VAN HORNE 



lievc, until the election of President 
Pierce. Upon his retirement from dip- 
lomatic service, he spent several years in 
Europe, most of the time in England. 
Upon his return, he purchased a ])leasant 
country place near Poughkeepsie, where 
he I'esided in comparative seclusion till 
his death. 

V.\x AxDEN, Horace G., Auburn, 

N. Y., , oe. 43, a graduate of 

Hamilton College. 

V.VNATER, Col. John, Muscatine, 111., 
Jan. — , sa. 68. He settled in Illinois in 
the year 1835, and laid out a town which 
he called Bloomington. He labored 
under some disadvantages in bringing 
the place into importance from the 
rivalry of Geneva, a town laid off at a 
point three miles above his city under 
the auspices of Dr. Reynolds, who ex- 
erted considerable influence from being 
a member of the territorial legislature. 
But the superior location of Bloomington 
finally g^ve it ])recedence over its rival. 

Vaxderveer, Dr. Adrian, Flatbush, 
Long Island, X. Y., July 5, a?. 60. Dr. 
V. was born at Flatbush, Dec. 21, 1796. 
He received a preliminary course of edu- 
cation at Erasmus Hall, Flatbush, after 
which he entered Columbia College, New 
York, whence he graduated in 1816. 
His medical education commenced in 
the office of the distinguished surgeon, 
the late Dr. Wright Post; Prof. John 
Torrey, now of the New York College 
of Physicians and Surgeons, the late Dr. 
John Kearney Ilodgers, and others at 
the present day of great esteem in the 
jn-ofession, being his fellow-students. He 
obtained the degree of doctor of medi- 
cine, after the jjrescrihed course of study, 
at the old New York College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons, after which he 
immediately entered upon his professional 
duties in his native village, where his 
])ractice soon became extensive, and in 
time extending over a large part of the 
county of Kings. About the year 1838 
his ]n-ofessional aim was directed more 
jKirticularly to a distinct class of diseases, 
and, relinquishing his practice in the ' 
rural districts, confined it to office prac- 
tice particularly, in Flatbush and tiie 
city of Brooklyn. Patients flocked to 
him from all parts of the United States. 
His fame even crossed the Atlantic ; and 
he received letters from distinguished 
surgeons and physicians in I'AU'ope, con- 
gratulating him upon the success of liis 



mode of practice, drawn from cases which 
came under their own observation. In 
the autumn of 18J0, while in the enjoy- 
ment of most extensive practice, he was 
j)rostrated by an attack of paralysis, 
which entirely disabled him until the 
next summer, when he partially resumed 
his duties. In 1857, finding his health 
ra])idly and steadily declining, he asso- 
ciated with him his nephew and ])upil 
Dr. J. R. Vanderveer, of Brooklyn, N.Y., 
into whose hflnds he entirely resigned 
his business ; and from this period his 
strength rapidly failed. Dr. V. was a man 
of untiring activity-, both mentally and 
physically. He was, as is well known 
to those who enjoyed his acquaintance, or 
who came in contact with him profes- 
sionally, possessed of the greatest aifa- 
bilit}', his conversational powers being 
almost unrivalled. He was, too, a thor- 
ough scholar, having obtained considera- 
ble repute in theological research. His 
great professional labors did not prevent 
him from taking an absorbing interest in 
the great questions of his day, scientific, 
moral, social, and political ; and his de- 
votion to horticulture and its kindred 
pvu'suit, agriculture, was lifelong. His 
natural endowments were of no ordinary 
character. His decision of character, 
sound judgment, and clear intellect se- 
cured the confidence and high esteem of 
his friends and ])atients. He Avas not 
only their physician, but also their kind 
friend and Christian adviser. In all the 
relations of life he jierfbrmed his ])art 
well. Devotedly attached to his family, 
he was a dutiful son, and an affectionate 
and indulgent husband and father. As 
a Christian, his conduct was exem])lary. 
Strongly attached to the Reformed Dutch 
church, of which in early life he became 
a member, he yet contributed largely of 
his means and influence to most of the 
benevolent religious societies of the day. 
He had a profound reverence for the 
word of God. It was his chosen com- 
jjanion, and the guiding star of his life. 

V.VN IIoKNE, Major Jefferson, Alber- 
querque, Sept. 28, aj. 55. He was a na- 
tive of Bucks Co., Pa. He was the young- 
est child of the late Isaac Van Home, 
an officer in the revolutionary war, with 
whom he removed hi his infancy to 
Zanesville, which has since been his home 
during the intervals of service in tlie army. 
He was educated at the West Point Mil- 
itary Academy, entered the army in 1827, 



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371 



and continued constantly in active ser- 
vice. He was in most of the celebrated 
battles fought in Mexico, under command 
of Gen. Scott, and was bre^'eted for gal- 
lant services in that campaign. The 
most of his time was spent in active 
duties at various posts on the western 
frontier. He was also engaged in the 
Indian war in Florida. 

Van Lear, John, Esq., Williamsport, 
Md., April 24, as. 70. He was exten- 
sively known for his business character 
and his social and domestic virtues ; and 
these were felt and appreciated by the 
community and a large and devoted i 
family circle. They were all sensible of 
the importance of his life to them, and 
now niDurn a great loss. He was more 
than once in public employment, and ; 
has been, as a more i)articular vocation, 
connected with the Washington County 
Bank since its organization ; first as its 
pi'esident for four years, and afterwards 
as its cashier, which latter post he held 
since the year 1836. As an officer his 
capacity and merits were fully known 
and acknowledged, and the high charac- 
ter attained by this institution among 
the banks of this state is attributable in 
a very great degree to the skill, judg- 
ment, and fidelity with which he dis- 
charged his duties. He was also a j 
strong fi'iend of African colonization, 
and in support of this, as well as other 
schemes of Christian benevolence, he 
gave Uberally in money, and furnished 
constant encouragement and example. 
As a friend he was warm and sincere ; 
as a citizen enterprising and patriotic ; 
as a Christian firm and unostentatious. | 
Simple in his mode of life, and plain and 
direct in all his dealings, he was, never- 
theless, the truly urbane gentleman of 
the olden school, with his heart in the 
right pLice, and a hand that grasped in 
sincerity and in truth. 

V.JiN Vetchen, Mrs. Ann, Schuyler- 
ville, N. Y., April 13, a?. 67, wife of 
Walter Van Vetchen, Esq., and daugh- 
ter of the late Abraham V. Vetchen, Esq., 
of Albany. 

Van Vorst, Mrs. Huldah, Niskayuna, 

N. Y., , 8B. 85, relict of James 

Van Vorst, a i-evolutionary soldier. 1 

Varick, Mrs. Ann, New York city, 
Oct. 28, a?. 73, widow of Abraham Va- 
rick, and daughter of the late Gen. Wm. 
Floyd, one of the signers of the Declara- 
tion of Independence. I 



Varick, Mrs. Margaret V. S., wife of 
Abraham Varick, Esq., Poughkcepsie, 
N. Y., Dec. 28, eg. 34. Mrs. V. was 
formerly of Coxsackie, being the young- 
est daughter of the 1 Ion. John L. Jironk. 
For some years previous to her death 
she was an invalid, suffering severely, 
yet without a murmur. 

Varnum, Joseph Butterfield, Esq., 
Dracut, Middlesex Co., Mass., Nov. 4, 
ae. 82, and on the same day Mrs. Phebe 
Varnum, his 'wife, a?. 78. ' Mr. V. was 
born in Dracut, upon the same estate on 
which he died, and on which he has 
passed his life. He was 82 jears of age 
at the time of his decease, and till within 
a few months has been actively engaged 
upon his farm, participating in all the 
duties of his occupation ; indeed, his 
vigor and activity were remarkable, and 
although fourscore years of age, he was 
not excelled at the plough handle by 
even the young men, and had the repu- 
tation of being " the man who could do 
the best day's work in town." Although 
not a church member, Mr. V. was a con- 
stant attendant at divine service at the 
First Congregational Church, and its most 
liberal contributor during his life, besides 
leaving to it a handsome legacy in his 
will. Mr. V. was universally popular 
with a large circle of acquaintance, both 
young and old, by whom his loss will be 
most keenly felt. Mrs. V., who for some 
time had been in failing health, had fre- 
quently expressed the wish that her life 
might be spared as long as that of her 
aged partner ; and, as if Heaven had an- 
swered her prayers, she expired on the 
same day, in less than five hours after he 
breathed his last. Mrs. V. was 78 yeai-s 
of age, and had been for many years an 
exemplary member of the First Congre- 
gational Church of Dracut. Her amiable 
deportment and the many virtues she 
possessed rendered her not only resjject- 
ed, but beloved by all who had the pleas- 
ure of her acquaintance. 

Vastlxe, Dr. P. E., Trenton, N. J., 
May 3, te. 45. 

Vaughan, William, Sumpter-\ille, 
S. C, Sept. 19, se. 94, a soldier of the 
revolution. 

Vedder, Harmanus, Springfield, Ot- 
sego Co., N. Y., Feb. 18, sr. Oi). The 
deceased was, at the time of his death, 
the oldest man in the town of his resi- 
dence, and also in the county, if the 
•writer mistakes not. He served as a 



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VOWLES 



private in the war of the revolution. 
Thus another of that small remaining 
army of heroes has obeyed the roU-Ciill, 
to join the bright legions above, and sing 
the anthems of victory over the last en- 
emy, death. His monument is that lib- 
erty which is the wide-spreading glory of 
a mighty nation. The reward of his la- 
bors he received in the rich blessings of 
health, a conscience void of offence, and 
abundant prosperity, lie has now gone 
to receive still greater blessings, at the 
hands of tlie same Being in whom was 
his life-long trust. 

Venabli;, C. C, Esq., Nicaragua, 

, ve. — . jNlr. V. was one of the 

Americans murdered at Nicaragua by 
the natives. He was formerly a lawyer 
in Michigan. 

Ven.\ble, Hon. W. E., Guatemala, 
Aug. L'2, VL\ — . Mr. V. was formerly a 
member of Congress from the State of 
Tennessee. At the time of his death he 
was United States minister to Guate- 
mala. He died at the seat of govern- 
ment in Guatemala, shortly after his 
arrival. 

Veedier, John M., Beaufort, S. C, 

, te. — . He was a native of 

Beaufort, and educated at Princeton, 
where he graduated with distinction, in a 
class producing many eminent men, in- 
cluding Bishop Meade and Judge Up- 
shur, of Virginia, and '\^''ayne and Mont- 
gomery, of Georgia. 

Vernox, Mrs. Elizabeth Almy, New- 
port, R, L, Feb. 22, w. 93. Mrs. V. was 
the reUct of Samuel Vernon, Esq., and 
daughter of the late Christopher Ellery, 
Sr. She was one of the last of that 
noble race of women, who, in their men- 
tal and jjhysical strength, so truly repre- 
sented the palmy days of our revolution- 
ary vigor. For nearly a century, her 
strong and accomjjlishcd mind, and 
warm, foithfnl heart, shed life and light 
through her household, where a numer- 
ous family of descendants have risen up 
to call her blessed. 

Vernum, Stephen, Tecumseh, Mich., 
Au<r. 2, aj. 70, formerly of Saratoga Co., 
N. Y., emigrated to the west about 12 
years since. He was a man of much 
intelligence and integrity of character, 
and his sudden and une.xpected demise, 
though ripe in years, leaves a large cu'cle 
of friends to mourn his loss. He was 



father-in-law to the late Hon. Daniel G. 
Quackenboss, of Tecumseh. 

ViALL, Mrs. Fanny Low, Seekonk, 
Mass., March 16, a'. 88. 

VlALL, Adjutant John, Providence, 
R. 1., Feb. 4, a?. 37, was a moulder by 
trade, and was much respected and es- 
teemed. His disease was chronic diar- 
rhiea, contracted during the camjiaign in 
Mexico, whither he went in March, 1847, 
as third seigeant in Company A, ninth 
regiment, commanded by Captain Pit- 
man. While in this campaign he saw 
considerable active serAice, was with his 
company at the battles of Contreras, 
Chin-ubusco, and Chepultepec, and con- 
ducted in such a manner as to gain the 
entire confidence of his superior officers. 
He was promoted to the rank of second 
sergeant ; and Orderly Sergeant White 
having received a Mound at the battle of 
Chepultepec, disabling him, he acted as 
orderly sergeant until the close of the 
war. The time during which he Mas iu 
service M'as about 18 months, 

ViELE, Charles H., Butler, Wayne Co., 
N.Y., Nov. 5, se. 70. The deceased M-as 
one of the first settlers of \\'ayne Co. ; 
served in the war of 1814 ; Mas present 
at the battle of Fort Erie"; Mas a mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian church nearly 20 
years. His funeral M'as attended by a 
large concourse of symjiathizing friends 
and mourning relatives. Mho Mill long 
remember him as a kind husband, af^ 
fectionate parent, and upright citizen. 

Vinton, Dea. Josiah, South Boston, 
Mass., Oct. 17, se. 80. 

VosBURG, Jacob, Standing Stone, Pa., 
Dec. 6, ae. 67. He Mas formerly from 
the State of New York ; moved from 
thence to Susquehanna Co., Mhere he 
resided 20 years ; then removed to Stand- 
ing Stone, Bradford Co., Mhere he died. 
He left a companion, and nine children,! 
and other relatives to mourn their loss. 
In early life he made a profession of 
religion, and united Mith the Baptist 
church, M'here he held a standing for 
many years. A daughter of j\Ir. V. 
(M-ife of Mr. Hiram Ely, Mho resides in 
Wyoming Co.) died the day previous to 
her father's death, and at the same horn* 
of the day. 

VowLES, Dr. James IL, Brents- 
ville. Prince William Co., March 27, 
x. 35. 



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373 



w. 



Waddell, Mrs. Hannah, Wa\Ties- 
boro', Va., March 1, se. — , wife of l)r. 
Livingston Waddell. 

Wade, C. F., Andover, O., July 28, 
ae. 26, a nephew of Senator Wade. 

Wauswortii, Thomas, New Hart- 
ford, Oneida Co., N. Y., April 17, se. 93. 
Mr. W. was born in Connecticut, Dec. 
2, 1763, and was a soldier in our revo- 
lutionary war under Washington, and 
the fires of a pure, enlightened patriot- 
ism lived and glowed in his bosom to 
the end of his life. He was a man of 
large, enduring, physical frame, and 
possessed strong natural endowments 
of mind. He became a resident of Xew 
Hartford about 66 years ago, and lived 
to see the wilderness give place to farms, 
villages, cities, school houses, churches, 
and all the blessings of art, science, ag- 
riculture, commerce, religion, and loco- 
motion by canals and railroads. 

Waggoner, Israel, Milan, O., May 
9, ee. 67. 

Wagxer, Darius D.,Esq., Baltimore, 
Md., March 21, ae. 47. He possessed, 
in a remarkable degree, those qualities 
which draw to them the afi'ection of 
others. Those who knew him most in- 
timately best appreciated the honesty 
of his mind and the purity of his heart. 
To his family his loss is that of a kind 
husband and indulgent father. 

HOX. LUTHER WAIT, 

Washington Co., N. Y., March 20, sp. 
69. He was born at Fitzwilliam, N. H., 
Feb. 7, 1788. He inherited, as his birth- 
right, the energy of purpose, the firm- 
ness of will, and the independence of 
action, which characterized him through 
life. Relying upon his individual exer- 
tions for the furtherance of his fortunes, 
he possessed that firm reliance upon self 
which is ever a constituent element in 
the character of the self-made man. In 
July, 1811, \e graduated at the Univer- 
sity of Burlington, Vt. During the 
course of his collegiate education his 
career was marked by steady persever- 
ance and untiring application to study. 
Having graduated with honor from 
the university, and chosen the law for 
his profession, he repaired to the village 
32 



of Sandy Hill, Washington Co., N. Y., 
and entered the office of Roger Skimier, 
Esq., a lawyer of abUity, then practising 
at that place. 

In 1815 he was admitted as an attor- 
ney of the Supreme Court of the state, 
as a counsellor in 1818, as soHcitor in 
chancery in 1820, and as counsellor in 
chancery in 1822. Thus, step by step, 
he made himself master of his chosen 
profession, until the highest degree was 
reached. 

As a lawj'er. Judge Wait occupied a 
position second to none with whom he 
associated ; surrounded (especially in 
the earlier period of his practice) by an 
array of legal talent that rendered the 
bar of his county justly celebrated — by 
men whose names "have become as fa- 
miliar as household words." He ever 
maintained his reputation for learning 
and ability : others might surpass him 
in the brilliancy of advocacy ; none en- 
tered the court room better prepared in 
the law : honest, straight forward, and 
ever truthful, his ai'gument convinced 
the reason of the judge ; his candor 
carried conviction to the minds of the 

i^^'y- . ... 

Associated politically with the lead- 
ing men of the state, his merits were 
not altogether overlooked. For a num- 
ber of years he was an examiner in 
chancery, and Supreme Court commis- 
sioner. He was then appointed a judge 
of the Common Pleas of Washington 
Co., and afterwards surrogate. 

As a judge, no man was more incor- 
ruptible ; no man better fitted, by hab- 
its of patient study, for the deliberate 
hearing and impartial decision of causes 
submitted for adjudication. Aftal)le in 
his manners, and prompt in action, no 
suitor could complain of harshness or 
neglect. Ever remembering that, as a 
judge, it was his province to interpret 
the law, not to make it, he recognized 
and obeyed the maxim, " Salus populi 
suprema lex." 

If the course of Judge Wait, as a pub- 
lic man, reflected credit upon his char- 
acter, we might almost say, that it was 
surpassed by the excellency of his char- 
acter as a private citizen. CJenerous 
and public-spirited, his intellect and 



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WALBACH 



his will were but ready coadjutors of 
the kindly impulses of his heart. Amidst 
the family circle he stood as the great 
centre from which emanated the joy 
and comfort which were ever present 
around the hearthstone. 

llespected by his fellow-citizens, and 
bound to many of them by the mystic 
tie of the masonic order, of Mhich for 
years he was a most worthy member, 
for 17 years that public respect was tes- 
tified in selecting liim as their magis- 
trate — thus proving that one whose 
ability had rendered him worth}- of the 
liigher offices of trust, was not unwor- 
thy of the confidence and respect of his 
neighbors and friends. 

" Life," says Seneca, " is long enough 
if we know how to use it." Judge Wait 
exj)ired in the midst of the performance 
of his duties as a magistrate : without a 
moment's warning, he fell, with the ar- 
mor of life u])on him, dying as he had 
lived — faithful. Truly may he be said 
to have lived long enough, every hour 
of Avhose life was but the example of 
what a well-spent life should be. Hav- 
ing reached almost the allotted period 
of man's existence, he died March 20, 
1857. As his friends, we would give to 
the world this testimony of his worth; 
we would inscribe as his epitaph — 

"In action faithful, and in homir clfar, 
Who broke no piouiise, served no private ends." 

In the members of his family who sur- 
vive him he has left examples of those 
qualities of mind and heart which sus- 
tained him through life ; and, before his 
death, he had the satisfaction of seeing 
all of them occupying stations of re- 
spectability, and some of them of honor 
and trust in the community. 

His history will serve as another il- 
lustration of the truth, that success in 
life depends upon industry and integri- 
ty — as an incentive to young men to 
go and do likewise. 

Waite, Hon. S., Kingsbury, N. Y., 
April 20, a>. about 6.5, father of Hon. 
A. I). Waite, of Washington Co. 

Waite, Major Richard, Alexander, 
N. Y., May 18, a\ 86, a pioneer of 
Western New York. He was born at 
Lyme. New London Co., Conn., June 
18,1771. 

Wakefield, Jonathan, Newport, 
N. H., Oct. 14, ae. 96. Mr. W. was 
born in Sutton, Mass., March 20, 1761, 



I and removed to Newport in 1779, Avhere, 

j with the exception of some years' absence 

in the revolutionary war, he has since 

resided. He was of the true revolu- 

[ tionary stock, his father having been 

i killed by the British at Dorchester Point 

in 1776. 

Wakefield, Terence, West Cam- 
bridge, Mass., , a'. 92. He was 

beheved to be the last male member of 
the late Dr. Stillman's church in Bos- 
ton. 

Walbach, Gen. John B., Baltimore, 
Md., June 1 0, a>. 92. Gen. W. was born 
in Alsace, on the Khine, Oct., 1764. At 
an early age he entered the Austrian 
service as a hussar, and was in the com- 
pany appointed to receive Louis XYI. 
at the frontier m hen he made the attempt 
to flee from France. He subsequently 
joined the French army, and was de- 
tailed to service with his regiment in 
the West Lidies. Nearly the whole of 
the regiment died, and in 1796 he came 
to this country, landing in Philadelphia. 
His father Mas the possessor of a large 
I estate in this country, located in the city 
of Philadelphia and in Virginia, and the 
son, then a young man, determined to 
study law, and for that pur])ose went 
into the oflice of Alexander Hamilton, 
of New York. Having a fondness for 
the life of a soldier he applied for and 
obtained a commission in the army of 
the United States, and has frequently 
told his friends that he received it from 
General AYashington. His first service 
Avas as an aid to Gen. Wilkinson, on the 
frontier; and throughout his whole ca- 
reer he bore a high reputation as a gal- 
lant officer and strict disciplinarian. In 
the war of 1812-14, he bore a conspicu- 
ous part, and was twice breveted for 
gallant conduct. In 1807 he married a 
lady of Philadelphia, from which mar- 
riage there are one son and three daugh- 
ters living. In his earlier life he com- 
manded at Portsmouth, N. II., at 
Frankfort arsenal, at Old I*oint Com- 
fort, and at Annapolis. In the late war 
with Mexico he desired to take part, 
l)Vit his age jjrevented the consumma- 
tion of his Avishes. He resided in this 
city a number of years, and was gener- 
ally esteemed and respected. AMiile in 
I the active service, it was a custom with 
him to be on familiar terms of friend- 
ship with all the junior officers of his 
command ; but he required a close ob- 



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375 



servance of all the military rules. He 
was a man of extraordinary constitution, 
and until within a year past possessed a 
degree of activity rarely found in men 
of less years, while his health was al- 
most uninterrupted. 

Walden, Miss B. W., Norwich, 
Conn., Oct. 17, vc. 24, j-oungest daugh- 
ter of the late Jccob T. Walden. 

Walden, Judge Ebenezer, Buffi^lo, 
N. Y., Nov. 10, ae. 80, one of the wealth- 
iest men of Buffalo. 

Waldo, Ur. J. Talcott, Berkshire, 
Tioga Co., N. Y., April 4, a?. 62. For 
many years he had been identified with 
almost every public interest of the 
place, and loved and trusted in every 
relation. As a physician, friend, coun- 
sellor, magistrate, church officer, the 
patron of every thing good, and the 
vigilant opponent of vice, intemperance, 
and wrong, he exhibited a degree of 
fidelity, intelligence, judgment, liberal- 
ity, and conlial feeling, that won uni- 
versal confidence, and now make him 
universally mourned. In the closer re- 
lations of domestic life, his kindness, 
self-forgetfulness, and deep affection 
made him the stay and light of the 
household. 

Waldron, Brevet Major Nathaniel 
S., U. S. ^lai-ines, navy yard, Ports- 
mouth, N. II., Feb. 21, £6. 53. 

Walker, Ilev. Charles S., Spartens- 
burg, S. C, Jan. 18, sp. — , a native of 
Charleston, and a well-known member of 
the South Carolina conference of the 
Methodist Episcopal church. 

Walker, Gen. Jacob, Lafayette, 

Ind., , DB. — . He emigrated to 

this city when the country surrounding 
it was a vast wilderness, and when 
there were but two or three hundred in- 
habitants. The general has long held 
important trusts under the state and 
general government. He was appoint- 
ed postmaster by Mr. Polk, in 1846, 
and again re-appointed by Pierce in 
1852. Gen. W. received his title at the 
time of the Black Hawk war, during 
which he led the recruits from this vi- 
cinity. The service was performed 
without bloodshed. 
"Walker, Mrs. Jane E., Staten Island, 
N. Y., May 15, ae. — , wife of Lieut. H. 
W., U. S. navy, and daughter of the 
late David D. Bruger, Esq. 

Walker, Joel, Esq., Wyandott city, 
K. T., Sept. 8, ae. 44. On the news of 



his death being received, the citizens of 
Wyandott met at McAlpin's Hall, when 
John ]SIc.\lpin, !■'-<(].. Mas called to the 
chair; W. L. McMath and John H. 
Millar chosen secretaries. The chair- 
man stated that the object of the meet- 
ing was to do honor to the memory of 
our departed friend and fellow-citizen, 
Joel Walker. He dwelt on the char- 
acter, friendship, and usefulness of the 
deceased in promoting the interests of 
their voung citv. On motion. Gov. W. 
Y._ Roberts, W. L. :\IcMath, Daniel 
Killin, Dr. Bennett, and Mr. Moore were 
appointed a committee to draught res- 
olutions expressive of the sentiments of 
the meeting. The committee retired, 
and on returning made the following 
report : — 

" Whereas we have heard with deep 
regret of the death of our fellow-citizen, 
Joel AValker, Esq., and, prompted by 
the remembrance of his many vir- 
tues and noble qualities of mind and 
heart, we, the citizens of Wyandott 
city, ofi'er our voluntary tribute to his 
memory. 

" Resolved, That we recommend to 
our citizens that they suspend their av- 
ocations, and close their houses of busi- 
ness, until the funeral services shall be 
concluded." 

Walker, John, Bairdstown, Pa., 
March 29, ce. 77. He was an old and 
respectable citizen, who served in 
the war of 1812, under command of 
Gen. Harrison, and has suff'ered much 
from a rheumatic affection after his 
discharge, which rendered him a crip- 
ple, with much suffering, to the time of 
his death. He was born near Hanis- 
to this county with 
from near Chaml)ersburg. 
He has left a widow, three sons, and 
two daughters, highly respectable and 
worthy citizens. 

AValker, Hon. Lyman B., Gilford, 
N. H., June 22, se. 71. He was born 
at Brookfield, Mass., but removed to 
Vermont with his father at an early 
age. In 1814 or 1815 he commenced 
the practice of law at Gilford, and in 
1819 was appointed solicitor for vStraf- 
ford, and served till 1835. He was 
elected representative for 1829 and 
1830. In 1843 he was a])])ointed attor- 
ney general, and served five years. He 
was by nature gifted with that order of 
talent, improved by education, which 



burg, and moved 
his family 



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gave him those social poAvers so much 
admired at the fireside and in the social 
circle. He was a brother of the late 
Hon. Phineas Walker, of Plymouth, 
N. H., for many years judge of probate 
of Grafton Co. 

Walker, Mrs. Mary E., Eutaw, Ala., 
Feb. 7,8P. 27, wife of Cephas R. Walk- 
er, and daujjhter of Samuel O. and 
Anne G. Gordon. ^Irs. W. was born in 
Union District, S. C. She was one of 
those excellent characters whose whole 
life was such as to endear her to all 
that knew her. She was kind-hearted, 
amiable, prudent, and winning in her 
manners, and above all possessed the 
adornment of sincere piety, Mhich pecu- 
liarly fitted her for the sphere she occu- 
pied. Her prominent trait seemed to 
be devotion to the welfare of others, 
especially her family and friends. 
Though often suffering herself, the call 
of duty was never heard in vain. She 
was uncomplaining, and self was for- 
gotten in ministering to those around 
her. 

Walker, Mrs. Sallv, Appomattox Co., 
Va., Dec. 20, iv. 7(/, wife of Elder G. 
Walker, and daughter of Pliilip Beck, 
Esq., of Buckingham, Va. 

Walker, Silas, Esq., Belchertown, 
Mass., April 8, se. 94. 

AValker, Capt. Simeon, Seekonk, 
Mass., Oct. 19, ff. 80. 

Walker, Mrs. Susannah, Dexter, 
Me., April 14, w. 78, mother of Rev. 
George W., was a humble and prayer- 
ful Christian, a meek and conscientious 
Baptist. 

Walker, Dr. T. B., Jefi"erson, O., 
Dec. 29, se. — , a man of very superior 
talents, who had but few equals as an 
editor. The community has sustained 
a great loss in his demise. 

Walker, Timotliv, Concord, N. H., 
Sept. 12, a'. 8S. He was the son of the 
late Judge Walker, and grandson of 
Rev. Timothy Walker, the first pastor 
of the Congregational church, and the 
first minister of that town. 

Walkup, Mrs. Louisa B., Cuthbcrt, 
Va., Feb. 17, a\ 34, consort of Dr. S. 
A. Walkup, and daughter of Wm. B. 
Banks, of Va. 

Wall, Wm. T., A. M., Newbcrn, 
Va., Oct. 5, a>. 30. He was born in 
Pulaski Co., Va., March, 1827, and 
graduated with distinction, June, 1851, 
at Emory and Henry College. In the 



spring of 1852 he left the home of his 
youth, and located at Russellville, Ky., 
where his talents and virtues were high- 
ly appreciated, and where he received 
many testimonials of confidence and 
esteem. In 1853 he was elected prin- 
cipal of Robinson Academy, in the vi- 
cinity of Nashville, and in 1855, ad- 
junct principal of Edgefield Male Acad- 
emy. He filled these several positions 
with distinction, and by an urbane aftd 
ingenuous life, made many Avarm and 
devoted friends, both among the young 
gentlemen of his classes and the pa- 
trons of institutions over which he pre- 
sided. About this time he declined a 
professorship in Andrew College, ten- 
dered him by its distinguished presi- 
dent. Dr. A. L. Hamilton ; and subse- 
quently the chair of belles-lettres, in 
the AVesleyan University, Florence, 
Ala., and that of ancient languages in 
the University at Nashville, were re- 
spectively offered him, but his diffident 
nature shrank from the responsibilities 
of a position for which he was eminent- 
ly fitted, and in which he would have 
rendered actual the brilliant career his 
promising intellect had encouraged his 
friends to predict for him. In his 
death a bright intellect has been extin- 
guished ; a ripe scholar has fallen ; a 
generous nature sleeps in death ; a no- 
ble heart lies pulseless in the tomb. 

J. a. 

Wallace, Col. Robert, Greenvil- 
lage, Franklin Co., Penn., Dec. 9, se. 
50. 

Wallingford, Miss Hannah, Kit- 
tery, Me., Feb. 2, a?. 94. 

Wallis, Mordecai L., Boston, 
]\Iass., April 26, ae. 78. He resided in 
Boston nearly 70 years, and was much 
esteemed and respected in the commu- 
nity. He w^as widely known as an en- 
terprising contractor and builder, with 
the old school ideas of integrity and 
u])rightness in all matters. The one 
leading trait of his character was man- 
liness, in the full significance of the 
term. He retained his faculties to an 
uncommon degree to the close of his 
long and useful lif(\ Mr. W. Avas long 
a member of the Massachusetts Char- 
italile Mechanic Association, and of the 
Columbian Lodge of Freemasons. He 
was also one of the oldest and most es- 
teemed members of the Bulfinch St. 
religious society. 



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Walton, Jona., Moriah, N. Y., Aug. 
21, iE. 81. He was born in Stanhope, 
Durham Co., England, where he resid- 
ed until he was about lo years old, 
when he came to this country with his 
father, and settled in New Jersey, 
where he was engaged in the copper 
mines. Leaving New Jersey, he went 
to Philadelphia, where he remained 
until his removal to Moriah, in 1807. 

Wanger, Rev. Abraham, Meadow 
Run, Va., Sept. 27, an aged and respect- 
able citizen. 

Warburton, Rev. Thomas, Cecil 
Co., MJ., July 2S, IB. 81, was born in 
Somerset Co., Ml, Jan. 29, 1776. His 
father, who cam3 from England, died 
in Baltimore M'hen Thomas was very 
young. In 1803 he married Elizabeth 
Tyson, who made him a faithful and 
suitable companion, and for 50 years 
they lived together as happily as hus- 
band and wife could. In 1807 he was 
licensed to exhort ; in 1810, to preach ; 
in 18.30 he was ordained deacon, by 
Bishop HedJing, in Philadelphia ; and 
a few years after, he was ordained 
elder. For 48 years he served the 
church as a local preacher, and for o5 
years he was a member of the M. E. 
church. He loved the church and the 
ministry. His house has been a hom.e 
for Methodist preachers for fifty years. 

Ward, Jared, Milan township, Ohio, 
July 18, 33. 90. He was born in West- 
field, Mass., in 1766, and in 1809 re- 
moved to Milan township, where he 
lived till the time of his death. He, 
with his wife and five children, were 
the first white settlers that moved to 
the county. He purchased the farm on 
which he lived, about a year after his 
arrival there, and endured all the hard- 
ships common to that early period in 
the history of our country in procur- 
ing from it the necessaries of life. He 
was always highly esteemed by the so- 
ciety in which he lived. 

Ward, Mrs. Sarah, Little Falls, N.Y., 
Oct. 16, <np. 90. She was the consort 
of Peter Ward, Esq., who died in 1841 
at an advanced age, and was the moth- 
er of Walter H. Ward, Esq. She had 
lived at the homestead between 60 and 
70 years, removing to the town when it 
was a wilderness. 

Warner, David, Harrodsburg, Ky., 
April 2, an old and highly esteemed cit- 
izen. 

32* 



Warner, Mrs. Mary, Ipswich, ^lass., 
widow of the late Capt. William War- 
ner. She was a woman of su])eri()r 
excellence, a professor of uuduulited 
piety. Her deatli is deeply lamented 
by her children and iViends. 

AVarner, Mrs. Nancy M., Providence, 
R. L, Jan. 7, a'. 81, widow of the late^ 
James Warner. 

Warner, Dr. Wait IL, Westville, 
N. Y., Jan. 26, w. 11. ■ 

Warren, Capt. Nicliolas P., of Belfast, 
Me., April 2G, a\ 44, al sea, on liis voy- 
age from Liverpool to New York, 18 days 
out, master of the shijj Northern Chief. 

AVarriner, Mrs. Saj;] liiia, Monson, 
Mass., March 14, a\ 51, wile of Stephen 
O. Warnncr, Esq. 

Washbirn, Zenas, Maple Grove, Ot- 
sego Co., N. Y. , a>. 67, father of 

the Rev. Daniel Washburn, the rector of 
Trim'ty Church, and of Mrs. B. W. Cum- 
ming. He was born in Fairfield Co., 
Conn., in 1799, but became one of the , 
earliest and most excursive actors amid 
those forest scenes of Coojer's "Pio- 
neers," when the ])ost boy on horseback 
wended his solitary way thi'ough Indian 
trails westward from the Hudson, and, 
instead of the railroad wliistlc, sounding 
his horn in nature's wilds along the head- 
quarters of the Susquehanna. In a still, 
quiet, rural valley of one of its tributaries 
this father reared a numerous family, that 
now mourn a common loss. 

Washington, Mrs. Ariana, Rome, 

Ga., , ae. 76. She wns the eldest 

daughter of Col. John Stith, of Bruns- 
wick Co., Va., and granddaugliter, on 
her mother's side, of Lawrence Wash- 
ington, the schoolmate and companion 
of Gen. AVashington, of Chotank, King 
George Co., same state. Her father 
was an officer of distinction in the Vir- 
ginia line. In 1805 she married her 
relative, Warren Washington, in King 
George Co., Va. 

Washington, Col. Lews M., , 

EB. . 

" Galveston, Texas, April '21, 1S5~. 

" Mr. Richardson : In rcj)]y to your 
request, I give you the following brief 
statement concerning the death of an old 
citizen of Texas, and one who did good 
service in our revolution — I mean Col. 
Lewis M. AYashington. I was in Com- 
pany A with him ; that company Avas 
commanded by Cajit. Moon. I was with 
him at Castillo a few days before the dis- 



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graceful retreat from that jilace, ordered 
by Col. H. T. Titus, Feb. 19, 18j7. 
Col. \Yashinij;ton had been wounded in 
the foot a few days before that retreat, 
while crossing through an open space 
ex])osed to the fire of the enemy, which 
rendered him unable to walk ; but he 
was taken up and carried to the main 
body of our men, who were then posted 
in the rear of the hill above the fort, at 
the ditch, called Lord Nelson's Ditch, 
from its having been thrown up by that 
British officer while bombarding the fort 
when in possession of S[)ain. I l)elieve 
it was about two diys after Col. W. was 
wounded that Col. Titus ordered the re- 
treat, and as there was no order for the 
removal of Col. W., (who was then the 
only wounded man at the ditch,) he was 
left behind. Afterwards the pickets and 
outposts, who had not been advised of 
the retreat, fell back to the ditch, where 
they made a strong resistance, but were 
forced to retreat also without being able 
to take Col. ^V". with them, and he was 
therefore left to the mercy of the enemy. 
The subsequent fate of Col. W. was nar- 
rated to me by Mr. Emmons, while at 
Greytown. Mr. Emmons had been some 
time residing with Mr. Kelly at the fort 
on the ^lanchuca Rapids, 12 miles be- 
low Castillo, but was taken prisoner a 
few days after Col. W.'s capture, on the 
charge of having acted as a guide to Col. 
Titus ; but, although the charge was true, 
the enemy was not able to prove it, and 
he was consequently discharged. It 
was while he was thus prisoner that he 
learned the fate of Col. W. from the 
Costa Ricans themselves. When Col. 
W. was taken prisoner, in his helpless 
condition, he was questioned relative to 
the number of our forces and intended 
movements, and then conveyed to San 
Carlos, a distance of 40 miles up the 
San Juan River, where Gen. Moro was 
himself in command, and by whom he 
was ordered to be shot. The 'last words 
uttered l)y Col. W. before the execution 
of the order, as stated by Mr. Emmons, 
were, ' I am an American — slioot me.' 
With these words, he submitted to his 
fate with the same defiance of the en- 
emy and al)scnce of all fear which had 
characterized his life." 

Wass, Capt. W. H., of New York, of 
the liark Winona, died at sea off Cape 
Antonio, , a.'. — . 



W.VTEUHOUSE, Abigail, East Hartford, 
Conn., Jan. 24, a\ 97. 

Waterman, Joshua D., New Orleans, 
La., , is. 73, a native of Connec- 
ticut, and for many years a merchant in 
New York and New Orleans. 

Wateiuiax, ^Ly. Loring F., Greens- 
boro', Vt., May 31, te. 49. Maj. W. was 
a native of Johnson, but spent most of 
the earlier part of his life at ^lontpclier, 
Vt. After a few years spent in trade at 
Jjockport, N. Y., he commenced business 
in Greensboro', where he has resided for 
the last 24 years — a highly successful 
merchant, and an influential citizen. His 
sudden removal is sensibly felt by the 
entire community, as well as by many 
relatives and friends. 

Waters, ]Mrs. Ellen G., Jefferson 
Point, La., March 31, x. 63, wife of Hon. 
Jonas Waters. 

W.\TERS, Dr. John F., Wilson Co., 
Tenn., Jan. 11, a\ 31. Dr. W. was a 
native of Rap])ahannock Co., Va., and 
though young in years, had reached an 
eminence in his profession scarce ex- 
celled by any ])hysician in the state. 
He was a kind and affectionate hus- 
band and father, a faithful friend, a 
sincere Christian, and a true jjiiilan- 
throjnst. 

Watkins, Hon. James D., Wilk-Haws, 
Izard Co., Ark., Sept. 27, a^. — . Judge 
W. was a native of Williamson Co., 
Tenn., and emigrated to Arkansas in 1 844. 
So rapidly did he win upon the confidence 
and esteem of his fellow-citizens of Izard 
and Independence Counties, that in less 
than two years after his settlement 
among them he was elected by a decided 
majority to represent those counties in 
the Senate of the General Assembly. 
He was a most estimable man, attaching 
to himself all who came in contact with 
him, by his manly bearing and gentle, 
courteous manners. As a senator he 
was devoted to the interests of his con- 
stituents and the welfare of the state. 
He served out his term with distin- 
guished honor to himself and to those 
who elected him. He was an unas- 
suming, unas])iring man, content to ])er- 
form, in the walks of jjrivate life, all the 
duties of a private citizen. He never 
sought station, and only accejited it at 
the urgent solicitation of his friends and 
neighl)ors. He was a sincere Christian, 
and a member of the Methodist church, 
and, wc are told, died expressing a cheer- 



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fill obedience to the stern mandate that 
called him hence. 

Watklns, p. L., Danville, Va., April 
12, a?. 63. He was a man who, during 
a useful career, had received many marks 
of confidence from our citizens, having 
filled the otfice of mayor, alderman, &c., 
with credit to himself, and to the satisfac- 
tion of others. He was for years an in- 
fluential member of the Baptist church. 
He has left a large family, who feel deep- 
ly their irreparable loss, for he was a 
kind, affectionate husband, a good father 
and Christian, 

AV ATKINSON, David, Esq., Hartford, 
Conn., Dec. — , se. 80. Mr. W. was 
among the wealthiest men of Hartford, 
and as he leaves no children, his lai'ge 
property goes, by his will, to religious, 
charitable, and benevolent objects, chief- 
ly in that city. He has been largely 
engaged in business in Hartford in years 
past, and his name is identified with the 
commerce of the city from 1800 up to a 
recent period. He 'left $300,000 to 30 
nephews and nieces, $100,000 for a free 
library, $60,000 for a juvenile asylum 
and farm school, $40,000 to the Hart- 
ford Asylum, $30,000 for indigent or- 
phan children, and various other sums, 
ranging from $>jOOO to $ oOO, for benev- 
olent purposes. 

AVatson, Rev. Elijah, East Andover, 
N. H., Nov. 3, ss. 80. 

Watson, George AV., Philadelphia, 
Pa., Feb. — , a?. — . " He was signal- 
ized, and truly too, as a model of a 
young man. Energetic in business, and 
strictly a man of integrity, he took and 
ever maintained the position of a model 
business man. In domestic life he was 
truly hajjpy, being the light and joy of 
the home. He had been a devoted son 
until death made him an orphan. He 
was the loving husliand, and the affec- 
tionate father, and the sincere, abiding, 
reliable friend. In his sudden death, the 
family bereavement alone is before the 
loss which the public sustain when such 
a man departs. As is well known, a 
pi'essure of business matters had pro- 
duced alienation of mind, and he had 
been for some time under the care of 
Dr. Kirkbridge, and, as we understand, 
was to have been discharged this week 
as cured, when the sad event occurred 
■which is the cause of this obituary." 

AVatson, Mrs. Hannah, Koxbury, 
Mass., Nov. 7, aj. 83. 



AVatson, Hon. Malborne, New Or- 
leans, La., , w. — , judge of the 

Su]jrcme Court of the State of New York. 
Judge W. went south for his healtli last 
winter, but in such an advanced stage of 
illness that there was little ho])e of his 
entire recovery. The fears that accom- 
panied his departure have been realized 
by his death. He was an accomjilishcd 
lawjer, and a gentleman of great natural 
force of character, and of talent and pop- 
ularity, which, if husbanded with pru- 
dence, would have assured him the high- 
est position. He was still in the flower 
of his lite when he ];assed beyond the 
reach of friendly wif-hes and regrets. 

AVatson, Dr. AVilliam, Aquasco Dis- 
trict, Prince George Co., Md., , 

a?. 108. 

AVatts, John, jNIorgantoAvn, A^a., Nov. 
24, a-. 65, an old and rcsjjcctalle citizen. 

AVatts, Airs. ]\Iarv, Mount Pleasant, 
Md., Aug. 27, se. 109. 

AVav, Mrs. Anna C, Bradford, N. H., 
Sept. 23, se. 63, formerly of Newport. 
By this affliction of divine Providence a 
husband is called to mourn the loss of a 
kind and faithful Mife, and a large fam- 
ily of children an affectionate and indul- 
gent mother. 

A\^Ay, Joseph, Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 
26, a?. 93. 

AVebb, Airs. Sarah, Charlestown, Alass., 
Nov. 11, a?. 88 years and 4 months, 
widow of the late Nathan AVebb, Esq. 

AVebber, Capt. Charles M., Pittston, 
Me., July 17, se. 37, of the ship Ida 
Raynes, of Pittston. It has rarely been 
our lot to record a death with feelings of 
deeper sorrow than possess us as we now 
write. The deceased was a personal 
friend of ours, and was as vigorous in 
body as he was noble, generous, large- 
hearted, and manly in the traits of his 
character. He was a ty])e of his ]jro- 
fession — a true American sailor. He 
was a victim of that dreadful scourge of 
tropical latitudes, yellow fever. He was 
tenderly cared for by strangers who were 
attached to him, and his last hours were 
blessed by the attentions of those who 
were like brothers to him. 

AVebber, Henrv, Gavhead, Greene 
Co.. N. Y., Jan. 20! ic. 64. 

AVebber. Mrs. Marv, Madison, N. Y., 
July 13, a?. 43, wife of Rev. S. S. AVeb- 
ber. She was, in her life, a steady and 
consistent examj^le of the beauty and 
excellency of religion. Her last sick- 



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ness was protracted and painful, but the 
grace of God was adequate to sustain her. 
ller confidence and trust were strong 
in God. Slie leaves a vacancy in the 
church of God and her family that is felt 
and mourned, but she sleeps in the rest 
of the lledeemer. A portion of her life 
was in the duties and trials of the itine- 
rancy, which she sustained with exem- 
])lary activit}' and cheerfulness. At Eain- 
brid^-e, Unadilla, and Edmeston, she will 
be remembered by the people whom she 
served with acceptance and devotion. 

Webster, Alfred, Mmtvale Springs, 

East Tenn., , x. 32, son of Arthur 

AVebster, of Plymouth, N. H. 

Webster, Samuel, Vir:i:il, Kane Co., 
Ill, June 23, le. 73. Mr. W. was a 
native of Plymouth, X. H. He was in 
the war of 1812, under Gen. Harrison, 
and had been for the last 40 years a 
I'esidcnt of Illinois. 

Webster, Samuel, Esq., Carlyle, III, 
Oct. 26, JE. 47. Mr. W. was born in 
Cornwall, England, in 1810, and came to 
Carlyle with his father and family in 
1818, then being eight years of age, 
where he has ever since resided. He 
has held several important offices in the 
gift of the people, and in all of them, 
and in all the relations of life, he main- 
tained a high character for fidelity, abil- 
ity, and devotion to the interests with 
which he was intrusted. As a man, a 
friend, a neighbor, an officer, he was un- 
exceptionable. A crowd of friends de- 
plore his loss. He was, too, a Christian, 
and ])roved it in all his intercourse with 
society. 

Wei)ER.straxdt, Capt. Philemon C, 
New Orleans, L\., March 13, le. 78. He 
was the second student entered at George- 
town Colle:,".', D. C, Judge Gaston, of 
North Carolina, having been the first. 
He received his warrant as midshipman 
in 17ii7, and was attached to the Con- 
stellition, and continued in the service 
until 1810. lie removed to Louisiana 
from M u-yland, where he was born, in 
1818, and has resided in the state ever 
since. He was educated for the sea, and 
first visited Louisiana in command of a 
naval force despatched to intercept and 
arrest the famous Aaron Burr, on his 
contemplated expedition, by the federal 
government. liefore the lireaking out 
of the war with Great Britain, and when 
there was little expectation of such an 
event, he resigned his lieutenancy and 



came to Louisiana, as we have stated, 
where he made his permanent home in 
the parish of Plaquemine. We cannot 
do more than allude to his early profes- 
sion of arms, his high and chivalrous 
feelings, his noble hatred of every thing 
mean and dishonorable, his exalted jmrity 
of life, and his deep attachment to his 
country — characteristics which all who 
came within the circle of his acquaintance 
will recognize as distinguishing him in 
an uncommon degree. He was, in every 
thing, of the age which is past, and 
resembled the patriarchs of the revolu- 
tion in all that was lofty, honorable, and 
just, rather than the utilitarian patriots 
of these latter times. A true friend, an 
affectionate parent and relative, a tried 
and true son of the rejniblic, has ])assed 
away forever from among us. Cherished 
and honored be his memory. 

Wedixgton, Mrs. Julia A., Carroll 
Co., Tenn., Oct. 24, a). 41, wile of Kev. 
It. G. Wedington. 

Weed, Jared, Petersham, Mass., Aug. 
6, vs. 74, a graduate of Harvard in 1807. 

DR. SAMUEL WEED, 

Portland, jNIe., Nov. 24, ve. 83 years 5 
months. " This aged physician, who 
has so long moved among us in quiet 
dignity, a representative and almost a 
last relic of the old school, we shall see 
no more. 

" Dr. W. was born in Amesbury, ]\Iass., 
in June, 1774. His father, Ephraim 
Weed, was a respectable farmer. He 
worked on his father's farm until he was 
17 years old, and was then sent to Exe- 
ter Academy, where, for nearly a year, 
he enjoyed the instruction of that admi- 
rable teacher, Benjamin Abbott, who for 
50 years ke|)t that institution at the head 
of all similar places of education. The 
next four years he spent, alternately 
keeping the village schools of Amesbury 
and Bradford in winter, and working on 
the farm in summer. This gave him 
that vigor and soundness of constitution 
which carried him through a long life 
with few of its usual infirmities. 

" Being now desirous of obtaining a 
more accomjjlished education, he placed 
himself at Atkinson Academy, then under 
the charge of Stephen Peabody Webster, 
and ])re])ared himself for college. Here 
he became acquainted with the eccentric, 
the simple-muided, and witty Parson 



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Peabody, whose interesting biography 
has been given to the public in the Chris- 
tian Examiner by the ilev. Dr. Oilman, 
of Charleston, and is one of the most 
beautiful specimens existing of this spe- 
cies of literature. 

" Mr. W. entered Harvard College in 
1796, the oldest member of his class, 
as the eloquent and learned Buckminster 
was the youngest. Few classes from 
that venerable university have furnished 
to ovu- country men more useful and 
brilliant than this. Among the living 
ai'e Chief Justice Shaw, clarum et rener- 
abile nomen, Dr. Charles Lowell, Col. 
Samuel Swett, and Dr. Isaac Lincoln of 
Brunswick ; and its dead still speak 
through the words and works of Wash- 
ington AUston, Dr. Bates, late president 
of Middlel)ury College, Loammi Bald- 
win, Buckminster, and others. Allston 
and Buckminster ! What two names 
are more illustrious ? Search our coun- 
try over, and their peers are hardly to 
be found for brilliancy of genius, for 
purity of mind, and elevation of char- 
acter. Hapjjy the land which can boast 
such examples of all that adorns and 
dignifies life. 

" After leaving college Mr. W. took 
charge of the academy at Framingham, 
where he continued four years, when he 
was invited to unite with his classmate, 
Rufus Hosmer, in conducting a high 
school in Medford. In this occupation 
he remained three years. He then com- 
menced in earnest the study of his pro- 
fession under the wise and paternal 
direction of Dr. Brooks, afterwards gov- 
ernor of the commonwealth, the brave 
and gallant soldier, the skilful physician, 
the prudent statesman, and the accom- 
plished gentleman. Here Dr. W. saw 
the best practice, and improved his ad- 
mirable opjiortunities to acquire an accu- 
rate knowledge of his profession. At 
the same time he had the rare privilege 
of seeing and enjoying the company of 
many of the most distinguished men of 
the old commonwealth, as Gore, Dexter, 
Bigelow, &c., and of meeting the old 
physicians, Danforth, Dexter, Lloyd, 
Rand, the elder Warren, Szc, who came 
to Dr. Brooks for consultation or as 
friendly visitors. Here, too, he met the 
eccentric and gifted Dr. Osgood, pastor 
of the church in Medford, then in the 
vigor of his intellect and of his peculiar- 
ities. From these varied and rich stores 



of instruction his mind was imbued with 
useful knowledge, pleasant and instruc- 
tive anecdote, which his memory laid up 
for the entertainment of his friends and 
companions through the long period of 
his remaining life. 

" Dr. W. came to Portland, and en- 
tered on the jn-actice of his jjrofession, 
in 1810. The princi])al jihysicians then 
here were Dr. Coffin, who had been 44 
years in the jjractice, and stood at the 
head of the profession both in medicine 
and surgery, Drs. Erring, Thomas, Cum- 
mings, Harding, Kittridge, and Mcrril'. 
A very healthy town, with a population 
of only 7000, and ])reoccn] ied with such 
a number of the faculty, did not ati'ord a 
very cheering prospect to a new aspirant, 
especially when the charge for a medical 
visit, including medicine, was only 50 
cents. At that time it was the custom 
for physicians to prepare the medicines 
which they prescribed. Patients were 
unwilling to go to the apothecarv, and 
articles obtained there were not always 
to be relied on. We have oftpn seen 
Dr. W. in a sick room take oui, his 
leather pouch, well filled with simj)les 
and compounds, irom which he ])repared 
the doses to be administered to his pa- 
tients. But, if medical services were 
marked low, we must rememl)er that 
thev corresponded with the scale of ex- 
penses in other departments. Oood 
board was about half a dollar a day, and 
rents and provisions in similar jjrojjor- 
tion,and all from one half to three fourths 
less than at the present day. 

" It happened fortunately for Dr. W. 
that Dr. Erving, that good Samaritan 
and most excellent man, soon after this, 
moving to Boston, recommended his pa- 
tients to the new physician. Two years 
before Dr. W. came, Dr. Kinsman, one 
of the most learned and skilful practi- 
tioners who had ever pursued his vocation 
in town, had died, so that Dr. W. was 
enabled early to enter upon a remuner- 
ating practice. He was quite successful 
in securing a goodly number and a good 
class of patients, which he ever retained, 
and their families after them, by a. calm 
judgment, a good knowledge of his pro- 
fession, and a uniform gentlemanly de- 
portment. Never was a physician fur- 
ther removed than he from cant and 
quackery, to which ignorant practitioners 
often resort to obtain business and ]io])u- 
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patients, and secured their affection, by a 
safe and judicious application of remedies, 
by courteous deportment, and strict at- 
tention to the w ints of the sick chamber. 
His great caution sometimes gave him 
the appearance of doubt and hesitation ; 
but he thought it better to be slow than 
to be wrong, that it was better to assist 
nature than to ])rostrate it by hasty and 
violent applications. The estimation in 
which he was held by his numerous 
friends, many of whom were children of 
parents who had enjoyed the benefit of 
his earlier services, was manifested in a 
manner most gratifying to both parties. 
In Dec, 18j2, J)r. \V. fell upon the ice 
and broke his hip joint — a severe mis- 
fortune, which disabled him from future 
practice. His friends, belie\dng that, 
deprived of his usual resources, he must 
be straitened in his means of su])port, 
came cheerfully forward and contributed 
to procure for him an annuity of .$oOO 
during life. This at once relieved his 
anxiety, and made him comfortable for 
the remainder of his d.ivs. 

"In 1816 Dr. W. married Miss Maria 
Condy, of Medford, an amiable and ac- 
comi)lislied lady, whose death, in 1835, 
was a deep and lasting sorrow, depriving 
him of a wise counsellor, an admirable 
companion, and an unfailing friend. Her 
grandfather was a Baptist clergyman in 
Boston, predecessor in the First Baptist 
Church of the eloquent Stillman. By 
her he had thr^e sons, of whom the only 
survivor is Edward Condy, of Boston. 

" From his earliest life Dr. W. was an 
example of a true philosophical and re- 
ligious moderation. His whole conduct 
was regulated by strict principle. He 
was never known to deviate from the 
paths of rectitude and honor. He was 
a man that made no preteasions. He 
knew no guile, and was never guilty of 
detraction. He had entire control over 
himself, and so was able to apply to 
useful purposes the whole vigor of his 
jjowers. As a ])hysician, he was not 
rapid in his perceptions nor fertile in 
expedients ; but by great caution, sound 
judgment, and matured cxjierience, he 
arrived at just conclusions in the diag- 
nosis of disease. By a course so uni- 
form and so worthy, he conferred dignity 
on his honorable profession, and grace 
and beauty on his daily life. 

" We take leave of this good man, 
and wise and amial)le physician, with 



unaffected sadness of heart. We have. 
long enjoyed his society and friendship, 
and found pleasure and instruction in his 
cheerful conversation, his genial temper- 
ament, and his copious fund of anecdote. 
And now that we have accompanied his 
remains to the silent chambers of the 
dead, we lament in grief and sorrow that 
we shall see his tall and manly foi'in and 
his gentle, affectionate countenance no 
more. William Willis." 

Weidman, Jacob, Lebanon, Pa., March 
5, 86. 67, an old and highly respectable 
citizen. 

Weinland, , Weiss])ort, Pa., 

, 86. — . The deceased was a sol- 



dier in the regular army, and ])articipated 
in the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca de 
la Palma, Monterey, Buena Vista, Vera 
Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Chapulte- 
pec, and the city of Mexico. We are 
informed that he kept an accurate record 
of all the scenes in camp and tlie battle 
field, but that it has been mislaid or lost. 
If in existence, it would doubtless furnish 
highly interesting matter for ])ublication. 

Weinland, R. H., clerk at the Weigh 
Lock, Pa., Aug. 16, a?, about 27. 

Weld, Mrs. Pamela A., East Berk- 
shire, Vt., March 12, se. 53, wife of Mo- 
ses F. Weld — the faithful and devoted 
wife, the judicious and affectionate 
mother, the consistent and conscien- 
tious Christian. 

Weldon, William, Rouse's Point, 
N. Y., , ge. 80. 

Welles, Melancthon W., Lowville, 
Lewis Co., N. Y., Feb. 12, se. 87. He 
was father of Woolscy Welles, Esq., of 
Defiance, and of Mrs. Alfred Kelley, of 
Columbus, O. 

Welling, Charles, Esq., Pennington, 
N. J., Oct. 15, IV. 81. He was for more 
than 60 years a consistent professor of 
religion, and for 58 years an active rul- 
ing elder in the Pennington church, of 
which his grandfather. Rev. John Guild, 
M'as many years ])astor. He was a man 
of more than ordiiun-y strength of intel- 
lect and force of character. His sound 
judgment, pubHc spirit, liberal benefac- 
tions, cheerful ])iety, and unbending in- 
tegrity, rendered him a useful citizen, 
and an efficient church officer. 

Wellington, Amos, Esq., Ashby, 
Mass., Nov. 20, a\ 87. 

Wells, Barker, Cazenovia, N. Y., 
Jan. 30, cc. 80. 



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383 



Wells, Rev. Edward B., Baltimore, 
Md., Jan. 26, a?. — . 

" On Sabbath morning, loth inst., 
after the pastor, the Rev. J. M. Haines, 
had conchided an appropriate and affect- 
ing discourse from the Avords, 'Be ye 
also ready,' &c., the chairman of the 
committee appointed for that purpose, 
read, and commenced with some re- 
marks, the following preamble and res- 
olutions : — 

" Whereas, the painful intelligence 
has reached us, that it has pleased the 
Great Head of the Church, in the dis- 
pensation of his providence, to remove 
from the scenes of his earthly labors to 
his reward in heaven, oiu* dearly be- 
loved brother, the Rev. Edward B. 
Wells, who departed this life on the 
26th of January, in the County of Prin- 
cess Anne, and on Princess Anne cir- 
cuit ; — 

" Whereas our deceased and lamented 
brother was, during the past year, the 
pastor of this churcla [in Hampton], and 
■we had, therefore, ample opportunity to 
estimate his valuable public ministra- 
tions, and to learn and appreciate his 
private excellence ; — and 

" Whereas, in the providence of God, 
he was called to close his earthly pil- 
grimage, though among kind, Christian 
friends, yet far away from home . and 
relatives, and especially his mother, to 
whom it would have been a source of 
comfort, as well as himself, to have been 
with him in his last sickness and expir- 
ing moments — that mother, who, under 
trying circumstances, and making sacri- 
fices not generally known, willingly con- 
sented that, he might ' spend and be 
spent ' in the public service of his Lord 
and Master ; — therefore, 

^^ Besolced, That in the death of broth- 
er Wells, the Methodist Protestant 
church in the Virginia district has sus- 
tained no ordinary loss. His talents, 
his piety, and his faithful, ordinary, 
useful labors, had already placed him 
in a high position in the confidence and 
esteem, and also in the aff'ections, of the 
conference and of the church. He pos- 
sessed very superior mental endow- 
ments, which were in a course of steady 
and rapid development ; and these, 
added to the pure. Christian principles 
wliich had become deeply and immova- 
bly fixed in his nature, and the conse- 
quent untarnished moral and Christian 



character which adorned him, and com- 
mended him to all, warranted tlie belief, 
that in a few years, had life and health 
been spared, he would have become a 
minister of extraordinary eminence and 
usefulness. 

" Be.solved, That our brother, whilst 
he sojourned and labored in our midst, 
— by his manly, dignified, consistent, 
Christian course, — naturally won, Avhile 
he was in every way worthy of, the lijgh 
admiration and the warm aft'ections of 
the church, and of all others who knew 
; him ; and that in his conversation and 
life he afforded an eminent example of 
i Christian purity and excellence, and a 
model of ministerial propriety." 

Wells, Mrs. Elizabeth, Killingworth, 
Conn., April 2o, a'. 73, widow of the 
late Solomon Wells, Esq., of Utica, 
N. Y. 

Wells, G. H., Esq., Greenville, S. C, 

, SB. — , for nearly 25 years editor 

of the Greenville ^Mountaineer. 

Wells, Dr. John C, Troy, Mo., Sept. 
— , x. 39. 

Wells, Miss Katharine, Montague, 
Mass., April 3, se. 75. She was one of 
four mute children of Dr. Henry Wells. 
A mute brother and sister are still left 
on the old Dr. Wells place. 

Wells, Levi, Esq., Ellington town- 
ship, , IP. — , one of the earhest 

settlers of Quincy, and one of the oldest 
and most estimable, influential, and 
worthy citizens. 

Wells, Mrs. Mary Ellen, AYinches- 
ter, Va., Nov. 16, se. — , wife of Dr. 
Richard A. Wells, of Missouri. 

Wells, Rev. William, Chlford, Sus- 
quehanna Co., Pa., Dec. 7, a?, about 
68, leaving a widow and a family of II 
children, six sons and five daughters, 
and a large circle of family connections 
to mourn their loss, a loss which is in- 
deed seriously felt not only by tliem but 
by the community at large in which he 
lived. Great men are said to be made 
by great occasions ; but Mr. W. was pe- 
ciiHarly quaUfied to give character to 
occasions. A long life of spotless mo- 
rality and blameless integrity, with a 
largeness of ])hilanthropy which the best 
of men might do well to emulate, en- 
shrined his name among earth's noblest 
subjects, and defies the attempt even of 
malice to say auijjht of evil to tarnish 
the character of his praiseworthy career. 
The dead need not be praised, but the 



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merited reward of a good life should be 
given. Could the stranger Mhom he 
has entertained, and the poverty and 
beggary which he has relieved with lav- 
ish hand, come forth to record what they 
have been made to feel, it would make 
liis sufficient eulogy. 

Blesstd is tlie iiiau of tender heart 
Villi) relieves the jioor in tlieir distress. 

Wendell, Isaac, Bustleton, Pa., Feb. 
24, ae. 71. In connection with the late 
John "Williams, Esq., Mr. W. was one 
of the first to introduce the business of 
manufacturing into Dover, X. II., and 
for a number of years the firm of Wil- 
liams & Wendell was largely engaged 
in the enterprise both in L)over and 
Great Falls, N. II. 

Wendt, Rudolph, Wis., , a}. 

— , one of the first founders and editors 
of the " Banner und Volksfreuud," the 
largest German paper in this state. Mv. 
W. has been a sad invalid for many 
months, and his demise, therefore, was 
not unexpected. A slight frame could 
not bear up with the physical endurance 
requisite in the editorial room, and some 
months back hemorrhage of the lungs 
set in, and death has now closed his 
life of usefulness. He was universally 
respected and esteemed, and his re- 
moval will create a wide-spread regret 
amongst a large circle of friends and 
admirers. 

Wextworth, Enoch, Gushing, Me., 
Oct. 23, iv. 91. He left (in Gushing) 
several children. He was born in that 
part of Stoughton which is now Canton, 
]\Iass., May 9, 1766. He married in 
Friendship, Me., Jan. 4, 1791, Azubah 
Bradford, born in Truro, N. S., May 21, 
176<5, and she died in Cushing, INIe., Nov. 
11, 182."3. He was son of Zion and 
Hannah (Pettingill) Wentworth, and 
grandson of Shubael and Damaris 
(Ilawcs) Wentworth, who Avas son of 

John and Martha , and grandson 

of the fh'st settler, William, of Dover, 
N. II. 

AVentworth, Paul, Pine Hill, Ber- 
wick, Me., Nov. 9, sc. 77, M'here he was 
born June 9, 1780. Nov. lii, 1807, he 
married his second cousin, lluth, daugh- 
ter of llichard, and granddaughter of 
Thomas and Mary (Knock) Wentworth. 
He Mas son of Samuel and Lytha (Go- 
well) Wentworth, grandson of Ezekiel 
and great-grandson of John and Mar- 
tha (Miller) Wentworth. John was son 



of Ezekiel, and grandson of William, the 
emigrant settler. 

West, Mrs. INIary T. Fleming, Cin- 
cinnati, O., April 29, se. — , wife of Rev. 
Nathaniel West, Jr. 

West, Wilham E., Nashville, Tenn., 
Oct. 2, ai. — . Mr. W. enjoyed a world- 
wide reputation as an artist. Most of 
his artist life was spent in Europe, where 
he stood at the head of his profession. 
He painted a portrait of Lord BjTon, 
from life, which is universally conceded 
to be the best one in existence, and 
which the artist sold for l|:20()0. 

Western, George, Binghampton, 
N. Y., July — , w. — . He was, in days 
gone by, a very popular actor, but aban- 
doned the stage on account of ill health, 
several years ago, and has been gradu- 
ally wasting away during that period. 
Few could equal him as a story-teller 
and humorist, and his warm and genial 
heart and social qualities have left be- 

! hind him " troops of friends," through- 
out the country, to feel a sympathetic 
sorroAv at the intelligence of his death. 
Though away from kindred, he was not 
among strangers ; and his last hours 

1 were attended with every kindness that 
friends could bestow. 

; Weston, Mrs. Asenath, Saratoga 

' Springs, N. Y., July 19, se. 57, widow 
of the late J. W. Weston, formerly of 
Barre, Mass. 

j Weston, Mrs. E. C, Peoria, HI., Feb. 

14, se. — , wife of Rev. H. G. Weston. 

Weston, Harvey, Chesterfield, N. Y., 

Feb. 17, se. 59. He was a member of 

, a large family, and has left behind a 
very large circle of relatives and friends. 
Mr. W. was a valuable citizen ; a warm 

I and true friend, and a devoted Chris- 

I tian. 

Weston, Dr. Josiah Deane, Dalton, 
Mass., Feb. 1, ae. 47, late democratic 
candidate for Congress from the 1 1 th 

j district. Dr. W. was a man of energy, 
intelligence, and enterprise. 

Weston, Mrs. Paulina B. C, Augus- 
ta, Me., Sept. 11, IV. 70, consort of Hon. 
Nathan Weston, LL. D., (ex-chief jus- 
tice of the Supreme Court.) ^Irs. W. 
was daughter of the late Judge Daniel 
Cony, of Augusta. She was the hon- 
ored example for whatever was excel- 
lent and attractive in the social circle, 
and greatly respected and beloved by 
all who knew her. 

Wkt.moue, Hon. Lansing, Warren, 



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[ 1857. ] 



WHEELER 



385 



Pa., Nov. 15, fB. — , formerly a judge in 
Warren Co., Pa. 

WiiALEY, Wm., Esq., La Salle, 111., 

, a). — , president of the board 

of trustees of that place. 

Wharton, Mrs. Elizabeth, Hagers- 
town, Md., Jan. 19, be. — , wife of Dr. 
John O. Wharton. 

A\''irARTOX, Dr. Thomas J., New Cas- 
tle, Craig Co., Va., April — , ae. — . 

Wheat, Dr. Nathaniel, Manchester, 
N. H., Jan. 25, a?. 74. Dr. W. was a 
native of Canaan, N. H., and studied his 
profession with Dr. Jacob Bailey Moore, 
of old Andover. Dr. Moore's well- 
known musical tastes were congenial 
with those of his student, who himself 
possessed a remarkably fine natural ten- 
or voice. About 1808, Dr. W. was in- 
vited to Candia as a teacher of singing, 
and soon after commenced there the 
business of his profession. For a quar- 
ter of a century his life was one of the 
hard labor which falls to the lot of a 
country physician in good practice. 
During this period all who knew him, 
and are living to say it, will bear will- 
ing Avitness to his kindness to poor 
patients, his moderate charges to all 
classes, and his unwearied industry ev- 
ery where. As the world goes he was 
hardly a prudent man, as many an un- 
collected bill about town might attest ; 
and when at threescore years he retired 
from more active duties, he was content 
to have acquired a moderate fortune. 
He was of a pleasant, social disposition 
for the most part, and the very smile on 
his face seemed to bring healing with it 
over the threshold. The daily routine 
of his life did not harden his feelings to 
suffering, and a few M'ords which report 
assigns to the grandfather of the -m-iter 
illustrates well his character. " Dr. 
Kittredge's little finger is heavier than 
Dr. W.'s whole hand." His mental ac- 
tivity in other directions was not incon- 
siderable. Addi-esses, and parts of ad- 
dresses, on temperance, on sacred music, 
(a theme which he loved,) and on various 
political and social topics, left among his 
scattered papers, indicate this phase of 
his character. A record of deaths kept 
by him for 20 years from 1810, shows the 
annual average mortality to have been 
22 19-20ths. In this time four or five 
other physicians came for various peri- 
ods to the place, and in 1824, Dr. Isa- 
iah Lane, recently deceased in ]Meriden, 
33 



N. H., commenced practice in Candia, 
his native place, where he remained over 
2o years. In 1834 Dr. W., through his 
acquaintance with the sons of his old 
master in medicine and in music, was 
induced to remove to Concord, where 
he remained for four years. Ten years 
rnore were spent in Candia, at the ex- 
piration of wliich period he came to 
Manchester to spend the remainder of 
his days. Even here and at his age he 
found it difiicult to lay his armor down. 
Old ftimiUes where he was known de- 
sired liis services still, and it was only a 
year or two before his death that he no 
longer ventured to place confidence in 
his failing powers. Indications of a fatal 
result, found him, it is believed, not un- 
prepared. He had borne the burden 
and heat of the day in the church of 
Christ and the society of his fellow- 
men, had been both earnest and efficient 
in religious and reformatory movements, 
and in the full measure of his years went 
to rest like the ripened corn. It was 
our loss, but his gain. 

Wheeler, Rev. Abraham, Grafton, 
O., Dec. 4, a?. 78. Mr. W. was born in 
Holden, Mass., in 1780, and graduated 
at Williams College in 1810. It is fit- 
ting that something more than a mere 
notice of the death of this aged and 
faithful servant of God should be given 
to the pulilic. Mr. W. Avas a minister 
of the gospel over 40 years ; nearly one 
half of which was spent in New Eng- 
land, in connection with the Congrega- 
tional church. "WTiilo in New England, 
his labors were greatly blessed of God. 
As the fruits of one precious revival, he 
received into the communion of the 
church of which he was pastor, at one 
time, 91, and in one year 160 individ- 
uals. This was in the small town of 
Candia, N. H. During 14 years of his 
ministry, he admitted to church fellow- 
ship 271, as seals of his ministry. In 
1836 he removed to Ohio, soon after 
wliich, from a change of views on 
" church polity," ho united with the 
Protestant Episcopal church. Of his 
labors and success in that connection, 
the -^Titer is not particularly informed. 
In 1852 the writer was invited to sup- 
ply the pulpit of the First Congrega- 
tional church in Grafton. Mr. W., 
from age and infimiity, being unable to 
preach, and there being no Episcopal 
service near, was a constant attendant 



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upon the Congregational worshij). He 
always sat in the pulpit, and always, 
when able, took some part in the re- 
ligious exercises. His j)rayers and ex- 
hortations were always short and appro- 
priate ; remarkably so for a man of his 
years. During nearly six years he main- 
tained a weekly jjrayer meeting in his 
own house, in which he was greatly in- 
terested. He Avas an ardent friend of 
revivals of religion, and a warm sup- 
jiorter of the great benevolent institu- 
tions of the da)-. The tract cause lay 
near his heart. Of Mr. W. it may be 
said, in all truthfulness, he was a good 
man, full of the Holy Ghost, of faith and 
prayer. It may be interesting to his 
eastern friends to know that his change 
in church connection had no influence 
over liis views of Christian theology and 
experimental religion. He was thesame 
man, to the last, that he was when he 
labored among them so successfully in 
former years. As he lived, he died. ' He 
was prepared and ready to go. To him 
the grave had no terrors, death no sting; 
calm, jjcaceful, and resigned, he waited 
patiently till his change came. The 
scene around his death bed was one of 
true moral sublimity ; and no one who 
witnessed it could supjiress the prayer, 
" Let me die the death of the righteous, 
and let my last end be like his." e. c. 

Wheeler, Mrs. Dorcas, Greenfield, 
Saratoga Co., N. J., May 11, se. 86. 
She emigrated from Danbury, Conn., 
about the year 1793, and about a year 
thereafter united in matrimony with 'Mr. 
Jasper S. Wheeler, a young man of good 
repute, sober, industrious, and frugal. 
yir. and Mrs. Wheeler commenced house- 
kec])ing at that time, and upon the same 
farm, tlien a wilderness, where they re- 
sided until they severally descended to 
mother earth. By industry and econ- 
omy they acquired and maintained, not 
only a comjjetency fcjr their o-\vn suste- 
nance and comfort, but a hberal surjilus 
wjierewith to minister to the temi)oral 
wants of their less favored neighbors, 
and to contribute towards the sujjjjort of 
the religious institutions of their imme- 
diate vicinity. This family has ever taken 
a deep interest in the welfare of our 
common country. Highly enthusiastic 
politicians, they have been unilbrmly 
ujion the democratic side. 

Whi;i;lkii, Frederick, Esq., Framing 
ham, Mass., Dec. 23, te. 25, son of Li 



crease S. and Elizabeth A. M. Wheeler. 
He prei)ared for college at Philliiis Ex- 
eter Academy, and entering Harvard 
University, graduated in 1854. After 
jiassing a year in the office of Hon. 
Cliarles R. Train, he entered the law 
school, and received the degree of bach- 
elor of laws, at the commencement of 
1857. While engaged in his legal 
studies his health became impaired ; and 
in February last he sailed lor Port au 
I'rince, but, wrecked oft' one of the Ba- 
hama Islands, he abandoned the voyage, 
and came home in March. Disease" rap- 
idly develojied, and assumed finally one of 
the several tbrms of consumption. " Every 
means which medical skill or maternal 
love could devise to alleviate his jiains 
were adoi)ted. And seldom has there 
been a more jiatient, uncomjjlaining suf- 
ferer. It was while waiting to pass for- 
ever away that the strength and beauty 
of his character were fully maniliested. 
In his native town, at Exeter, at Cam- 
bridge, every where, he had won the 
confidence of the persons with whom he 
mingled ; and those who knew him best 
loved him most. His air of manliness, 
as manhood came, his outspoken sin- 
cerity, and his regard for truth, have 
commanded the respect of ])ersons, even, 
whose ojiinions were unlike his own. 
Friends, vho had careiully noted his 
moral and intellectual development, had 
seen that his sense of honor and vicAvs of 
honesty were those of a Christian gentle- 
man ; that he gave promise of becoming 
a dignified and eloquent advocate, a re- 
lial)le friend, and good citizen. 

"Wheeler, I{ev. J. M., Warsaw, ]\Io., 
Oct. 20, a?. — , a circuit preacher in the 
Methodist Episcopal church. 

Wheeler, Mrs. Mollv, Freebnrg, 
Pa., Oct. 23, cT. 92, widow of the late 
Josiah H. Wheeler. 

Wheeler, Mrs. Ruth, Lawrence, 
Mass., Aug. 13, EC. 80, a great-grand- 
daughter of the late Hannaia Dustin, of 
Haverhill. Her remains were conveyed 
to Mount Auburn for interment. 

Wheelock, Jose])h, New York city, 
!May IG, a>. 6i), formerly casliior of tlie 
Merchants Bank, I'rovidence, 11. I. 

Whidden, Mrs. Eliza, Portsmouth, 
X. II., April 7, IV. 79, widow of the late 
Mr. Micliael Whidden. 

WnipPLK, Anna, Providence, R. I., 
May 1. a^. 73, daughter of the late Capt. 
Jabez Whipple. 



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387 



Whipple, Capt. John, Philadelphia, 
Pa., Jan. 5, a>. 81. He was born in 
Danvers, Mass., in 1776, and was a son 
of Captain Job Whipple, of the American 
army, who was wounded at Bennington, 
fighting in the regiment of his uncle, Col. 
Wm. Whipple, of Portsmouth, one of 
the signers of the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence. 

Whipple, George, Bcston, Dec. 11, 
SB. 33, of typhus fever. He was junior 
partner in the house of S. K. Wliipple 
& Co., of this city ; a most estimable 
young gentleman ; son of Mr. Charles 
Whipple, of Xewburyport. 

Whipple, Hon. John, Concord, N. H., 
Aug. 28, 86. 69, a native of Massachu- 
setts. Mr. W. graduated at Dartmouth 
College in 1812; read law at the office 
of Baruch Chase, Esq., Hopkinton, N. H. ; 
in 1822 or 1823 he opened an office for 
the practice of law at Hooksett ; in 1825 
returned to Hopkinton ; in 1833 was 
chosen register of deeds, when he re- 
moved to Concord ; in 1 834 was ap- 
pointed solicitor for Merrimack Co., and 
served five years ; and at his decease 
was police justice of the city of Con- 
cord. 

Whittaker, Rev. Daniel, Maulmain, 
Burmah, Aug. 10, aj. — , one of the most 
foithful and useful of the missionaries of 
the Baptist Missionary Union. He was 
a son-in-law of Rev. Cephas Bennett. 

Whitcher, Mrs. Esther, Olneyville, 
R. I., Jan. 3, se. 82, widow of the late 
Amos Whitcher, of Seekonk, Mass. 

White, Andrew, Esq., Albany, N". Y., 
Nov. 17, se. 54. Mr. W. was born in 
1803, at West Middletown, Pa., soon after 
his parents came from Ireland. They 
removed from thence to Albany, where 
our deceased friend has ever since re- 
sided. We first made his acquaintance 
in 1814, at the office of Messrs. Web- 
sters & Skinnei*, in whose bookbindery 
he was an apprentice. When, in 1830, 
this Journal was established, Mr. W. con- 
nected himself with what was regarded 
a doubtful enterprise, and we do him but 
simple justice in saying that to his indus- 
try, watchfulness, intelligence, and atten- 
tions, at all times untiring and unre- 
mitting, was the estabhshment largely 
indebted for its immediate and enduring 
prosperity. During the first 12 years 
that Mr. W. took u])on himself the en- 
tire financial labors and responsibilities 
of the office, three of his associate pro- 



prietors retired, at diff'crcnt periods, with 
an aggregate of over 810(),<I()() in profits. 
After 14 years' service Mr. W'iiite him- 
self retired with an equal amount as his 
own well-merited dividend. But we fear 
that this long term of liard labor and 
close confinement cost him too dearlv. 
His constitution had been too severely 
taxed. There had been too hard a strain 
upon his body and mind. Tlie seeds of 
a tatal disease were there sown, from the 
eftects of which he had been sulfering, 
sometimes hopefully and at other times 
despondingly, for many years. Though 
for a long time out of business, he was 
never idle ; his own afikirs, and the af- 
fairs of friends and neighbors, all of which 
were cared for with equal alacrity and 
fidelity, giving him abundant emjjloy- 
ment. As receiver to the Albany Canal 
Bank, he discharged the duty with an 
ability which indicated him as highly 
fitted for financial usefulness ; and upon 
the death of the late James Taylor, >Ir. 
W. succeeded him as cashier of the Com- 
mercial Bank, with which institution he 
remained connected till his death. In 
the hope of improvement from a sea 
voyage and a change of chmate, ]\Ir. W. 
went to Europe in June last ; but his cUs- 
ease was one which no change, whether 
of cHme or circumstance, could ameli- 
orate. He was, in the best and truest 
sense of the term, a business man. After 
looking carefully to his own concerns, he 
was ever ready with friendly advice and 
assistance for those who needed both, 
and in this way he has rendered services 
which are gratefully remembered. Mr. 
W. made an early profession of religion, 
a profession which was exemplified by 
his Hfe. He was for many years a mem- 
ber of the Rev. Dr. Sprague's church, 
and a liberal contributor to all its chari- 
ties. — Journal. 

AVhite, Capt. Clement, Richmond, 

Va., , at an advanced ago. He 

was an old citizen of Richmond, and for 
a long series of years one of its most 
vigilant constables. He was a volunteer 
in the last war, and participated in many 
of the hardships of the north-western 
campaign. At the time of his deatli he 
held the position of superintendent of 
the Capitol. — Whig. 

White, Mrs. Hannah, Chicago, 111., 
Aug. 11, fe. — , wife of Dr. F. W. White, 
and daughter of James H. Spear, Esq., 
of Brookville. 



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White, Dr. Henry, Yorktown, West- 
chester Co., N. Y., Nov. o, ve. 74. 

WlllTK, Jacob, Alexandria, Campbell 
Co., Ivy., April 1 1, se. 90. Mr. W. was 
born in Orange Co., Va., in 17GG, and 
emii^rated to Kentucky in 1786. He 
was, in truth, one of the early pioneers, 
wliose courage and daring intrepidity in- 
duced him to relinquish the comforts 
and hosj)itality of Virginia life, and seek 
a home amid the wilds of the distant i 
west, there to encounter all the fatigues, 
privations, and dangers incident to the 
first settlers of Kentucky. The frequent 
and inhuman butcheries perpetrated by 
the Indians upon the i'rontier settlements 
of the " dark and bloody ground " called 
loudly u])on the few and dauntless spirits 
to rally to the protection of fathers, 
mothers, wives, and children,, and inflict 
summary vengeance and chastisement 
upon their savage foe. Mr. W. served 
in two expeditions against the Indians in 
the North-west Territory in 1791 ; the 
first under that gallant old war horse. 
Gov. Charles Scott, of Kentucky ; the 
second under Gen. Wilkinson. His cap- 
tain in both ex])editions was the brave 
Col. Dudley, who fell at the siege of 
Fort ^leigs in the war of 1812. During 
both campaigns a great many Indian 
towns were destroyed and prisoners 
taken. He settled upon the farm where 
he died Go years ago, and for three years 
was not ])ermitted the exercise of the 
elective franchise, Washington, in Mad- 
ison Co., being his nearest voting place, 
55 miles distant. He lived to see the 
labors of his early entcrjirise, and those 
of his compatiiots, crowned with un- 
bounded success ; he saw one vast, un- 
broken wilderness, the home a"nd haunt 
of the red man, gradually give way to 
the energy and industry of the hardy 
backwoodsmen ; he saw highly culti- 
vated farms, churches, school houses, 
towns, cities, steamboats, railroads, tel- 
egra])hs, and other works of art, start u]) 
as l)y magic, and the great west peopled 
by millions of enter])rising, industrious, 
intelligent citizens, capable of enjoying 
all the comfort and ha])pinoss peculiar to 
ou)' free institutions, and all the blessings 
and pros])erity the highest state of civil- 
ization can imjiart. Xo man ever sus- 
tained a higher character for integrity 
and moral worth than Mr. W. — quiet 
and unassuming in his intercourse ; in- 
dustrious, frugal, and economical ; a kind 



husband, an indulgent father, a good 
neighbor, a worthy citizen, and an honest 
man. ]May his numerous descendants 
and neighbors profit by his exemplary 
and upright conduct. 

White, Dr. J., Danville, O., April 19, 
ae. 45. His descent to the grave was 
very gradual, yet a most triumj'hant one. 
He a])proached death, the king of terrors, 
as David did the giant, in the strength 
of the Lord, and came off " more than 
conqueror, through Him that loved us 
and gave himself for us." As he Ment 
dowii to the valley of the shadow of 
death, he leaned on the arm of Jesus, 
the mighty one in whom he trusted. As 
Paul, he desired to depart and be with 
Christ, which was far better. 

White, Miss Josephine, Northfield, 
INIass., Feb. 24, ae. 46, daughter of Hon. 
James White. 

White, Mrs. Mary Eliza, Bent Creek, 
Ap])omattox Co., Va., May 10, a*. 39, 
wife of Dr. Wm. A. White, and daugh- 
ter of Capt. Alexander Mundy, of Am- 
herst Co. 

White, Robert, Sr., Danville, Va., 
March 29, eb. 69. " This good man was 
a native of New Jersey, and came to 
Virginia about 40 years ago. He spent 
most of his long and useful life in teach- 
ing the youth of our state, laboring dili- 
gently and conscientiously, not only to 
cultivate their minds, but to im])rove then' 
characters, to make them good and use- 
ful citizens, as well as competent business 
men, and to train them for the next world 
as well as to act well their part in the 
present Hfe. To eff'cct this, he combined 
example with precept, exemplifying in 
his own daily walk the beauty and excel- 
lency of that course of conduct which he 
recommended to those committed to his 
charge. Gentle in his dis])osition, unob- 
trusive and retiring in his manners, yetf 
stern and unyielding in his devotion to 
princi])le and in his discharge of duty, 
he was universally regarded as an orna- 
ment of the society in which he moved. 
He had long been an exemjilary mem- 
ber of the Presbyterian church in Dan- 
ville, and about six months ago was 
elected and ordained a ruling elder of 
the congregation. The Master whom he 
sers'ed has taken him from the labors of 
the church militant on earth, to the 
higher service and to the enjoyments of 
the church trium])hant in heaven ; and 
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May his bright example be emulated by 
his surviving brethren, and may they 
' follow him, even as he followed Christ.' 
"Were I called on to indite his epitaph, 
I would write the short, but compre- 
hensive and appropriate, sentence, ' He 
walls.ed with God.' " 

WILLIAM A. WHITE, ESQ., 

-, £E. 39. Mr. W. 



Madison, Wis., — 
was born at Watertown, Sept. 2, 1818, 
and was the only son of Aliijah White, a 
wealthy citizen of that place, who died 
in 1845, and whose children, besides his 
son, were si.x daughters, one of w'hom, 
now deceased, was the wife of Professor 
James Russell Lowell of Cambridge. 
The rest of the daughters are still living. 
One of them is married to Col. Ilichard- 
son, mayor of Worcestei-, and another to 
Charles W. Elliot, author of the recently 
published " History of New England." 

3Ir. W. graduated at Harvard College 
in 1838. Among his classmates were 
William Aspinwall, Wendell T. Davis, 
Charles Devens, Rufus Ellis, WiUiam 
W. Story, Nathan Hale, Jr., and Profes- 
sors Eustis and Lowell, of Harvard Uni- 
versity. Upon leaving college he en- 
tered the Law School, and afterwards 
studied in the office of B. R. Curtis, now 
one of the justices of the Supreme Court 
of the United States. He was admitted 
to the bar, but practised law for only a 
brief period, as he soon, with character- 
istic ardor and energy, threw himself 
into the anti-slavery and temperance 
movements, in behalf of which he was 
for several years conspicuous as a zealous 
and effective speaker and writer. 

In 1843 he made an anti-slavery lec- 
turing tour to the west, in company with 
George Bradburn and Frederick Doug- 
lass, and while in Indiana and Illinois 
was repeatedly assailed by mobs, and ex- 
posed to great personal danger. On one 
occasion he was severely injured in the 
head by stones and brickbats. After his 
return he became editor and publisher of 
the Excelsior, the New Englander, and 
the Washingtonian, temperance journals, 
which he conducted with vigor and abil- 
ity, and kept in existence at the expense 
of his own private fortune. In 1854 he 
removed to the west, and settled in Mad- 
ison, Wisconsin, where he soon became 
distinguished as an able and public-spir- 
ited citizen. At the time of his death, 
33* 



we believe, he was chairman of the Re- 
publican State Committee. In 1S55 he 
married a daughter of Justin Ikitterfield, 
of Chicago. He liad been previously 
married, in 1846, to INIiss Harriet Stur- 
gis, of Roxbury, who died in 1850, leav- 
ing two cliildren. 

In October, 185G, Mr. W. went from 
Madison to Milwaukie to attend the 
State Agricultural Fair. On the 9th of 
October he went to Chicago to see his 
wife, who was there on a visit to her 
mother. He returned to Milwaukie 
early on the morning of the 10th, took 
breakfast at his hotel, and walked out 
immediately afterwards. He was quite 
unwell at the time, and while at Chicago 
had complained of severe headache and 
nausea. He was met in the street by 
an acquaintance at a short distance from 
the hotel, and was not again seen alive. 
It appears that he continued his walk 
outside the city, along the Lake shore, 
for about two miles, until he reached 
a solitary bluff overlooking the water. 
Here he probably was seized with a fit 
or disease of the heart, to which he was 
subject, and died while seated on the 
edge of the bluff, looking down u])on the 
lake. The body was found long after by 
a boy, at the foot of the bluff, to which 
it had been In-ought by the full of a por- 
tion of the bank. 

There was nothing whatever in Mr. 
W.'s circumstances or character that ren- 
dered it probable that he had committed 
suicide. Notwithstanding the re]wrts to 
the contrary at the time of his death, it 
has been ascertained by his administra- 
tors that his pecuniary affairs were in a 
good condition. His own property, in- 
herited from his father, would have yiaid 
his debts twice over. His wife ])ossessed 
in her own right a very large ])ropcrty — 
an ample fortune, in fact. He was_ sin- 
gularly happy in his domestic relations, 
and was devotedly attached to his 
young children, for whose sake, in fact, 
he had been led to settle in the west. It 
is not to be presumed, without evidence, 
that he would, without cause, voluntarily 
desert them by taking his own life. 

Mr. W. possessed fine natural abili- 
ties. He was a fluent and impressive 
speaker, and wrote with ease and ])un- 
gency. He had a keen wit and a strong 
sense of humor, which frequently did 
him good serrice in the hot debates in 
which he was engaged as an anti-slavery 



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and temperance orator. In character he 
was in the highest degree frank, manly, 
generous, and upright. He was incapa- 
ble of a mean or selfish act ; and his 
first and only rule of action was to do j 
what was right, without regard as to | 
whether it was expedient. When satis- | 
fied that he was on the right track, he 
went ahead with a constitutional courage 
that amounted to absolute fearlessness. 
As an eminently brave, sincere, and hon- 
est man, who earnestly sought to do his 
duty, and to benefit his fellow-men at 
the cost of much personal sacrifice to 
himself, he will long be remembered with 
affection and respect by an unusually 
extensive circle of friends and acquaint- 
ances. 

AVhitehead, IVIrs. Julia M., Burke 
Co., Ga., Jan. 8, ae. 55, Avife of John 
Whitehead, last surviving daughter of 
Major John Perrien, of the continental 
army, and mother of many children, of 
whom none remain. 

Whitfield, Major J. T., Anderson, 
S. C, May 12, at an advanced age, one 
of our oldest and most respected citizens. 
He studied law at Abbeville Court House, 
under the late Benjamin C. Yancy, and 
removed to Pendleton Village about 1810, 
where he formed a copartnership with 
him in the practice of his profession. 
After the division of Pendleton District 
he removed to this place, and has been 
ever since a constant attendant at our 
bar. He has been a consistent and up- 
right politician, and ably and faithfully 
represented the people of this district in 
our state legislature at various times. 
Whatever may have been his faults, he 
possessed a noble and generous nature, 
which endeared him to a large circle of 
friends, who will deeply mourn his loss. — 
Anderson G/izetie. 

Whiting. Mrs. Catharine, New York 
city, Sei)t. 20, 1S,>6, ;p. 64, widow of the 
late William II. Whiting, and was buried 
in the same grave with him, at Hudson, 
N.Y. 

WlirnxG, Calvin, Boston. Mass., June 
26, IV. 62, a well-known citizen. 

WlllTINfi, Clement, Cvnthiana, Posev 
Co., Ind., Feb. 13, hS56, iv. 06. lie was 
born in Fredericksburg, V.a., Oct. 12, 
1789. 

WniTiNG, Dr. Henry, Lowell, Mass., 
June 2.3, !C. 3o. In the list of deceased 
graduates of Harvard University of the 



year 1857 occurs the name of Dr. Henry 
Whiting, of Lowell, who was a number 
of the class of 1842. He was the son 
of Ca])t. Phineas Whiting and Sarah Co- 
burn Whiting, and was born in that ]:iart 
of Chelmsford which is now Lowell, Feb. 
19, 1822. He ])repared for college partly 
in Lowell, partly in Boston, under the 
instruction of Mr. Tillv Brown Havward, 
(H. U. 1820,) and partly in l)erry,'N. H. 
He studied medicine partly with Dr. 
Oilman Kimball, of Lowell, with Dr. 
Marshall S. Perry, of Boston, at Jeffer- 
son College, Pa., and at the Harvard 
Medical School. He received the degree 
of M. I), at Jefferson College in 1845, 
and immediately afterwards went to 
Paris, where he com})leted his ])rofessional 
studies, and in addition travelled over a 
great part of the continent. On his 
return he began practice in the city of 
Lowell. The subject of the above mea- 
gre biographic outline had not made his 
name familiar to the public at large by 
professional eminence at the time of his 
decease. Indeed, the brief jieiiod allotted 
to him on earth hardly admitted of the 
winning of distinction. But he had won 
what is far better than mere fame ; to 
wit, the deep regard and esteem of all 
such as knew him best, composing a 
large circle of associates and friends, 
whose regret at his early demise was 
pro])ortioned to the genial ai:d sterling 
qualities which made up his character. 
Placed by an inherited comi^etence above 
the necessity of drudging at the outset 
in his profession for the means of sub- 
sistence. Dr. W. was neither com])elled 
nor disposed to thrust himself and his 
attainments in medical science obtru- 
sively on the ]nibhc at starting ; but 
those who had the good Ibrtune to know 
him and his merits were well aware that 
his knowledge of the arduous ])rofession 
which he had selected was such as might 
be ex]H'Cted from the combination of rare 
abilities and rare ojjportunities. Once 
fairly enlisted in active practice, he must 
have attained to an enviable position. 
For the young ])hysician, as well as the 
young lawyer, there is always, or with 
rare excejjticns, a jieriod of proliation to 
be gone through before an extended IhinI- 
ness can be attained, no matter what 
may be the merits of the prolnitioner. 
Dr. W.'s mind was naturally strong, and 
endowed with great shrewdness of obser- 
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of the charlatan and quack, and scorned 
to malte his way in his jjrol'ession by any 
questionable resorts. His sense of honor 
was high ; and he had a native and inbred 
honesty which could brook no taint. In 
short, he was a true gentleman. Hence 
the deep regard of all who knew him 
intimately. They felt that in him per- 
fect and complete reliance might be 
placed. His perception and enjoyment 
of the humorous was keen and intense. 
The faculty of humor is always strong in 
the finest class of minds. Hence the 
great geniality and attractiveness of Dr. 
W.'s disposition. It was warm and 
glowing, and infected all who came within 
its play with the most pleasurable emo- 
tions. He was naturally reserved ; but, 
when once his acquaintance was made, 
he was the truest and kindest of friends. 
His quick and keen insight into charac- 
ter, combined with his sense of humor, 
made his conversation, in hours of social 
intercourse, most genial, racy, and enter- 
taining. x\gain and again will his sur- 
viving friends and companions recur to 
his memory with an ever-increasing regret 
at his early departure ; for his death, in 
truth and earnest, created a void " in 
love's shining circle " not easily filled — 
a hiatus valde dct^endus, and not only 
valde, but longe also. This is not the 
formal language of mere matter-of-course 
obituary respect, but genuine verity. 
What though, then, he missed the op- 
portunity, through shortness of life, of 
attaining to professional eminence ? he 
lived long enough to make for himself a 
place in the hearts of all who knew him. 
He died in the flush of manhood, with 
high hopes and expectations unfulfilled ; 
and his ashes were consigned to the 
earth when nature was arrayed in all the 
pomp and greenness of June, the gala 
month of the year. How sharp was the 
contrast between the clay-cold corpse of 
youthful manhood and the carnival glad- 
ness of nature through which it was borne 
to its final resting place ! But, according 
to the well-known saying of the ancients, 
" to die young is Heaven's divinest gift," 
and, indeed, an evidence of heavenly 
regard. However this may be, certain it 
is that, though such a death forbids the 
ripening of the fruit of early promise, 
still it is not without its consolations. It 
relieves its subject from the inevitable 
pains and miseries which cloud life's reg- 
ular setting. Under such an allotment, 



the decrepitude of failing senses, of dark- 
ened memory, and blunted intellect can 
never be known. 

WuiTLNG, Mrs. Lucy A., Great Bar- 
rington, Aug. 18, a>. GG, widow of the 
late Gen. John Whiting. Slie was born 
in Sandwich, iSIass., of pious parents, and 
was the descendant of a ])ious Puritan 
ancestry. Many years of licr early lil'e 
were spent in the tamily of her lincle, 
Rev. Alvan Hyde, 1). \)., of Lee. Her 
energy, her kindness, and her uniform 
piety rendered her very dear to him and 
to ever}' member of her familj-. She 
was there in seasons of sore bereave- 
ment, when, with sympathizing heart, 
she aided in all the cares of life and love. 
While there she became the wife of Gen. 
Whiting. In that station she exhibited 
the characteristics of a true woman. 

Whiting, Mrs. Sarah H., Taylor's 
Falls, Minn., May 21, se. — , youngest 
daughter of the late Joseph Hayes, of 
South Hadley, Mass. 

Whitmax, Freeman, Toledo, O., April 
6, fe. 48. ~Sl\\ W. was a valuable citizen, 
a sincere Christian, and an upi-ight busi- 
ness man. His example is a rich legacy 
to posterity. 

Whitmire, Mrs. Mary D., Metamora, 
111.. Oct. 19, cT. — , wife of Dr. Z. H. 
Whitmire, and daughter of Ilev. Ezra B. 
Kellogg. 

Whitney. Mrs. Abigail, Pembroke, 
N. H., :\Iarch 26, a?, 70, widow of the 
late Samuel Whitney. 

Whitney, Rev. Dewey, M. D., Rankin 
Co., Miss., July 27, se. — , a worthy man 
and much respected citizen. 

Whitney, Mrs. Elizabeth, Westmin- 
ster, Nov. 18, 0B. 91 years and 9 months, 
widow of the late Jonas Whitney, Esq. 

Whitney, Mrs. Pliebe C, ^s■cwark, 
N. J., :March 9, aj. 32, wife of Rev. E. 
Whitne}'. 

Whiton, James M., Holderness, 

N. H., 21, a>. 47, son of Rev. Dr. 

Whiton of Antrim, X. H. He was for 
many years an active business man in 
Boston, Mass. In early life he became 
a member, of the visible church, and 
continued such until the day of his 
death. In the midst of numerous and 
pressing cares and responsibilities he 
died very suddenly. His remains 
were brought to Boston, Mass., for in- 
terment in Mount Auliurn Cemetery. 
The funeral was attended in the Old 
South Chapel. Rev. Dr. Blagden spoke 



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impressively on the occasion from the 
following j)assage in the Epistle of 
James : " Go to, now, ye that say to- 
da)' or to-morrow, Me will go into such a 
city, and continue there a year, and 
buy and sell and get gain ; whereas ye 
know not what shall be on the morrow. 
For what is yom- life ? It is even a va- 
por, that appeareth for a little time, 
and then vanisheth away. For ye 
ought to say. If the Lord will, we shall 
live, and do this, or that." 

WliiTOX, Dr. Lyman, Henry, 111., 
May 27, ir. 55. He was a native of 
Lee, Berkshire Co., Mass., for many 
years a resident of New York, and for 
six years past of Michigan and Illinois. 
For five weeks he has been prostrated 
by pneumonia, yet a cheerful, conscious 
sufferer. During tliis time he has di- 
rected liis own prescriptions, with a 
clear mind, detected each change in his 
disease, and noted its rapid progress. 
In the midst of usefulness, even as he 
had lived, he died, surrounded by pa- 
tients who Kngered for the restoration 
of his strength, that they might hear 
the counsel which should restore them 
to health and hope, and amid the bless- 
ings of those who have experienced 
the sldll of this ardent friend of science 
and humanity. 



WiiiTOX, Mrs. 
Conn., April 14, ae. 
late Dea. Otis W. 

WiiriTJDGE, Dr. 
Bedford, Mass., 



Sophia, Chaplin, 
52, widow of the 



William 
28, jp. - 



C. 



New 
" The 



demise of tlie venerable Dr. Whitridge, 
which took place at his residence in this 
city, from an attack of erysipelas, will 
be deplored by a wide circle among us 
as the loss of an intelligent and estima- 
ble personal friend — one whose heart 
ever resjjondcd with generous symj)athy 
alike to tlieir weal and woe in life. In a 
2)rofessional career extending through a 
period of half a century. Dr. W. has ever 
deservedly maiutainod a high reputation 
for medical skill, l)oth with the public 
generally and the members of the faculty 
with whom he has been associated, one 
of the latter of whom ver}' recently as- 
sured that during the last 25 years 
scarcely a single week had passed in 
which he had not consulted with him 
upon cases occurring in their medical 
jjractice. As a man, he was honored 
and esteemed by all ; as a physician, he 
was valued and' respected j and, as a 



kind friend and benefactor, he was liberal 
and sincere. 

' Ot't ti) iilieve the wretched was his pride ; ' 

and freely were his valuable professional 
services rendered, until his last illness, to 
the poor and needy as to those ujion 
whom fortune had lavished its am])lest 
bounty. The loss which the community 
has sustained in the de]ianure of such a 
man, although in the fulness of his years, 
will not sjiecdily be obliterated." — A'cw 
Bedford Mercury. 

Whittemore, Edward, Cleveland, 0., 
Jan. 18, ff. o6. 

WlliTTEMOEE, William Hem-y, Cam- 
bridge, ISlass., Feb. 9, a?. 23, only son of 
Thomas J. Whittcmore, Esq., a graduate 
of Harvard College of the class of 1853, 
and a young man of much promise. 

WlllTTENTON, ]\lrs. Losa, Bristol, 

Mass., , a?. 34, wile of Edward 

Whittenton. 

WlilTTllOENE, Dewitt C, Shelhyville, 

— , , a.'. — . " But a few months 

since, in October, we believe, Mr. W. left 
here for the scene of Walker's struggle 
in Central America, full of high hope 
and buoyant anticipations. On his arri- 
val in Nicaragua he immcdiatelj- enlisttd 
in the army of emanci] ation, and, we 
learn, participated with honor and credit 
in five engagements ere his untimely 
decease. In the fifth battle, at the siege 
of Grenada, he was wounded, and, on 
being removed to the hospital, ditd of 
cholera, engendered by the efhuvia of the 
unburicd corjises of the slain in that hard- 
fought contest." 

WiiiTTlER, Mrs. Abigail H., Ames- 
bury, Mass., , a^. 78, the mother 

of John Greenleaf Whittier, the Quaker 
poet. This venerable and highly es- 
teemed Quaker lady had lived with her 
daughter and son many years previous 
to her death in their little cottage in 
Amesbury, Mass. She leaves a numer- 
ous circle of loving friends, among the 
l)oor and suffering, who were benefited 
l)y her unobtrusive kindness, a most 
characteristic example of which is re- 
corded by her son in one of his pleas- 
ant reminiscences of boyhood, ])ul)lislied 
in his volume of prose sketches, en- 
titled " Litex-ary Recreations." 

Whittle, Fortescue, Esq., jNIill 
Bank, Mecklenburg Co., Va., Dec. 2G, 
n\ 81. Mr. W. was a native of the 
County Antrim, in Lelaud, and at an 



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early age embraced the patriotic side in 
the political dissension which so long 
distracted that unhappy country. To 
avoid the persecutions of the govern- 
ment of that day he came to this coun- 
try, and settled in Norfolk, where he 
married the only daughter of Col. Wm. 
Davies, of the army of the revolution, 
the son of the Ilev. Samuel Davies, 
president of Princeton College, in New 
Jersey. He here embarked in com- 
mercial pursuits in 1803, and was large- 
ly engaged in commerce during the 
trying times which subsequently visited 
our community. Some years after the 
war of 1812 he retired to his plantation 
in Mecklenburg, where he has contin- 
ued to reside for upwards of 40 years, 
blessed in the society of the wife of his 
youth, his companions of half a centu- 
ry, and of a family of nine sons and 
three daughters, who sprang up around 
them. Of his sons, one only preceded 
him to the tomb, dying the death of a 
hero in the naval service, in which he 
was a surgeon, giving himself a sacri- 
fice to the cause of duty, of the conse- 
quences of which he Avas fully aware. 
Mr. W. died a consistent member of the 
Episcopal church, departing peacefully 
and resignedly, in the full possession of 
his mental faculties, leaving to his fam- 
ily and many friends no unpleasing rec- 
ollection (though tinged with melan- 
choly) of his general worth, his cheer- 
fulness in the hour of prosperity, and 
his business tact and resolution under 
adverse circumstances. 

WiGGix, Mrs. Abbie A., Owego, 
N.Y., Aug. 13, se. 38, wife of A. B. 
"VViggin, A. M., principal of Owego 
Academy. 

AViGGiN, George W. F., Mount Ver- 
non, Me., Oct. 30, ae. 25, a member of 
the sophomore class, Waterville College. 

WiGGiN, Mrs. Mary, Lynn, Mass., 
June 30, se. 95, widow of the late Wil- 
liam Wiggin, the oldest person in L. 

WiLBER, Mrs. Arabella, RajTiham, 
Mass., Sept. 6, x. 82. 

Wilbur, Mrs. Sylvia R, North Dart- 
mouth, Mass., , se. 56, wife of 

Thomas K. Wilbur, a worthy member j 
and elder of the society of Friends. ! 

Wilcox, Mrs. Louisa, Trenton, N. J., i 
Jan. 14, fe. — , wife of Rev. James F. 
Wilcox, of Trenton, and daughter of 
Noah Smith, Esq., of South Heading, 
Mass. 



Wilcox, Mrs. Iluth, Clyde, N. Y., 
Nov. 17, SB. 84, widow of the late Wm. 
Wilcox. She, with her fathiT, Mr. 
Gideon Durfee, moved, with his family, 
from Rhode Island, at a very early day, 
and was among the first settlers of the 
town. She was at that time 17 years 
of age, and has resided in town ever 
since. She has lived to see the then 
M'ild wilderness, the hunting grounds of 
the Senecas, pass away and give place 
to art and civihzation. She was the 
mother of a large family, and lived to 
see her fourth generation. 

Wildcat, — , Loredo, Texas, 

— , a?. — . A letter in the St. Antonio 
Texan, dated Loredo, Texas, May 25, 
states that Wildcat, the celebrated 
Seminole chief, who gave the United 
States so much trouble during the Sem- 
inole war, is dead ; he, with 40 of his 
followers, having fallen victims to the 
small pox. 

Wilder, Abel, Temple, Me., , 

a^. 84, one of the earliest settlers of the 
town. 

Wildes, Hon. Asa "W., Newbury- 
port, Mass., Dec. 4, ae. 71, a graduate 
of Dartmouth College, in 1809, a re- 
spectable counsellor at law in Newbury- 
port, and for many years one of the 
county commissioners for Essex Co. 

Wiley, Mrs. Mary F., Jeffersonville, 
Va., Feb. 9, se. — , at Emory and Henry 
College, wife of Dr. William S. Wiley, 
and daughter of Major Joseph W. Da- 
vis. 

Wilkin, Daniel, Newark, O., April 
27, oe. 72. He was a native of Virginia, 
emigrated to Licking Co. in 1809, and 
has, therefore, been a citizen of the 
county for 48 years. During this peri- 
od he has been favorably known, mod- 
est, and even retiring. His worth was 
most appreciated by his intimate friends. 
That he lived respected and died la- 
mented was evinced by the large num- 
ber who attended his funeral. 

WiLKiNS, Mrs. Ann, Fort Washing- 
ton, N. Y., Nov. 13. ce. — . This devot- 
ed and heroic lady, so long connected 
with our Liberia mission, has gone to 
her rest. But a few weeks since, or 
perhaps the last Sabbath she spent 
in the house of God, she addressed the 
assembly, in her modest and devout 
manner, on the subject of missions. 
The impression made on that occasion 
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heard her. Our missionary board have 
passed appropriate resolutions respect- 
ing her decease. — Church Advocate. 

WiLKlxs, Mrs. Lydia, , 

, le. 71, widow of Benj. "VVilkins, 

late of Hillsboro', N. H. 

WiLKixs, StiUman P., Alden, Erie 
Co., N. Y., March 14, a?. 48, formerly 
of Heading, Vt. 

WiLLAUD, Mrs. Abba Gregory, "Wil- 
ton, Conn., Jan. 3, a?. 59, wife of Dr. 
David W. 

WiLLAiiD, Benjamin, Pleasants Co., 
Va., April 1, a>. 68. He was a native 
of Boxboro', Mass., but removed to Vir- 
ginia in 1819, nearly 40 years ago, 
since Mhich period he has resided 
mainly in that vicinity. A graduate of 
Harvard University, he was a ripe clas- 
sical scholar, and the graces acquired 
in his academic course adorned him 
through life. He was also a lawyer by 
profession, having studied that science 
in his youth, but never, so far as the 
writer's knowledge extends, essaj'ed to 
practise law. Becoming largely inter- 
ested in land titles, however, he was 
long involved in extensive Utigation, 
and the skill -^ith which he arranged 
his evidence fully attested his ability to 
have acquired legal renown had his as- 
phations tended thitherward. Owing 
to the courses just above indicated, he 
was much before the public, was well 
known throughout a wide extent of 
country, and was highly esteemed for 
his strict probity and other excellences 
of character. He was a good citizen, 
a firm friend, a kind father, and gener- 
ous neighbor, possessing a heart and 
hand " open as day to the plaints of 
melting charity." Peace to his remains. 

WlLi-ARD, Mrs. Sarah Ann, Keese- 
ville, N. Y., April 1, a-. G2, wife of Capt. 
Lynde ^Villard. 

WiLLAKD, Mrs. Susan P., Deerfield, 
Mass., Aug. 24, a'. 74, wife of Rev. Dr. 
Willard. 

WiiJ.cox, Joseph M., Timbuctoo, 
Cal., April 14, te. 38, son of the late 
Joseph AMllcox, and grandson of the 
late Edward Willcox, a former hcu- 
tenant governor of 11. I. 

Wii.i.KY, Mrs. Hannah, La Crosse 
Co., "Wis., April 5, a'. 39, wife of Dea. 
Stei)hcn Willey. Mrs. W., whose 
maiden name was Hannah Philbrick, 
was born in Meredith, X. H., professed 
faith in Christ when only 14 years of 



age, and remained a consistent member 
of the Baj)tist church until the close of 
her earthly pilgrimage. She had a large 
measure of affliction, and this she bore 
with pecuHar Christian fortitude, seek- 
ing to make the whole of life a scene of 
usefulness. Being deprived of the com- 
panion of her youth, i\Ir. Nathaniel G. 
Curtis, by death, she was married to 
Dea. Willey in 1849, with whom she 
resided in Conway, N. H., until the fall 
of 1855, when she, with her husband, 
removed to the far A\cst, and settled 
near the city of La Crosse. Here, un- 
like too many of western emigrants, 
she sought and found a home in the 
church, from which it is believed that 
she has now gone to that better home 
in the skies. 

Willey, Mrs. Hester Ann, Morgan- 
town, Va., July 20, a?. 29, wife of Dr. 
M. Y. Willey, and daughter of Mr. Al- 
exander Hayes. 

Willey, * Dr. M. Y., Morgantown, 
Va., Nov. 10, a^. 35, higldy respected 
as a physician and a citizen. 

Williams, Mrs. Diantha L. F.,Fra- 
mingham Centre, !Mass., Aug. 2, a\ 41, 
wife of Charles Williams, Esq. She was 
an affectionate and beloved wife and 
mother, and a humble foUoAver of 
Christ. 

Williams, Hon. Christopher H., 
West Tennessee, Dec. — , a). — . He 
was for a long time a member of Con- 
gress; where he was familiarly known as 
" Kit Williams." He was one of the 
most popular men of West Tennessee, 
and goes down to his grave full of years 
and full of honors. 

WILLLA.MS, EHsha, Chelsea, Mass., 
Feb. 10, ae. 93. Mr. W. enjoyed the 
confidence and respect of all who knew 
him in life, and has left the memory of 
a good name to a numerous circle* of 
relatives. May his death be sanctified 
to the good of all liis kindred. 

Williams, Enos, Hamburg, Erie 
Co., N. Y., Feb. 22, a^. 92. He was the 
last of the family of Jonathan Williams, 
Esq., late of Lebanon Co., consisting of 
nine persons, whose united ages amount 
to over 700 years, averaging about 80 
yeai's each. Few families have attained 
so great an age. They A\ere firm adher- 
ents to the American cause during the 
revolution, and shared largely in the 
toils and privations of that eventful 
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times 



being attached to 



the regular 



army. Ebeiiezei', the oldest, joined it 
as lieutenant, under Gen. Gates, near 
Cambridge, previous to the battle of 
Bunker's Ilill, and continued in the ser- 
vice till the close of the war. He was 
engaged in several of the hardest fought 
battles ; was present at the surrender of 
Burgoyne, and also at the battle of Mon- 
mouth ; was intrusted with the charge 
of King's Ferry during the possession 
of New York by the British, and at 
Yorktown (the day on which he was 34 
years old — he died at the age of 98) 
led the forlorn hope in storming the 
British batteries, which resulted in the 
surrender of Lord Cornwallis and the 
establishment of the independence of 
the United States. 

Williams, Hon. George H., Nash- 
ville, Tenn., April 9, x. 70. 

WiLLlAJis, Isaac, Boston, Mass., 

, £e. — , an old and prominent 

citizen of Boston. 

Williams, John P., Macao, China, 
July 25, a*. 31, formerly of Utica, N. Y., 
brother of Rev. S. Wells Williams, mis- 
sionary in Cliina, and of Rev. Frederick 
Williams, missionary at Mosul. A Uti- 
ca paper, in making this announcement, 
says, " The deceased was well known 
to many of our readers. He had been 
connected with telegraphic establish- 
ments in Utica, and many other cities 
in the Northern States, previous to his 
departure from Norfolk, in Feb., 1854, 
in the United States frigate Powhattan, 
to join Com. Perry's expedition to Ja- 
pan ; in which he was appointed, with 
the late W. B. Draper, to take charge 
of a telegraph to be set up in Japan. 
The service was thoroughly pei'formed, 
though the Japanese were unwilling to 
have the telegraph extended, and de- 
clined the offer of these two young men 
to remain in the empire, and make it 
useful to them. On leaving Simoda, 
Mr. W. was employed in the United 
States ship Macedonian, under Capt. 
Joel Abbott, in the survey of Killon 
harbor, in Formosa, and the exploration 
of the coal mines near it. On return- 
ing to Hong Kong, he was appointed 
to the United States chartered steam- 
ship. Queen, Lieut. Commanding G. H. 
Preble, in which he bore part in two at- 
tacks made on Heels of piratical Chinese 
boats found among the islands off the 
mouth of the river. During the time 



ho was in the navy, from December, 
1853, till April, 1855, he was rated a 
master's mate, and employed in many 
responsible capacities. He left the ser- 
vice, and entered the river steamers, 
where, in command of the steamer 
Spark, and afterwards of the Portuguese 
steamer Lily, has acquired a high repu- 
tation as a careful, courteous, and skil- 
ful captain. He died at the residence 
of his brother, S. Wells Williams, after 
an illness of six weeks, (superinduced 
by eating of the poisoned bread at Hong 
Kong, in December last,) which he bore 
with patient composure. His funeral 
was attended by all the Americans, and 
many English and foreign residents in 
Macao, with several Portuguese — 
among whom were Dr. Parker, the 
American minister, the American and 
English consuls, &c. The U. S. ship 
Levant displayed her flag at half mast, 
in Hong Kong, as did all the American 
shipping there, on hearing the next day 
of his demise." 

Williams, Rev. L. W., Landisburg, 
Perry Co., Pa., May 7, sa. about 51, pas- 
tor of the Presbyterian congregations 
at Landisburg Centre, and 131aine, in 
the same county. 

Williams, Mrs. Martha, Chelsea, 
Mass., Dec. 27, se. 70. Mrs. W. was 
born at North Stonington, Conn., where 
she always resided until 1S3G, when the 
family removed to New Haven. After 
the death of her youngest daughter in 
1847, she went to Chelsea to spend a 
few months with her only survi\'ing 
daughter, Mrs. L., and with. her she 
has passed the most of her time since, 
though always regarding Now Haven 
as her home. The many virtues, the 
marked piety and usefulness, of Mrs. 
W. secured to her a large circle of en- 
deared friends wherever she has re- 
sided. She early united with the Con- 
gregational church in her native place, 
and so long as that place was her home 
she was literally a pillar in that church, 
a great comfort to her minister, and 
faithful to every trust. In this city and 
in Chelsea, the praying women with 
whom she was brought in contact will 
long remember her. Her house was 
always open to the Christian traveller. 
She "was " given to hosjiitality."' More 
truly than of most may it be said of her, 
she was diligent in business, fervent in 
spu-it, serving the Lord. Faithful and 



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affectionate as a Avife, devoted and anx- 
ious as a mother, true and trustful as a 
friend, consistent and earnest as a Clms- 
tian, — her death has left a vacancy 
naught in this -world can fill. 

Williams, Mrs. Mary, Williamston, 
Ingham Co., ]\Iich., Dec. 4, a;. 7H, relict 
of Oswald Williams, formerly of Bata- 
via. Thus has passed away from earth 
another of the early settlers of the vil- 
lage of Batavia. One by one, the early 
pioneers of our village — those who 
sought in it a home when the wild 
woods occupied the place where now 
stand the temples of our worsliip — are 
silently dropping away, leaving only a 
remembrance of their good deeds be- 
hind them. Oswald Williams was him- 
self among the earliest settlers of the 
place, being among the 31 male resi- 
dents of the village in 1802. Mrs. W., 
if we mistake not, was not a resident 
there until 1S07. She was the mother 
of eight children, five of whom have 
preceded her to the spirit land. 

Williams, Mrs. Kachel, Blanford, 
Mass., Sept. 2, a;. 70, widow of Israel 
Williams, Esq. 

Williams, Mrs. Olive B., Cheshire, 
Conn., April 25, se. 54, wife of Hon. 
Samuel "Williams. 

Williams, Mrs. Sarah, Lancaster, 
N. H., Feb. 23, ae. — , wife of Ex-Gov. 
Williams. 

Williams, Mrs. Sara P., New York 
city, Nov. 7, a?. 64, widow of the late 
Rev. Samuel P. Williams, former pas- 
tor of Federal Street Church in New- 
buryport, Mass. 

AVilliams, Dr. Wm. C, Manchester, 

Centre, Conn., , sc. — . Anxiety 

in regard to his pecuniary affairs is said 
to have caused his death, having lost 
$10,000 by the failure of the Ohio Life 
and Trust Com])any. 

Williams, William C, Millersburg, 
Kv., .Ian. 30, re. 50. 

Williams, Willis S., St. Louis, Mo., 
March 30, a>. — , for many years a con- 
spicuous lawyer of that city. 

Williamson, Abraham, Cornwall, 
Vt., March 28, a^. 81. He was one of 
the oldest settlers of Cornwall, having 
resided on the same farm over (>() years, j 

Williamson, Henry B., Philadel- 
phia, .Tan. 20, ;r. — , a man highly cs- [ 
teemed for his many amiable qualities. 

Williamson, Gen. James N., Cov- 
ington, Newton Co., Ga , vo. — , 



for many years a prominent lawyer and 
conservative politician of the up-country. 

Willis, Mrs. Electa, Columbia, 
Boone Co., Mo., jSIarch 20, a>. — , wife 
of John M. Willis, formerly of Morris 
Co., N. J. 

Willis, Richard B., Esq., Oxford, 
Talbot Co., Md., , ss. — , was col- 
lector of the port. 

Willis, Mrs. Sarah, Auburn, Me., 
Oct. — , 86. 97, widow of James Willis. 

AViLLlSTON, Capt. Job, Bristol, R. I., 
May 20, a;. 73. 

Wills, James P., Esq., Portsmouth, 
Va., March 4, a?. 32, formerly of Isle of 
Wight Co., who has been for several 
years past a deputy clerk of Norfolk Co. 

Wilson, Miss Abby, Denmark, Iowa, 
Sept. 17, ff. 44. She was a native of 
New Ipswich, N. H., and daughter of 
S. Wilson, Esq. She was a noble 
woman, and filled up life with usefid- 
ness. Her great Avork on earth was 
that of a teacher. To that she devoted 
26 years of her life, her amiable and 
cheerful disposition always disposed to 
make the best of every thing ; her be- 
nevolent heart, and her desire to do 
good to those around her, won the con- 
fidence of children and parents, and 
opened the hearts of her pu])ils to her 
instruction ; her firmness and decision 
of character enabled her to control 
those under her care by the law of 
kindness, and to discharge her difficult 
duties to the satisfaction of all. 

Wilson, Benjamin, Petersburg, 111., 
Jan. 4, a^. 64. He was born in Shenan- 
doah Co., Va., and emigrated to Lick- 
ing Co., O., March, 1804, where he re- 
sided till Nov., 1814. 

Wilson, Caleb, Hillsboro', N. C, 
Feb. 26, a". 80. He Avas a consistent 
member of the Episcopal church, and 
bore his protracted illness with great 
patience and fortitude. 

Wilson, Mr. F. H., Hickman, Ky., 
Jan. 13, sc. 42. He was son of the late 
Col. James Wilson, and was born in 
Monroe Co., Ky., Oct. 26, 1814, where 
he resided until he had attained his 
majority. In 1 83(5 he married tlie daugh- 
ter of Capt. James Turner, of Cumber- 
land Co., Ky., where he afterwards re- 
moved, and was for many years engaged 
in a successful mercanlile business. In 
1839 he joined the Christian lieformed 
church, of which he remaini'd a consist- 
ent and active member until his death. 



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In 1853 Mr. Wilson moved to this 
county, since Avhich time he has been 
identified with every effort for the im- 
provement of this city and the sur- 
rounding country. His death has cre- 
ated a vacancy which will be hard to fill. 
He was one of nature's noblemen ; for 
a truer and kinder hearted man never 
lived. By his death his wife has lost a 
kind and "devoted husband, his children 
an affectionate father, the church an ac- 
tive and consistent member, our town 
one of its best and most enterprising 
citizens, and the masonic order, of which 
he had long been a member, one of its 
brightest lights. He Avas buried with 
masonic ceremony, and his remains were 
followed to their last resting place by 
the largest number of the citizens gen- 
erally that ever turned out here upon 
such an occasion. 

Wilson, Dr. Hugh, Colorado Co., 
Texas, June 3, se. 56. He was born 
and raised four miles west of Lexington, 
Va. He was a graduate of the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania, and practised his 
profession in Lewisburg for about 20 
years. He was a skilful and popular 
phvsician, and gained to himself a very 
clever reputation as such. In order to 
find a climate better suited to his health, 
which had become delicate, he removed 
to the State of Texas, w^here he spent 
the last few years of his life a successful 
cotton planter. He was a true Virginia 
gentleman, high-minded, honorable, and 
truthful in all the relations of life, and 
w^as universally respected and beloved 
bv all who knew him, both in his native 
and his adopted state. He has left an 
affectionate and devoted wife and chil- 
dren, and numerous other friends and 
relations, both in Texas and Virginia, to 
mourn his loss. And whilst they mourn, 
may they have submission to God's will, 
and the consolation and comforts which 
his grace alone can bestow. 

Wilson, James, Fawn township, York 
Co., Pa., , se. 91. 

Wilson, John, Windsor township, 
York Co., Pa., , te. 89. 

The aged citizens, whose demise is 
mentioned above, were brothers, and 
among the best citizens of the county. 
After long and useful lives, they were 
"gathered to their fathers," but two 
davs separating them in death. 

Wilson, John, Westfield, N.Y., March 
22, 86. 52. Mr. W., together with sev- 
34 



cral of his kindred and friends, from 
Ivent Co., England, emigrated some 25 
years ago ; and he had lived with us 
long enough to dcvclo]) many excellent 
traits of character. Conscientious and 
ujjright in all his intercourse with his fel- 
low-men, ingenious and exact in all his 
mechanical labors, strictly faithful to ev- 
ery engagement, an cxem])lary Cln-istian, 
modest and amiable in liis deportment 
to all, possessing an unusual share of in- 
telligence and refinement of manners, 
and never involved in controversy or 
strife with any one, how em])liatically 
does the voice that has spoken him to 
silence admonish us all to " go and do 
likewise " ! His decease is deeply felt and 
lamented by our whole community, but 
much more deeply by his bereaved and 
well-ordered family, of which he was the 
head and ornament. 

Wilson, Johnson, Bowdoin, Me., 
March 31, a?. 82. 

Wilson, Jonathan, Gallatin, Tcnn., 
Oct. 9, EP. 84. He was born in Meck- 
lenburg Co., N. C, in 1774 ; was the 
son of Zaccheus AVilson, one of the sign- 
ers of the Mecklenburg declaration of 
independence ; emigrated to Sumner Co., 
Tenn., early in the present century, and 
for more than 50 years lived on, and 
cultivated, the farm on which he died. 
Thus have passed away, all but one, the 
pioneers of his name, so numerous once 
in Sumnei', whence they settled while it 
was yet a canebrake, broken only by the 
path of the Indian and wild beast. He 
was a member of the Presbyterian church, 
formed by the Rev. Thomas B. Craig- 
head, at Old Shiloh, some 50 years ago. 
He was a great friend and admirer of 
that good man, and when the church be- 
came extinct, and the pastor died, he 
never united with another, though Cath- 
olic in his feelings towards all. His was 
a peculiarly happy temperament ; amia- 
ble, cheerful, and contented, great kind- 
ness of heart and buoyancy of s])irits 
made him a pleasant welcome wlierever 
he went. 

Wilson, Joseph, Newbur,-port, Mass., 

, se. 78. ^Ir. W., in his youth, 

carved the images that surrounded, so 
many years. Lord Timothy Dcxter's man- 
sion, in that city. 

Wilson, Rev. Josiah F., Callaway 
Co., Ky., Aug. 14, se. 46. He was born 
in Williamson Co., Tcnn., March 1«, 
1811; was married to Nancy Bawcum 



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July 27, 1S32 ; professed relip^ion in 
1833; was received hy the Ellc Presby- 
tery as a candidate for the ministry in 
fall of 1836 ; was licensed to preach the 
gospel in fall of 1838 ; and was ordained 
in 1840. Brother W.'s disease was con- 
sumption. He bore his affliction like a 
philosopher and a Christian. He had 
no misgivings of mind ; his sky was 
clear, his evidence bright, his taith strong, 
and his hope firm. He found that re- 
ligion which he had for many years rec- 
ommended to others, to be a solace and 
comfort to his own soul in a trying hour ; 
and in full assurance of future ha])piness, 
he triumphed over human suflering, be- 
lieving that these light afflictions, which 
are but for a moment, work out for 
us a far more exceeding and eternal 
■weight of glory. The prospect of death 
did not alarm him ; he talked of death 
and heaven as things he expected. He 
arranged all his temporal ailiiirs ; after- 
wards called up his weeping ftimily one 
by one, and gave to each his last advice, 
appropriate to their condition, exhorting 
his unconverted children to prepare to 
follow him to heaven. 

WlLSON,-Mrs. ]Martha, Pelham, Mass., 
Miv 3, ;e. 74, widow of Joseph "Wilson, 
of Wendell. 

AViLSON, Capt. Phineas O., Bankok, 
Siam, April 20, ae. 41, formerly of Mont- 
^ille, Conn. 

WiLSOX, Richard L., Esq., Cliicago, 

III., , iE. — . His death is much 

lamented. One of the oldest editors in 
Chicago, although but in the prime of 
life, he had made his mark in the com- 
munity in which he lived. 

Wir.sox, Samuel, College Hill, Ham- 
ilton Co., O., Jan. 19, tB. 70. 

WiLSo.v, Wm. Iloger, Forked River, 
Ocean Co., N. J., March 11, ae. — . He 
was a native of Scotland. He taught 
school for many years in this and sur- 
rounding neighborhoods, and was famil- 
iarly known as Dominie Wilson, a title 
given in Scotlmd to ail men in the pro- 
fession of teacliing. He was universally 
known and respected while with us, and 
was admitted to have tlie best faculty 
for imparting instruction to his pupils 
of any man of his profession. Among 
other relics hy which he will be remem- 
bered is the wooden slab erected in the 
old Tenant Cliurchyard, at tlie grave of 
Col, Monkton, a British officer who was 
killed at the battle of Monmouth. The 



slab bears the following inscription : 
" Hie jacet Col. Monkton, killed June 
2S, 1778." This slab Mr. W. made and 
jjainted, and it is by no means the least 
attractive object in that repository of rev- 
olutionary relics. An engraving of tiie 
slab, together with mention of Mr. W., 
may be seen in Lossing's " Field Book of 
the Revolution." This was not the only 
instance of his liberality ; be was always 
ready to contril)ute liberally to any laud- 
able object, and in this manner spent the 
most of his means. — Monmouth Her- 
ald. 

Wilson, Hon. William, White Co., 
111., April 29, sp. 68. He was one of the 
early settlers of Illinois, and was from 
1819 to 1849, the time of the establish- 
ment of the new constitution, chief jus- 
tice of the Supreme Court of that state. 

WlJiBERLY, George S., Clarksville, 
Tenn., Aug. 3, te. 62, was buried at the 
place of his nativity, in Robertson Co. 
In making this announcement of the 
death of Mr. W., we feel that it is due 
the memory of the deceased that we 
should ])ay a proper tribute to his vir- 
tues. He was a man of true piety, kind 
affections, respectful bearing, courteous 
manners, and generous feelings. His 
impulses were those of goodness, freed 
from ungenerous passions. True nobil- 
ity was a marked element in his nature. 
In truth and sincerity he felt the warm 
ties of friendship and affection — a kind 
father, a gentle husband, a good neigh- 
bor, and a reliable friend. Liberal and 
honorable in the extreme, he left an ex- 
ani])le behind him that all may imitate 
with great j)rofit in this world, and with 
an eternal reward in the world to come. 
He took an active ])art in the Creek and 
Seminole war of 1813, and was present 
at the battle of the Horseslioe. He 
lived a patriot, and his whole life being 
marked with honesty and fidelity, he 
died in the enjoyment and full faith of a 
Christian's ho])e. 

WiMRisir, ]\Irs. Kate P., at the resi- 
dence of her brother-in-law, New Orleans, 
March 27, jc. — , wife of ])r. James .\. 
Wimbish, of J)e Witt Co., Texas. In 
the morning of existence, when the heart 
is hap])iest, and when hope is brightest, 
she has ])asscd away forever. In the 
light of the Christian faitli, there is on 
high a balm for her long suH'erings, ]ieace 
and rest for her sweet spirit ; but here 
there are anguish and woe, sorrow that 



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M'ill not be comforted, mouminfj for the 
young life and for the early dead. Fit- 
tingly enough comes death when age is 
upon us and Time hath lost its savor ; 
but it is sad, O, how sad ! when youth 
and beauty, M'ith all their kindred graces, 
meet the common doom, and sadder still 
Mhen it is a loved and cherished one, 
loved for many of the dearest attributes 
of woman, cherished for the rich and 
warm affections of her own sunny nature. 
The flower is plucked from its stem, and 
its rare beauties have faded at the tomb, 
but its fragrance is garnered in stricken, 
but loving hearts, and will live till the 
summons shall come for those she has 
left behind her. 

WiMMKLL, George S., Baltimore, Md., 
March 18, a". 66, for more than 30 years 
a bailiff and crier of the old County 
Court, and Superior Court until recently. 

AViXANS, Kev. Dr. William, Amite 
Co., Miss., Aug. 31, se. 68. He was 
born in Pennsylvania, Nov. 3, 1788. 
Nearly a half century of his life was de- 
voted to the service of the Methodist 
church* In 1812 he came to Mississippi 
as a missionary. He was a powerful 
preacher, a man of strong mind, of great 
moral courage, and of unblemished char- 
acter. Some have thought, that, in the 
latter part of his life, his great influence 
in the church was somewhat impaired 
by too strong an interest in the political 
questions of the day. 

WiXDLE, Richard C, White Post, 

Clark Co., Va., , se. — , formerly 

a merchant in Winchester. 

Wing, Edward, Long Plain, March 
5, se. 85, a member of the society of 
Friends. 

WiXG, John, New York city, INIay 8, 
se. 79, of Hartford, Conn. 

WiXG, Col. Joseph, Bangor, Me., 

. , a3. — , a resident of Bangor for 

more than half a century. 

WiNSLOW, Richard, Cleveland, O., 
Aug. 9, SB. 87. He was a native of 
Maine, was born in Falmouth, Sept., 
1769, and was a descendant of Kenelm 
Winslow, brother of Edward Wlnslow, 
governor of Plymouth Colony. He 
was married in 1812, and, having re- 
sided for 14 years at Ocracoke, N. C, 
came to Cleveland, then a small A-illage, 
in November, 1830. His son, N. C. 
Winslow, followed the next month, when 
forwarding and commission business was 
commenced in the Winslow warehouse, 



and a store for grocery business was also 
established on Sujjerior I.anc, in a build- 
ing still standing, just l)clow tlio At water 
Block. As showing the growth of this 
city, we may mention the fact, that, when 
Mr. W. purchased his warehouse lot of 
C. M. Giddings and Cajit. Belden, he 
was strongly urged against makir.g that 
his location for business, as being so far 
down the river that business would never 
reach that point. Ho, therefore, had 
seen the growth of Cleveland from a 
population of 970 to 60,000. In the 
spring of 1831 Mr. W.'s family came on, 
taking up their abode in the present 
family residence, as soon as it was com- 
pleted, in 1832. Mr. W. was well 
known all along the chain of lakes as 
one of the oldest and most successful 
commercial men upon these waters. He 
was in active business here 23 years, and 
through all the changes, which have been 
many and great, during the eventful 
years marking that period, his character 
for integrity and rigid propriety grew 
brighter and brighter. His was an im- 
pulsive nature, — quick to think, prompt 
to act, — but these impulses were gov- 
erned by the most delicate sentiments of 
honor, and with true refinement of integ- 
rity. Mr. W. was a gentleman of the 
old school ; cordial in his greeting, and 
sincere in attachment. His benevolent 
face, and the warm grasp of his hand, 
will be missed by the young and old, 
who had enjoyed his friendship, and who 
admired his character. Mr. W., al- 
though a deeply interested observer of 
jiublic affairs, never sought pubhc life. 
His virtues and merits were exhibited 
solely in his business and in his private 
relations. In all these connections he 
was as nearly spotless as human nature 
can attain ; and after having only three 
vears since given uj) active business, he 
still retained his freshness of attachment 
to his neighbors and friends, which, even 
in his hour of severe pain, brought a 
smile to his face and a heart-felt Melcome 
by his arm chair. Mr. W. attained an 
abundance of wealth, Avell earned by his 
industry and probity ; he reared a large 
family to men's estate, and saw them 
rank among the respected and esteemed. 
He has gone to his gi-ave without a foe, 
falling like a shock fully ripe. While a 
void has been left in the business ranks 
and in the social circle, the exam])le of 
the man still lives, teaching a lesson in 



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favor of integrity and manliness which 
mil not lose its good effect so long as 
the name of Richard Winslow is remem- 
bered. — Clere/and Herald. 

WlNSTO.v, William, Esq., Tuscaloosa, 

Ala., , ae. — , the father of the 

present governor of Alabama. He was 
ranked among the largest and wealthiest 
plinters of that state. 

Wirt, Mrs. Elizabeth Washington, 
Annapolis, Jan., se. 72. the honored relict 
of the Hon. William Wirt, once attorney- 
general of the United States, and eminent 
alike for his legal attainments and fine 
literary ability, at the residence of her 
son-in-law, the Hon. Alexander Randall. 
Mr. Wirt had two wives. He first mar- 
ried the diughter of Dr. George Gilmer, 
and afterwards a daughter of Col. Gam- 
ble. He died at Washington, Feb. 11, 
1835, re. 62. The well-known Flora's 
Dictionary, published by Lucas & Broth- 
ers, was originally compiled by Mrs. W., 
the graces of whose character will be 



Decatur. He was highly respected by 
all who knew him. He leaves a wife, 
several children, and numerous friends 
to lament his loss. 

WoLCorr, Mrs. Anna, Barrington, 
N. Y., May 10, a\ 80. She was the 
mother of Dr. O. P. Wolcott, of Benton, 
Gideon Wolcott, of Jerusalem, and 
George Wolcott, of Barrington. 

Wolcott, Samuel, Esq., Trenton, 
Oneida Co., N. Y., Jan, 1, re. 81. Mr, 
W. was born in Wethersfield, Conn., 
whence he removed in 1800 to Trenton, 
and was one of the early settlers on Hol- 
land Patent. He sustained through a long 
life the honored character of integrity, 
honesty, and usefulness in the commu- 
nity. He was an upright magistrate, 
a good citizen, and a sincere Christian ; 
firm in his convictions of the truth of 
the gos])el, but ever courteous and tol- 
erant towards all others who entertained 
opinions different from his own. In his 
mature years he professed his faith in 



long remembered by that large circle of Christ, and united in membership with 



friends and relatives of which she was 
for many years so distinguished an orna- 
ment. 

WiTHixGTON, Lewis, Southboro', 
Mass., April 22, re. .58, only son of the 
late Mr. Lewis and Mrs. S. B. Witliing- 
ton, of Dorchester, 

WiTllROW, John, Jr., Warm Springs, 
Bath Co., Va., ce. -46, son of Archibald 
With row. 

Witter, David, Pike Co., Ill, May 
29, EB. 71, He was a citizen of Union 
Co. for more than 30 years. He came 
from the state of New York in 1811, 
and settled on the Darby Plains. He 
continued to reside in the county until 
ISO), when he removed to Illinois, where 
he remained until his death. He was 
sheriff of Union Co. from 1828 till 1832 ; 
and during his residence in the county 
he was an active, enterprising business 
man. He improved several farms, and 
built a number of good houses in the 
county, which still remain as permanent 
evidences of his enterprise and industry. 
Hl' was regarded as a kind-hearted man, 
lil)eral to the poor, courteous and hospi- 
table to all. 

Wim:R, Mrs, Metta M,, New Or- 
leans, La., March 21, ae, 37, wife of Rev. 
F. R. Witter, 

Witts, Benjamin F., Decatur, 111., 
Oct. 2, £B. — . Mr. W, was an old pio- 
neer of Illinois, and long a citizen of 



the Reformed Christian church in this 
town. Constant to the end, he closed 
his connection M'ith earth in the triumphs 
of faith and peace with God. 

AVoLFE, Christopher, New York city, 
Jan. 3, a^. 65. 

WOLLISON, John G., Pottsville, Pa., 
May 29, ce. 62, court ci-ier, and formerly 
high sheriff. 

Wood, Mrs. A. E., Hudson city, N.Y., 
April 15, OB, — , widow of the late W. S, 
Wood, Esq,, formerly of Stamford, Conn, 

Wood, Mrs, Betscv, West Winfioid, 
N, Y,, Dec. 27, v?. 63, Mr, Wood and 
his wife were numbered among the oldest 
resident settlers of this portion of conn- 
try. She lived to see a ]iros])erous and 
beautiful village s])ring up where once 
she beheld nature's wild solitude. Her 
life has been an exemplary one, of pru- 
dent industry and economy, cou])led with 
the ever manifest desire to allay the 
sufferings of the needy. In her depart- 
ure from earth society sust;iins a severe 
loss. 

Wood, Jesse, Ripley, O., !May 6, a^, 
77, He was one of the first settlers of 
Mason Co,, Ky. Of his religious faith 
and experience much might be said in 
commendation. His stay in Ripley was 
l)rief, and the acquaintance of the writer 
recent ; yet it was sufficient to afford 
am])le assurance that he was a most 
devoted Christian, His trust in the 



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atoning merits of Christ was firm ; and 
his assurance of acceptance was quite 
satisfactory to himself and all who knew 
him. 

Wood, Capt. Jonathan, of Albany, 
N. Y., March 30, ae. 62. 

Wood, Samuel, Barnard, Vt., May 31, 
se. 81. One of the oldest citizens of 
Barnard, he lived there a useful citizen, 
respected by a large circle of friends, 
and died generally lamented. 

Wood, William, Esq., Canandaigua, 
86. over 83. " It is our painful duty to 
record the death of William Wood, Esq., 
of Canandaigua, N. Y., who, for his un- 
bounded benevolence and unwearied zeal 
in promoting the happiness and interests 
of others, may justly be styled a bene- 
factor of the human race. The poorer 
classes in particular have cause to lament 
his death ; for in him they have ever 
found an untiring agent and most suc- 
cessful pleader in their favor whenever 
aid was required from the rich and pros- 
perous. There is scarcely a charitable 
institution in the State of New York 
which is not largely indebted to his 
endeavors. He had especially at heart 
the establishment of institutions for edu- 
cational purposes ; and to his noble heart 
and unwearied zeal New York is indebted 
for the foundation of the Mercantile Li- 
brary, the Apprentices' Library, the news- 
boys' reading room and dormitory, and 
a variety of other excellent institutions 
and modes of doing good, all of which 
remain, his monument, though it is to be 
hoped that gratitude enough yet remains 
in the world to erect another also to 
record the virtues and goodness which so 
well deserve such a tribute. For many 
years every ship that sailed from Boston 
and New York received from this excel- 
lent philanthropist a small but well- 
selected library of useful and entertaining 
books for the sailors, together with little 
articles of personal comfort for poor Jack 
when afloat. Well did the hardy tars 
appreciate the kindness of their friend; 
and many pleasing and humorous anec- 
dotes are told of their manner of ex- 
pressing it. Through the thoughtful care 
of Mr. W., on public holidays the poor 
prisoners in the various jails of New 
York were each supplied with a book, 
and also some pleasant addition to their 
repast, in order to show the poor crea- 
tures tliat they too were not forgotten 
amid the general jov. These are but a 
34* 



few instances culled hastily out of a whole 
life wliich, from beginning to end, was 
one continued course of benevolent enter- 
prise and strenuous exertion in the cause 
of religion and virtue ; and his manner 
took the tincture of his mind, impressing 
universal love and respect, and conveying 
even to the most superficial observer that 
to the meekness and goodness of the 
Christian were united the high-toned 
thoughts, principles, and feelings of the 
perfect gentleman. Possessed of exqui- 
site taste and a real love for all that was 
calculated to worthily add to the happi- 
ness of life, Mr. W. was at great pains 
to encourage a love of planting and flori- 
culture in the beautiful village where he 
has so long resided ; and it is to him 
that Canandaigua owes those magnificent 
shade trees which adorn all her streets, 
and so finely contribute to the comfort 
as Avell as beauty of the place. In con- 
sequence, it has often been called an 
earthly paradise. Mr. W. was a native 
of Massachusetts. He resided in Liver- 
pool, England, and also in New York, 
carrying on an extensive business in each 
of those places. He attained a truly 
patriarchal age ; and his name and ac- 
tions, it is to be hoped, will be remem- 
bered so long as disinterested aims and 
genuine charity have friends and ad- 
mirers on earth." — New York Evening 
Post. 

Wood, Dr. Zebedee, Safierus, N. Y., 
Jan. 17, 86. 82. 

WoODMAK, John, Hollis, Me., Feb. 8, 
8B. 80. 

Woodruff, Rev. Horace, Huntington, 
L. L, Feb. 17, ae. 54. 

■V^'ooDRUFF, Noris M., Watertown, 
N. Y., Jan. 16, ep. 65. ]\Ir. W. was 
born in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 7, 1792. 
In 1810 his father removed to Jefferson 
Co., and purchased a farm a few miles 
north of Watertown. Tlie son resided 
with him for a time, but at an early age 
took up his residence in that village. In 
1819 he engaged in the hardware busi- 
ness on his o^vn account, and continued 
to do an extensive business until 1839. 
About 1834 or 1835, in compnny with 
Samuel Stocking, Esq., of Utica, he made 
a large purchase of land in Alexandria, 
Jefferson Co., and in 1837 made consid- 
erable purchases of western lands. The 
former proved very profitable ; and a 
considerable share of his ample fortune 
accrued from that souixe. After retiring 



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from mercantile pursuits, Mr. W. was 
always actively engaged in business, and 
contributed largely to the material pros- 
perity of the town in which he resided. 
He was for a long period, and until he 
was too much prostrated to discharge the 
duties of the position, president of the 
JefFei'son County Bank, and was one of 
the active promoters of the construction 
of tlie Watertown and Rome, and Pots- 
dam and Watertown Railroads, and a 
director, for many years, of the former 
corporation. The village of Water- 
town presents substantial evidence of 
his enterprise in the long range of ele- 
gant buildings erected by him in the 
last few years, including that noble ho- 
tel structure called after his name, and 
built at a cost of near $100,000. In 
the war of 1812, Mr. W., then a young 
man, was a short time in service on the 
northern frontier, attached to a troop 
of horse, serving as minute men, for 
Avhich he received, in the last year of 
his life, a land warrant from the govern- 
ment. His whole life has been one 
of active, energetic business pursuits, 
guided by thorough, honorable, and 
correct business principles ; and few 
men in country places have been more 
successful. He leaves a widow and a 
large family to enjoy his ample for- 
tune. 

Woods, Thomas C, BarboursviUe, 
Ky., Dec. 21, te. 33. He was born in 
Lexington, Ky., and was, at the time 
of his death, cashier of the bank at 
BarboursviUe. His eminent business 
qualifications and his unswerving integ- 
rity make his loss deeply felt in this 
community. 

Woods, Wm., Waynesburg, Ohio, 
, a;. — , an old and highly re- 
spectable citizen of Rose township, 
Carroll Co. 

Woodson, Dr. Wm. M., Farmville, 
Va., Dec. 6, x. 40, of Finwith, Va. 

Woodward, G. W., Orville, Butler 
Co., Cal., Jan. 3, late of Appleton. He 
was a young man of warm and gener- 
ous impulses, and very highly esteemed 
by a numerous circle of friends and 
acquaintances. He was frank and affa- 
ble to all, and his heart was ever open 
to assuage human sufierings. Far from 
home and friends, he fell a victim to 
that lingering disease, consumption. 
But kind hearts and hands smoothed 
his dyuig pillow, and he fell asleep in 



the confident hope of a blissful immor- 
tality. 

Woodward, James, Romney, Va., 
June 6, a;. 87. He had resided with 
his daughter in this place for probably 
27 or 28 years, and during that time 
was the subject of affliction from rheu- 
matism, from the effects of wliich he 
suffered intensely at times. Every at« 
tention was bestowed upon him by his 
friends here. He was a soldier of the 
war of 1812, and was at the battle of 
Lundy's Lane. Peace to his ashes, and 
honor to his memory. 

WooDw^ooD, Mrs. Catharine, Wilkes- 
barre, Pa., March, 28, ae. 33, wife of 
Hon. Warren J. Woodwood, president 
judge of the Columbia, SulHvan, and 
Wyoming districts. 

WooLSEY, Dr. Wm. Walton, Du- 
buque, Iowa, May 20, a?. 26. 

WooTTON, Mrs. Elizabeth C, Snow 
Hill, near Urbana, Md., May 10, te. 63, 
widow of the late Singleton W. 

Worcester, Mrs. Zervia Fox, Sa- 
lem, Mass., Oct. 23, a;. 7.8. She was 
born in Hollis, N. H., Feb. 16, 1779, 
which was also the place of her hus- 
band's nativity. She was nearly eight 
years younger than her husband, whom 
she survived more than 36 years. Dr. 
Worcester died at Brainerd, Cherokee 
Nation, June 7, '21, a>. 50. Mrs. W. was 
buried in the same grave with her hus- 
band, whose remains were removed 
from Brainerd and deposited in Har- 
mony Grove Cemetery, in Salem, in 
1845. She first publicly professed her 
faith in Christ, and united with the 
church in Hollis, when about 18 years 
of age. By her husband, with whom 
she deeply sympathized in the ministe- 
rial and missionary zeal which so dis- 
tinguished him, and by her son, the 
Rev. Samuel M. Worcester, D. D., the 
successor of his father, after the inter- 
val of a few years, in the pastorate at 
Salem, she has been connected with the 
ministry of the Tabernacle Church 
more than 40 years, and by personal 
membership more than 54 years, in all 
these sacred and responsible relations 
greatly respected and beloved. Though 
compassed with the infirmities of ad- 
vanced age, towards the close of her 
life, she M'as sustained and comforted 
by the precious truths of the gospel in 
which she believed, and anticipated her 
departure in the exercise of a calm and 



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delightful trust in the Redeemer. Her 
descent from Thomas Fox, of Concord, 
Mass., was as follows, viz. : — 

T/iomas Fox, member of the church 
in Concord in 1640, freeman 1644, died 
Feb. 14, 16jS. Married, 1st,' Rebecca, ! 
died March 11, 647 ; married, 2d, Oct. 
13, 1647, Hannah Brooks. 

Eliphaht Fox, named in the Avill of 
Thomas Fox as his " eldest son," and a 
minor in 1657, died in Concord, Aug. 
15, 1711. Married, 1st, Oct. 26, 1665, 
Mary, daughter of George Wheeler. 
She died Dec. 24, 1678. _ Married, 2d, 
Sept. 30, 1681, Mary, widow of Isaac 
Hunt, and daughter of John Stone, of 
Sudbury. She died about 1686. 

Nathaniel Fox, (Dea.,) son of Eli- 
phalet and INIary 2d, born in Concord, 
Dec. 18, 1683, removed to Dracut in 
1716, where he died about 1770. Mar- 
ried, 1st, Jan. 11, 1710, Hannah Merri- 
am ; married, 2d, Oct. 18, 1730, Eliza- 
beth Brown. 

David Fox, third son of Nathaniel 
and Hannah, born in Dracut, March 
19, 1717, died in Dracut, 1759. Mar- 
ried, 1738, Mary Coburn. 

Jonathan Fox, (Dr.,) fifth son of Da- 
vid, born in Dracut, Feb. 1, 1754, stud- 
ied medicine with Dr. Thom, of Ches- 
ter, N. H., was surgeon of a privateer 
in the war of the revolution, afterwards 
settled as a phvsician in Hollis, N. H., 
where he died Oct. 26, 1782. Married. 
Nov. 29, 1777, Zeruiah, daughter of 
Hugh Jones, of Dracut, born Dec. 23, 
1755, died Feb. 12, 1816. 

Zervia Fox, only daughter of Jona- 
than, born in Hollis, Feb. 16, 1779, died 
in Salem, Oct. 23, 1857. Married Oct. 
20, 1797, Samuel Worcester, D. D., born 
Nov.l, 1770, died June 7, 1821. Eleven 
children, of whom Rev. Samuel M.,D. D., 
Zervia Fidelia (Archer), Jonathan Fox, 
M. D., EHzabeth Lydia (Beaman), and 
Mary Haraden (Foster), are living. 

Ebenezer Fox, second son of Jona- 
than, born in HoUis, April 6, 1783, 
died in HoUis, Nov. 6, 1857. Married 
April 2, 1808, Susannah, daughter of 
AVm. Patterson, of Salem, Mass. Eight 
children, of whom Ebenezer, John L., 
M. D., surgeon U. S. navy, Henry, Su- 
san, Samuel Worcester, and Wm. Em- 
orv. are living. J. r. av. 

Word, Col. John, Cass Co., Ga., July 
7, ge. — . He was a man of many ex- 
cellent qualities of both mind and 



heart. The humble and the poor, espe- 
cially, Mill feel this groat loss to them. 

WoRiiELL, Wm., Philadelphia, Pa., 
May 7, re. 59. 

Worth, Capt. Henry, East Vassal- 

boro'. Me., , cc. 89, formerly of 

Nantucket. 

WoRTHiNGTON, Dr. James C, Chil- 
Hcothe, O., Aug. 29, a^. 31, fifth son 
of the late Wm. Grafton Dulaney Wor- 
thington, of Baltimore, ^Id. 

WoRTHiNGTOx, Wm., Esq., Dor- 
chester, Mass., ]March 6, a>. 73, a well- 
known and highly-esteemed merchant 
of Boston. 

WoTiiERSPOON, Mrs. Anna C, 
Gravesend, England, Sept. 7, ce. — , 
widow of the late James Wotherspoon, 
of New York city. 

Wright, Lieut., of New York, at 
Albuquerque, Oct. 26, se. — , of the 
U. S. army. 

Wright, George, Dunstable, Mass., 
Feb. 14, fe. 73. He was the father of 
Major Levi P. Wright, formerly con- 
nected with the Concord railroad. 

Wright, George Bell, Hannibal, 
Mo., April 11, oe. 30, was born in Va., 
Nov. 20, 1827. From infancy ho had 
enjoyed the benefit of a strictly re- 
ligious training, the fruits of which 
were visible not alone during health, 
but also, in a greater degree, during 
his brief illness, and possess a higher 
value of consolation to his lamenting 
friends, by the exhibition he made of 
the sustaining power of that faith which 
enabled him to pass so calmly and se- 
renely through the greatest of mortal 
trials — the solemn moment of death. 
Whilst living he was distinguished 
amongst his friends for his many social 
virtues and amiable qualities, his care- 
ful moral converse, and by the nicest 
sense of honor. Amongst tlie commu- 
nity at large he was esteemed for liis 
attentive business habits, and respected 
for his unvarying prudence and sterling 
integritv, and his considerate thought- 
fulness for the feelings and opinions of 
others. Possessed of an almost childlike 
simphcitv of character and manners, 
he was, though modest, yet frank and 
manly, and embodied all those traits 
which stamp the high-toned, honorable 
man. Deservedly popular and beloved, 
successful in his business, and ha])py in 
his domestic relations, he had all that 
earth could add to tliis life's enjoyment. 



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Wright, Mrs. Xaomi, Easthampton, 
Mass., Feb. 3, as. 85, widow of Elijah 
Wrif^ht. 

Wright, Mrs. Laura H., Lowell, 
Mass., Jan. 20, ae. — , wife of Hon. N. 
Wri,<>:ht. 

Wright, Mrs. Miriam Raymond, 
Elp:iu, 111., Aug. 23, ae. 79, formerly of 
Richmond, jSIass. 

Wright, Salmon, Terre Haute, Ltd., 
Jan. 14, a>. 64. He was one of the old 
settlers of Terre Haute, having arrived 
on Fort Harrison Prairie Aug. 15, 1824, 
where he remained a short time. Soon 
after his arrival in Vigo Co. he settled 
permanently in Terre Haute, and worked 
for a short time at the hatting business, 
with R. S. McCabe — having learned 
this trade before coming west. Mr. W. 
had early evinced a desire for the prac- 
tice of law, and by close application to 
study for two or three years, the most 
of which time was consumed in acting 
as a general collecting agent, he was 
admitted to the bar under Judge Porter, 
on the recommendation of Amoiy Kin- 
ney, James Farrington, and others, 
about 1829. Since this period, up to 
within a few months of his death, he has 
stood at the head of his profession. 

Wright, Col. Samuel, Springfield, 
Me., May 11, se. 72, formerly of West- 
ford, ]Mass. 

Wright, Stephen, Shelburne, Mass., 
Feb. 16, se. 95, a native of Littleton, 
Mass., who enlisted in the revolutionary 
war at the age of 16 years. He was a 
gentleman and a Cliristian of the old 
school, and the patriarch of five genera- 
tions that survive him in unbroken suc- 
cession. There is a singular coinci- 
dence in three deaths mentioned in the 
Waterbury Journal — , Stcjjhen W., the 
grandfather, died at Shelburne, Mass., 
Feb. 16 ; Stephen W., the father, died 
at Waterbury, Nov. 6 ; Rev. Stephen 
AV., the son, died at Matagorda, T., 
Jan. 27. 

Wright, Lieut. Thomas J., St. Louis, 
April 29, ae. 24, of the 2d Dragoons, 
U. S. A., son of J. J. B. Wright, U. S. A. 

WrK/IIT, Col. Wm., Yorkville, S. C, 
Se])t. 22, ae. — , a prominent and influ- 
ential citizen. 

Wright, Wm., Frostburg, I\Id., Jan. 
10, EC. 70. His well-known character 
for integrity and justice to his fellow- 



men gained the respect of all acquaint- 
ed with his character. 

Wyer, Rev. Henry O., Alexandria, 
Va., May — , ae. — , a Baptist clergyman 
of Savannah, Ga. 

Wyer, Mrs. Nancy, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
Aug. 25, ae. 68, late of Portland, Me. 

Wy'Eth, Jacob, Esq., Cambridge, 
Mass., Jan. 15, ae. 96, the oldest resi- 
dent of Cambridge. He was a gradu- 
ate of Harvard University of the class 
of 1794, and for years was nearly the 
oldest surviving alumnus. 

Wyman, John, New Sharon, Me., 
April 3, ae. 83. 

Wyman, Nathaniel F., Charlestown, 
N. H., Aug. 29, a}. 44, son of Nathan- 
iel and Elizabeth (Bacon) W., Temple, 
N. H. ; of Nathaniel and Sarah (Wood) 
W., Bedford, Mass. ; of Nathaniel and 
Sarah (Williams) W., Burnngton,Mass.; 
of Timothy and Tannah (Wyman) W., 

Woburn; of Timothy and Hannah ( ) 

AV. ; of Francis and Abigail Wyman, of 
Woburn, 1642. Nathaniel, of Burling- 
ton, in 1759, was under Col. Tyng in 
the invasion of Canada, and had been 
in the Lake George expedition. 

Wyman, Miss Lucena, Marlboro', 
Nov. — , ae. 85, burned to death by her 
clothes taking fire. It is remarkable 
that, many years ago, her mother per- 
ished by the same casualty, and in the 
same room. 

Wynkoop, Col. F. M., Tamaqua,Dec. 
14, ae. 38. He was born near Newtown, 
Bucks Co. On the breaking out of the 
Mexican war he joined the first regi- 
ment of Pennsylvania volunteers, and 
on the arrival of the regiment at Pitts- 
Col. W. 
Pres. 
Pierce subsequently appointed him Unit- 
ed States marshal for the eastern dis- 
trict of Pennsylvania, an office he filled, 
until the commencement of the admin- 
istration of President Buchanan. After 
the retirement of Col. W. from oflfice, 
he went to live upon a farm belonging 
to him in Schuylkill Co. He was, at 
the time of his death, president of the 
Valencia Coal Company, which had not 
yet commenced operations. His mother 
and brother reside in Philadelphia. Col. 
W. married a daughter of Maj. Twiggs, 
who fell in Mexico. He left no chil- 
dren. 



burg, he was elected colonel, 
served Avith credit during the war. 



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405 



Y. 



^^ILLIAM YATES, M. D., 



Morris, Otsego Co., N. Y., March 7, se. 
90. The following notice of this dis- 
tinguished surgeon we copy from the 
New York Evening Post of March 19. 

Kingston, (Canada.) March 16, 1857. 

To the editors of the Evening Post : 
— I enclose yuu a short obituary notice, 
the publication of which in your valued 
paper will, I think, be sufficiently in- 
teresting to a large number of your 
readers. 

The fact of the subject of it having 
had the fortune to be the very first to 
introduce vaccination into America 
(which is a fact beyond dispute) will 
give a public interest to the notice. 

The life of the deceased gentleman 
deserves notice. He was born at Sap- 
perton, near Burton-on-Trent, England, 
in 1767. At 17 years of age he com- 
menced the study of medicine, and soon 
after became a private pupil of Sir 
James Earle, of St. Bartholomew's Hos- 
pital, in London. For two years he was 
his dresser, and afterwards was house 
surgeon in that hospital. He attended 
the first course of lectures ever delivered 
by Abernethy. At 23 he left London, 
and returned to his home. Inheriting 
an ample fortune, and caring absolutely 
nothing for money, he never entered 
upon the practice of medicine as a pro- 
fession. 

To more than ordinary talents were 
added great benevolence, which he never 
ceased to exercise during the whole of 
his long life, but always as secretly as 
possible. He rather avoided the praise 
of men, and was never ostentatious. 
The first marked display of his benevo- 
lent inchnations was in a scheme for the 
treatment and cure of lunatics upon the 
humane plan, which was subsequently 
adopted by Esquirol and Pinel of France. 
For that purpose he built, at Burton-on- 
Trent, a house, which he conducted for 
several years at his own expense, and 
treated, with great success, a large num- 
ber of pauper lunatics. This benevo- 
lent effort cost him upwards of £7000 
sterling, besides occupying his whole 
attention. An unfortunate circum- 
stance occurred, which altered his plans 



entirely. One of his patients, in a par- 
oxysm of frenzy, took the life of another 
patient, under shocking circumstances, 
and then committed suicide. He was 
so horrified at the act that he determined 
to close the asylum, and after providing 
for proper treatment, among their friends 
and otherwise, of the remainder, he 
sailed for Philadelphia, where he amved 
in June, 1799. 

Previous to this incident, he had be- 
come greatly interested in the subject 
of vaccination, which was then just be- 
coming known to the medical profes- 
sion in England. And it was the desire 
to extend its blessings, along with the 
shock to a sensitive mind, of the acci- 
dent mentioned, that determined his 
visit to America. Before sailing he 
made the personal acquaintance of Dr. 
Jenner, obtained from his hand a large 
supply of the virus, and from his mouth 
all additional particulars. 

Immediately on his arrival in Phila- 
delphia, he engaged himself with all the 
zeal of an ardent and philanthropic 
mind, to disseminate the knowledge of 
the then new discovery. And it is cer- 
tain that he was the first to introduce 
into America this great boon to human- 
ity, although the ci-edit of its first in- 
troduction has been generally accorded 
to another. He knew this, but had a 
morbid disHke to publicity, and never 
pubUcly contradicted it, being satisfied 
to extend its usefulness to his utmost. 
WTiile preaching incessantly its pre- 
ventive powers, he inoculated thou- 
sands with the vaccine virus. The doc- 
trine and practice were received by the 
American pubHc with greater avidity 
even than with the English. 

The following year his affairs demand- 
ed his return to England ; but in a few 
months he sailed again for Philadelphia. 
He made the acquaintance of Judge 
Cooper, father of Fenimore Cooper, 
the novelist, of General Morris, Judge 
Franchot, and others, and their intimate 
friendship he enjoyed till they dropped, 
one after another, into the arms of death. 
With Judge Cooper he ascended the 
Susquehanna to Otsego Co., and being 
charmed with the passing beauty of the 
scenery, and also captivated by the 



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daughter of a leading settler in the val- 
ley of Butternuts, he married the young 
lady, and resolved to pitch his tent there. 
He returned with his bride to England, 
■where he disposed of Sapperton, which, 
as the eldest son, he had inherited, to 
his brother. 

After spending a year in England, 
and making a tour of the continent, he 
sailed, for the last time, for America, 
and purchased a large estate iii Butter- 
nuts, where he resided to the day of his 
death, and where his life was an unin- 
terrupted scene of contentment and 
happiness. His reputation as a medical 
man was very great, though he never 
practised medicine as a jjrofession, and 
rarely accepted a fee. His benevolence 
was always of the most active and quiet 
kind, and to it at last he became a sac- 
rifice ; for it was in one of the severest 
days of the inclement winter now past, 
■while on the mission of mercy, about 
four miles from home, his foot became 
so much chilled, that the disease called 
gangrena senilis was induced, of which 
he died. 

To his last moments he retained per- 
fectly the faculties of his mind and his 
physical senses. They were never im- 
paired by his great age. To his last 
days he was conversant with the politics 
of the world and the progress of science 
and hterature. 

He lived and died a consistent and 
practical Christian. He was an Episco- 
palian, though no sectarian, and con- 
tributed to the funds of many Christian 
denominations. He Avas always very 
partial to the society of Friends, whose 
hospitality he had largely enjoyed on 
his first arrival in Philadelphia, and who 
most assisted him in disseminating the 
knowledge of vaccination. The Quakers 
thus found a warm place in his aff'ections 
during the remainder of his life. 

He was very simple in his mode of 
li-ving. He often stated that during the 
present century he had not tasted of 
wine, and till his last illness had not, 
since childhood, been confined to his bed 
for a single day, except for a fracture of 
the leg, received in a fox hunt, when a 
young man. Neither had he taken a 
dose of medicine ; but if he felt ill, he 
fasted on bread and water till well again. 
Till he was To, he habitually rode much 
in the saddle. 

He was first cousin, once removed, of 



John Howard, the pliilanthropist ; and 
curiously enough, he bore the same re- 
lationship in blood to Sir llobert Peel, 
the statesman, whose mother was his 
cousin. His widow, his constant com- 
panion for more than half a century, 
seven sons, and a large number of 
grand-childi-en, survive him. 

Yeaton, Phineas, Chelsea, Me., April 
10, X. 86. 

YoHE, Dr. Andrew, Easton, Pa., Sept. 
16, X. 39. Dr. Y. was one who pos- 
sessed the beautifying attributes of a 
kind heart and gentle sjjirit, combined 
with a vigorous manhood. No man in 
the community where he Hved was more 
prominent for a tone of gentlemanly de- 
portment ; no one was actuated by a 
deeper sense of delicacy and refinement. 
Whether amid the crowd, or in the re- 
tii'ement of privacy, the same ennobling 
sentiments prompted him, and made him 
beloved and admired. His many friends 
mourn in sincerity his death, and the 
recollection that they in hfe were num- 
bered with his friends will ever bring to 
their minds most pleasing emotions. 

Yost, Mrs. Henrietta E., Lexington, 
Mo., Jan. 1, SB. 23, wife of Samuel M. 
Yost, Esq., editor of the Missouri Ex- 
positor. 

HON. AUGUSTUS YOUNG, 

St. Albans, Vt., June 17, to. 72. He 
was born in Arhngton, Vt., March 20, 
1785, studied law, and was admitted to 
the bar in St. Albans in 1812. He had 
been a representative in the state legis- 
lature, and also state senator, prose- 
cuting officer, and judge of probate for 
Orleans Co., and judge of the County 
Court in Franklin Co. He was a mem- 
ber of Congress from the St. Albans dis- 
trict from 1841 to 1843. He was sub- 
sequently appointed state geologist, and 
at the time of Iris death was state natu- 
ralist. 

Young, Rev. A. D., Guilford, i\Ie., 
May 15, a^. 76. 

Young, Jacob, Buff"alo township, Union 
Co., Pa., June 7, vo. 81. Notwithstand- 
j ing his advanced age, he retained the 
1 possession of all his faculties until the 
j end of his life. Being of an uncommonly 
j cheerful and haj)py temperament, his so- 
I ciety afforded pleasure to all who knew 



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hira, and liis loss will be deeply felt, not 
only by his own family, but by the entire 
neighborhood. In his last moments he 
was sustained by the hope of the Chris- 
tian. 

Young, Rev. Dr. John C, Danville, 
Ky., June 23, ae. — , president of Centre 
College, Kentucky. 

DR. JOHN S. YOUNG, 

Nashville, Tenn., July 7, a?. — . Dr. Y. 
was an old and much beloved citizen of 
Nashville. He was a native of Virginia, 
but had resided in Tennessee for a quar- 
ter of a century. In 1839 he was elected 
secretary of state, and reelected in 1843. 



He won by his services in this office the 
reputation of an able and honest exec- 
utive otKcer. He was one of the com- 
missioners to erect the new State Capitol 
and the new Lunatic Asylum. His be- 
reaved wife and iamily have suffered an 
incalculable loss. Tlie community gen- 
erally had reason to value the deceased 
as a public-siiiritcd, lil)eral, benevolent, 
and always useful citizen. Either in his 
])riyate and social relations, in his ca- 
pacity as physician, or in jjublic life, in 
which latter capacity he has occujjied 
high positions of trust and honor, Dr. Y. 
was always found actuated by the high- 
est principles of honor and unswer\iug 
integrity. 



Z. 



Zbimerman, John C, Esq., March 7, 
se. 70. Mr. Z. was a well-known New 
York merchant, and the founder of the 
commercial house of Zimmerman, Fra- 
zier, & Co., of Buenos Ayres. Mr. Z. 
was of Swiss origin. He left a large 
estate, valued at $750,000. 

ZiRSCHKY, Daniel, Izard Co., Ark., 
Jan. — , £6. 75. He was a native of 
Germany, and at an early age attached 
■ himself to the army of Napoleon Bona- 
parte as a private soldier, and was with 
him throughout his extraordinary career. 
He was with that illustrious general in 
Egypt, was one of the number that 
marched against Rome when he took 
captive the pope, and his was one of the 
strong arms that laid waste the Inqui- 
sition. He stood firm, and fought in 
the famous battle of Dresden, one of the 
most sanguinary conflicts ever fought 
upon the soil of Europe. He marched 
with Na])oleon to Russia, and saw the 
city of Moscow burn ; and was one of 
the few half-starved and nearly frozen 
troops who, through snow and ice, was 



able to make good his inglorious retreat 
back to France. He was posted at an 
imjjortant station not far distant from 
the battle of Waterloo, Avhich struck the 
decisive blow, and scattered that power- 
ful band of soldiers ; and, like his illus- 
trious chief, on that day set the sun of 
all his earthly glory. He, being held as 
a traitor in his native country after the 
downfall of Napoleon, made his escape 
to the United States, where he sjient the 
remainder of his life. He resided in 
Izard Co., Ark., for the last 12 years ; 
and he, like many of his unfortunate 
companions in arms, believed that Na- 
poleon was superior to a mortal man — 
perhaps a prophet. 

Zollinger, Elias, Esq., Harrisbnrg, 
Pa., Aug. 14, a?. 64. Mr. Z. was one 
of the oldest and most esteemed citizens 
of Harrisburg, and at the time of his 
death held the office of commissioner of 
Dauphin Co., Pa. He had held other 
offices of trust, and was regarded by the 
community in which he resided with 
confidence and esteem. 



APPENDIX. 



ADAMS 



[1856.] 



ADAMS 



CHARLES G. ADAMS, M. D., 

Keene, N. H., April 9, 1856, aged 63 
years. Neither private affection nor pub- 
lic sentiment would be satisfied with the 
bare announcement of the death of one 
who has moved in the midst of us so 
long, so usefully, and so honorably ; one 
who will be so widely missed in profes- 
sional ser\ice, so deeply mourned in the 
circle of domestic and social life. Dr. A. 
was a native of Keene, and was a grad- 
uate of Dartmouth College at a very 
early age, with the high honors of that 
institution. In compliance with the de- 
sire of his father, Dr. Daniel Adams, — 
a physician of skill and reputation, who 
wished to save his only child from the 
labors and exposures of his own pro- 
fession, — he entered upon the study of 
the Law. He attended the lectures at 
the celebrated Law School in Litchfield, 
Conn., and passed through the required 
course for admission to the bar. But 
his love for the medical profession was 
so strong and abiding that it could not 
be overcome ; and, satisfied also that an 
active life was better adapted to his con- 
stitution, he at length, with the consent 
of his parent, relinquished his legal stud- 
ies, and turned to that profession which 
was the choice of his earliest boyhood. 
After the most thorough education that 
New England could then furnish, he 
commenced practice in liis native place. 
At the very outset of his career a serious 
lameness, the result of accident, threat- 
ened to check his active usefulness ; and, 
though the progress of the complaint 
was arrested, his system never wholly 
recovered from the shock. 

Well fitted for his profession by tem- 
perament and form, as well as inclination 
and taste, he possessed many of those 
fine qualifications so essential to the good 
physician. With mind fully able to com- 
prehend the great principles of medical 



science, he was quick and sagacious in 
the application, and had the tact to suit 
his remedies to the fancy, as well as needs, 
of the patient. Courteous in sjjirit, pol- 
ished in manner, attractive in person, he 
was ever the complete gentleman in the 
sick chamber, as well as in the parlor ; 
so that, while the suffering could confide 
in his skill, the most fastidious were not 
annoyed by carelessness or rudeness in 
speech or deportment. Abundant in 
anecdote, and of a free humor, his com- 
ing was regarded as the friendly call as 
well as the professional Aisit, for his 
liright smile and cheering words awa- 
kened hope and inspired courage. The 
honored and trusted physician becomes 
a part of the family ; his influence is the 
growth of years ; and, when he is gone, 
who shall fill his vacant place ? Others 
as kind and skilful may be left ; still the 
heart yearns for the familiar face, the 
familiar voice. His many professional 
duties forbade him to engage much in 
public afEiirs ; and his large family, thir- 
teen children, of whom eight went before 
him to the grave, led him to find the 
most of his happiness at home. But 
that home he ever made the abode of 
hospitality. What guest there remem- 
bers not his kindly welcome, the recep- 
tion that savored of the old-school-heart- 
edness ! Though by education and habit 
he might be supposed to be conservative, 
he thought and spoke in favor of liberty 
and progress, not only in his own pro- 
fession, but in all great social interests. 
He was cautious rather than ardent, well 
balanced, and self-collected, and always 
so guarded in ojjinion and language, that, 
while he was ever ready to do justice to 
the claims of others, his was a temper 
never ruffled, and his the lips never de- 
formed by slander or invective. 

The community feel the loss they have 
sustained in his death. Witness the 
large concourse at his funeral serNices, 

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the tears that filled so man}' eyes, the 
broken utterance, tlicn and since, of re- 
spectful and sorVowing remembrance. 
In how wide a neighborhood has the 
name of Dr. Adams, for two generations, 
been almost as a household word ! How 
often has public sympathy been touched 
as the young and the promising of his 
family have been taken ! And, as he 
now joins that lengthened train, how 
many feel that the pathway of life will 
be darker and rougher because he is not 
here to tread it with them. 

ABRAM MURRAY ALLEN, M. D., 

Near Shelbyville, at the residence of 
J. H. Wilson, Esq., Doc. 24, I806, a^. — . 
Dr. A. was born in Prince Edward Co., 
Va. His family was most respectably 
connected ; and all his associations in his 
early life were elevated and refined. He 
was educated at the college within his 
own county, as were also his father and 
a large number of his immediate and 
remote relatives. 

His professional studies were com- 
menced under the direction and counsel 
of his uncle, Dr. Thomas Allen. From his 
acquired discipUne of mind and his severe 
habits of study, sustained by the char- 
acteristic strictness of his preceptor, he 
must, while with him, have become well 
grounded in the elementary principles of 
medical science. He then entered the 
first school in Philadelphia, at which he 
was graduated with distinguished honors. 
On receiving his degree, he was enabled, 
from his high rank, to obtain an appoint- 
ment as i^hysician to the city hospital. 
From such thorough and consecutive 
study, embracing a period of six years, 
united with the advantages of a hospital 
practice, he must have secured to himself 
preeminent professional qualifications. 

In a few months after lea\ing Phila- 
delphia, he settled in Nov., 1834, in 
Shelbyrille. From his first settlement 
here he devoted himself to study. In 
fact, his whole professional life was that 
of a student, rather than that of a prac- 
titioner, of medicine, ever seeming intent 
on the study of his profession rather than 
on its practice. This singular purpose, 
arising mainly from his passionate fond- 
ness for study, was constantly fostered 
by the peculiarity of his temperament 
and the protracted diseases which pre)-ed 
on his nervous system. Dr. A. regai'ded 
35 



the science of medicine as alike difficult 
and progressive, and, of course, could 
have little toleration towards any of the 
profession who did not entertain similar 
views, and with the practice unite the 
constant study of medicine. Accordinglv, 
in all cases in which he discovered a j)ar- 
tial,^ not to say an utter, neglect of pro- 
fessional study, he would severely censure. 
Doubtless in some instances "truth of- 
fended beyond jjossible pardon. 

Dr. A.'s studies and attainments were 
not confined to his profession. He was 
a very general scholar, and his acquire- 
ments were varied. He was not only an 
adept in modern languages, — French, 
German, &c., — but was probably the best 
Latin and Greek scholar in the state, 
reading voluminous works in these lan- 
guages with the utmost ease and pleas- 
ure. Throughout the whole range of 
polite literature, also, his knowledge ex- 
tended ; so that we may pronounce him 
to have been a man alike distinguished 
for capacity, cultivation, and attainment. 

REV. ALEX. BULLIONS, D. D., 

Cambridge, N. Y., June 26, 1857, re. 79. 
" The Rev. Alexander Bullions, D. D., 
has long been known as an able, labori- 
ous, and, by the grace of God, a suc- 
cessful minister of the gospel, as an active 
and efficient friend of learning, and a 
zealous promoter of every benevolent 
and useful enterprise." 

" He was born at Corrodie, a bleak, 
ungenial spot at the foot of the Grampian 
Hills, in the parish of Auchtergaven, 
Perthshhe, Scotland. The precise date 
of his birth cannot be ascertained ; but 
the register of his baptism bears date 
March, 1779, at which time it is probable 
he Mas not more than two or three weeks 
old. His parents. "William Bullions and 
Isabel Malcom, were much respected in 
the neighborhood for their piety, intelli- 
gence, and worth. They were both de- 
scended from ancestors noted for health, 
vigor, and longevity — blessings to which 
the simplicity, regubrity, and quietness 
of rural life, and the healthful, peaceful 
labors of the farm, greatly contributed. 
Though not in affluent, they were in easy 
circumstances — the result of industry 
and frugality. Their wants were few, 
and for the most part su])plied by home 
productions ; and they had always some- 
thing to spare for the relief of those in 



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want. It was his father's honest pride 
to be able to say he was never in debt, 
never bought on credit, and never gave 
his note. The family consisted of four 
sons and two daugliters. The eldest, 
John, a tall, ])owerful man, died of small 
pox in the 24th year of his age. The 
second son, James, never married, and 
died in his 70th year. Andrew, the 
third son, emigrated to the United States 
in 18(J4, became a successful farmer in 
Herkimer Co., N. Y., and died in 1S<54, 
in the 89 th year of his age, leaving a 
large and respectable family. The eldest 
daughter, Mrs. Marshall, lived to quite 
an advanced age, and left a considerable 
family. One of her sons. Rev. David 
Marshall, is now a highly-respected min- 
ister of the United Presbyterian church 
at Lochee, near Dundee. The second 
daughter, Janet, was married to William 
Fenwick, emigrated to this country in 
1810, settled in Salem, Washington Co., 
N. Y., and at her death, in 1836, left 
four d mghters, all respectable, and mem- 
bers of the church. Her husband sur- 
\"ived her a few years. Alexander was 
the youngest of the family. All of them 
made a profession of religion, lived use- 
fully, and died in the faith and hope of 
the gospel." 

"In Nov., 1797, with a joyful heart 
and high expectations, he left home, and 
posted on foot to Edinburgh, 50 miles, 
to attend college," where he found, as 
fellow-students, " Joseph Shaw, after- 
wards Rev. Joseph Shaw, LL. D., pro- 
fessor of languages in the Albany Acad- 
emy, and Thomas Dick, since known as 
the Christian philosopher," and " Rev. 
Alexander Duncan, who became one of 
the ]jrofessors in the Theological Hall of 
the United Secession church." They were 
jjupils in moral philosophy of the cele- 
brated Dagald Stewart, "a man whose 
elegant form of body and fine eye " (so 
Dr. 15. said of him) " were but the types 
of the still finer mind. He wrote beau- 
tifully, and spoke still better. When he 
laid down his notes, and gave himself up 
to his subject, it was truly enchanting to 
hear him. Every eye of more than 300 
students was fixed upon him ; and one 
of them trifling or inattentive could not 
l)e found. His style was more ambitious, 
verbose, discursive, less |)recise and com- 
pact, than that of Fiulayson, [another 
])rofessor,] and therefore, thougli he was 
more splendid, eloquent, and captivating, 



as a lecturer, he was less jjrofitable and 
edifying as a teacher." 

In 1801 he entered " the Divinity Hall 
at Whitburn, an obscure and sequestered 
village, about half way between Glasgow 
and Edinburgh ; " and hi May, 1 806, 
after a " course of academic and theo- 
logical studies, pursued by him with un- 
remitting diligence and ardor during ten 
years, and having gone through the ordi- 
nary trials, Mr. B. was licensed by the 
Associate Presbytery of Perth to preach 
the gospel of the grace of God. Just 
50 years from that time. May 20, 1856, 
he preached a discourse to the people of 
his charge in Cambridge, from Deut. viii. 
2, 3, in which he made mention of the 
Lord's goodness to him, and rehearsed 
some of the leading events and changes 
in his long and useful Ufe." 

" In Jan., 1807, he arrived at Cam- 
bridge, Washington Co., N. Y., which, 
in the pro\idence of God, was destined 
to be the field of his future labors. 
Cambridge, with a number of towns ad- 
jacent, had been settled chiefly by people 
from Scotland, many of whom had be- 
longed to the secession church there, and 
who, adhering to the same principles, ap- 
plied for and were supplied with preach- 
ing by the Associate Presbytery of New 
York, then a part of the secession." 

" At the time of his settlement the 
congregation of Cambridge consisted of 
188 members. Possessing an active 
mind, a vigorous constitution of body, 
almost uninterrupted good health, and 
uncommon power of endurance, he en- 
tered on the work of the ministry with 
that earnestness and devotion which its 
importance required, resohing to spend 
and be spent in seeking to win souls to 
Christ. From no amount of labor was 
he ever known to shrink. It was the 
common though homely remark made 
about liim among his peo])le that ' there 
was not a lazy bone in his body.' In 
the first year of his ministry he delivered 
only one discourse, of more than a hun- 
dred, to his people, which was not tran- 
scribed, (i. e., written twice over,) and 
faithfully committed to memory. Com- 
mitting to memory, every week, two dis- 
courses so fully written out as his always 
were, was indeed a serious labor to one 
beginning the work of the ministry." 

" Tlie number of baptisms during his 
ministry was about 711 ; and 786 were 
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of whom adorned their profession by a 
holy, consistent walk and conversation ; 
and not a few have fallen asleep in Jesus 
in peace, and hope, and joy. The largest 
number of members at any one time was 
370." 

"Though the work of the ministry 
was that in which he chiefly delighted, 
and to which all his powers were devoted. 
Dr. B. was ready to every other good 
work which had for its object the haj)pi- 
ness and well being of his fellow-men. 
Li all the religious and benevolent asso- 
ciations of the county he took an active 
and efficient part. In 1812, four years 
before the American Bible Society was 
formed, he exerted himself along with 
others in formuig the Washington County 
Bible Society, From that time till his 
death he was never absent from its meet- 
uigs, and for 21 years served as its pres- 
ident. He was inferior to none of its 
friends in the interest he took in it, or in 
his labors for ])romoting its efficiency and 
usefulness ; and his services Avere duly ap- 
preciated by that institution, as its action 
on the occasion of his death will show," 

" The interests of education had in 
him a most zealous and devoted advocate. 
He was indeed ' the scholar's friend,' 
The first movements to the erection of 
the Cambridge Washington Academy 



build 



m£ 



were made in 1799, and a 
erected in 1800. In 1815 it was incor- 
porated by the regents of the university 
with a board of seventeen trustees, of 
whom Dr. B. was one. In 1816 he was 
elected president of the board, and con- 
tinued to serve in this position till Jan., 
1857, a period of forty-one years, when 
he declined a reelection on account of the 
increasing infirmity of his hearing." 

" Dr. B. was twice married. His first 
wife was Mary, daughter of Rev. David 
Goodwillie, Barnet, Vt., whom he mar- 
ried in 1810 — a woman of uncommon 
worth and loveliness, meek, unassuming, 
patient under many afflictions, of sincere, 
unaffected piety, and beloved by all who 
knew her. She was the mother of his 
six children, whom she endeavored to 
train uj) from their infancy to fear the 
Lord and serve him, commending them 
with much and fervent prater to Him who 
gave them. She died in the full assur- 
ance of hope in 1830. About two years 
afterwards he married Mary, a daughter 
of William McClellan, Esq., of Hebron. 
She was a truly good woman, devotedly 



attached to him, and ])roved a blessing 
to him in his declining years. She died 
without issue in April, 1855." 

" In all the relations of life Dr. B. 
was truly exemplary — a tender, affeo- 
tionatc husband and father, devoted to 
the spiritual as well as lenii)oral interests 
of his funily; and in them he enjoyed 
an abundant reward. Under his i)astoral 
care, he had the hap]jiness to see all his 
children make a profession of religion ; 
several times he sat down with them all 
at the communion table ; and he Uved 
for many years in the lull jjersuasion that 
in due time he woukl meet his whole 
family in heaven. Four of his children 
went before him ; and two of them re- 
main unto this day. His eldest daugh- 
ter, Margaret, was married to Kev. Wil- 
liam Pringle, E,}cgate, Vt., in 1829, and 
died in 1846, leaving four children. His 
second daughter, Jennet, was married 
to Henry Grey, M. D., Whitccreek, and 
died June 13, 1852, leaving a large fam- 
ily. William, his youngest son, a learned 
and skilful physician and surgeon, died 
unmarried, June 19, 1851 ; and his 
youngest daughter, Isabella, wife of Wil- 
liam McClellan, Esq., Jackson, died Nov. 
15, 1851, leaving three children. His 
two surviving children are David G., 
formerly associate pastor with his father 
in the Associate Congregation of Cam- 
bridge, and now pastor of the Presby- 
terian church, West Milton, Saratoga 
Co., and EUza, relict of William G. Nel- 
son, M. D., who died Feb. 7, 1852." 

" Dr. B. was a man of Kentucky stat- 
ure, firm and vigorous health, and of 
active, energetic habits. Living more 
than a mile from the academy, it was 
his uniform practice to walk down once, 
and frequently twice, a week to visit the 
school." 

•' He was an accurate and elegant 
classical scholar, a devoted friend and 
promoter of liberal education, as the 
academy and hundreds of educated men 
will attest. The Bible cause, and all 
the schemes of religious benevolence 
were the objects of his untiring love. 
Such a man must have made a deep im- 
pression in the whole region of country 
in which he lived. And we presume 
that no man in Washington Co. is held 
in deeper reverence for his works and 
worth, than the noble old doctor, who 
has at last rested from his labors and 
gone up to liis crown and home." 



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CLARK 



SETH CHENEY, ESQ., 

Manchester, Conn., , 1856, se. 55. 

Mr. C. was well known as an artist, and 
his drawings in crayon are among the 
most remarkable things of their kind. 
The greatest number of them are por- 
traits of the size of life, but though por- 
traits, they are informed with a noble 
ideality. It is almost impossible to look 
upon any work that came from his hand 
without acknowledging the presence of 
a certain purity and spirituality, which 
the friends of the artist maintained was 
the proper expression of his own char- 
acter. His strictly ideal pieces are of 
so high a degree of beauty and dignity 
that his friends scarcely scruple to speak 
of tham as worthy of a place beside the 
drawings of Raphael. It Avas remarka- 
ble that he would never draw the like- 
ness of any one for whom he had not a 
personal respect. His circumstances 
did not compel him to depend solely on 
his art for a livelihood, and when im- 
portuned to allow any distinguished 
man of defective morals, whom other 
artists might be proud to paint, to sit to 
him for a likeness, he steadily refused. 
He would not consent to copy traits of 
sensuality and dissimulation in the coun- 
tenance of any man, whatever his station 
or influence. 

Mr. Cheney had retired to Manches- 
ter, where, with his brother, Mr. John 
Cheney, the eminent engineer, he had 
built a studio, and where he proposed 
to devote himself to painting — adding 
color, for which he is said to have been 
possessed of a fine eye and delicate feel- 
ing to outline and shadow, by the man- 
agement and disposition of which he 
had gained his reputation. Here he 
became a prey to the wasting disease by 
which he died, spoken of by some as 
the consumption, but said by his physi- 
cian to have been an exhaustion of the 
nervous organization, which, in him, was 
peculiarly sensitive. His personal char- 
acter was of remarkable and blameless 
excellence, and he was greatly beloved 
by his friends. 



JOHN CLARK, ESQ., 

Salem, Mass., Jan. 2S. 1851, ae. 54, 
" Mr. C. was a native of Waltham. He 
was nephew of the venerable Rev. Jo- 
nas Clai'k, of Lexington, who, with his 



brother, the father of ]Mr. Clark, rushed 
in arms to the first battle field of the 
revolution. Mr. C. graduated at Cam- 
bridge in 1816, and soon after came to 
this city to take charge of a private 
school Avhich he managed with great 
success for several years. He then 
went into business in Boston, which he 
continued for a number of years, until 
he was called to aid in the works at the 
inci])ient city of LoweU. While living 
in Salem he married Priscilla, youngest 
daughter of Jonathan Hodges, Esq. 
His social qualities were of the highest 
order ; his countenance always lit up 
with a radiant smile of benevolence and 
kindly feeling. With a susceptible heart, 
and a head sagacious and cool, he en- 
joyed the public confidence in the high- 
est degree. The more he was knoM-n, 
the higher was he appreciated and the 
more beloved. He was employed in 
the most important trusts. Under his 
management the Merrimack Company's 
works were erected. At the time of his 
death he had entire charge of the works 
at Great Falls, N. H., and during the 
absence of Mr. Storrow, in France, he 
had also the charge of the Essex Com- 
joany and the works at Lawrence. He 
was also a director and treasnrer of the 
Salem and Lowell Railroad. Various 
other trusts were confided to him. As 
a proof of his tact and skilful manage- 
ment, we select the following beautiful 
incident. At some change of wages, 
there was a strike amongst the female 
operatives. Wrought upon by a sense 
of injustice, a thousand excited females 
waylaid him on his passage to the mill. 
He had passed some distance before 
they discovered him. They then crowd- 
ed around him. He turned to them 
with his benignant smile, and said to 
them, ' This is too public a place, ladies, 
for the transaction of business. Come 
to my counting room, as many as you 
please, and I will answer all your que- 
ries.' The storm immediately subsided. 
His counting room was thronged — the 
conference ensued — and the next morn- 
ing all but about one hundred returned 
to their woi'k, satisfied that they had 
not been wronged. His death has 
caused a void which cannot be su])j)lied. 
His discretion, honesty, fidelity to every 
trust, and sound judgment, had acquired 
for him a character such as can alone be 
erected by a life of fidelity and a long 



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413 



knowledge of ■worth. ' Truly in the 
midst of life we are in death.' Called 
from trusts to higher trusts, he is sud- 
denly summoned to that region where 
the plains of earth are exchanged for the 
joys of heaven, and where ' Well done, 
good and faithful servant ; enter thou 
into the joys of thy Lord,' is the wel- 
come salutation to him who has faith- 
fully improved all his talents here. It 
has been justly said of liim, ' A better 
man never lived.' " — Salem Beg. 

The Salem Gazette says, " The sud- 
den decease of a man so universally es- 
teemed and respected, is an event which 
we cannot record without some expres- 
sion of the deep sorrow we feel. Ev- 
ery one who knew Mr. C, and is capa- 
ble of reflection, feels a sense of personal 
loss. He Avas truly a blessing to our 
whole community. Salem will long 
mourn the loss of a most enlightened, 
upright, disinterested, and public-spirit- 
ed citizen, whose hand and heart were 
ready for every good work, and whose 
sound judgment, lofty integi'ity, and 
warm benevolence made liim a wise 
counsellor and efficient guide in all use- 
ful and charitable undertakings. He 
was distinguished by a rare union of 
virtues and talents, eminently fitting 
him both for study and action, for the 
enjoyments of literature and the affairs 
of business, for a judicious pursuit of 
his own interests, and a liberal dispen- 
sation of the fruits of his industry. He 
was alike remarkable for gentleness and 
energy, for modesty and fii-mness, for a 
frank avowal of his own opinions, and 
a deUcate respect for the feelings and 
opinions of others. He possessed, in- 
deed, a most estimable and lovely char- 
acter, stamped throughout with various 
and genuine excellence. Rich in the 
gifts of intellect and literary taste, he 
was stiU richer in the virtues of the 
heart — in all those qualities that inspire 
aff'ection and confidence. As a student 
in our venerable university, where he 
graduated in 1816, he was honored and 
beloved. His exalted principles, to- 
gether with his liberal education, ren- 
dered him a steadfast and able support- 
er of all good institutions and good re- 
forms. His whole life was actuated by 
a high moral and religious tone of feel- 
ing and conduct. He carried in his 
own breast a heaven of peace and love, 
and diffused it wherever he went. His 
35* 



immediate friends and relatives shared 
in it largely, and all -who had any inter- 
course Avith him felt ils iniluence. He 
has thus left us a delightful example, 
full of consolation and instruction, a 
rich legacy to his friends, and a blessing 
to all who Mill receive it." 

llev. Mr. AVoodbury, of Lowell, in 
an article in the Christian Kcgister, 
on " Factory Life," said of him — 
" The agent of a manufacturing com- 
pany occupies a very important and in- 
fluential position. As a general thing, 
the agents of our corporations have 
been, so far as our knowledge has ex- 
tended, men who have used their jjower 
well. Some have been distinguished 
for their fidelity to the duties of their 
station, and for their usefulness in the 
community Avhere they have lived. AVe 
have in our mind now an agent of the 
principal manufacturing corporation in 
Lowell, during the time of the rapid 
growth of that city, since gone to his 
reward, who was a model man in very 
many respects — we refer to the late 
John Clark. Of an unimpeachable and 
deeply religious character, of inestima- 
ble private worth, and endowed with 
admirable faculties for business, he was 
eminently fitted for the responsible 
]jost which he held. So constant and 
devoted was he to the best interests of 
his feUow-citizens, as well as of those 
more immediately under his care, that 
he has left among all classes a fresh 
and fragrant memory of excellence. 

" Never did any man labor so dili- 
gently for the promotion of the welfare 
of his operatives. He seemed to infuse 
his spirit into them. He founded, by 
his eff"orts, an excellent library, now 
numbering ten thousand volumes and 
more, to which a cheap and ready ac- 
cess is aff'orded to all. By his influence, 
societies for rehgious and intellectual 
improvements have been formed among 
the workmen and workwomen. From 
one of these grew up the ' Lowell Of- 
fering,' a publication of by no means 
an inferior quahty, and affording ample 
and satisfactory evidence of the estima- 
ble character of mind and heart of 
manv among the factory girls. 

" Nor did his labors stop here. He 
knew that physical comfort was as es- 
sential to the" health and happiness of 
the operatives as their mord and intel- 
lectual improvement. His active and 



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[1851.] 



CLARK 



comprehensive mind did not overlook 
what might seem to some the trivial 
details of their welfare, but embraced 
and provided for all. 

" The boarding houses of the compa- 
ny were of an inferior description, and 
a reform was needed in this direction, 
as in others. When the time came for 
the renewal of some of these, he pro- 
cured the erection of a costl}', elegant, 
and spacious block of buildings, for the 
temporary homes of the girls, unsur- 
pass;?d in the city for convenience and 
beauty. They are now an ornament to 
the city, a credit to the company, and 
one attestation out of many to the ex- 
cellence of the master who always re- 
membered that those in his employ 
were men and women, with bodies to 
be made comfortable, with minds to be 
improved, and with souls to save. The 
whole administration of his office am- 
ply shows how much of good for the 
operative may be accomplished by the 
manufacturing agent who has the will 
and the spirit of fidelity." 

Rev. Dr. Miles, of Lowell, in his ser- 
mon the Sabbath after his death, said, 
" Were I asked what chiefly chai-acter- 
ized the 14 years of his life among us, I 
should say, success — remai'kable, pro- 
gressive, I believe I may add, unvary- 
ing, success ; success in the management 
of a great, responsible, and difficult 
trust ; success in maintaining the most 
friendly relations to the large number 
of persons over whom he was placed, 
subject, as they are, to continual 
change, combining every variety of dis- 
position, and in seasons when all were 
passing through trying and embarrassing 
exigencies ; success in elevating to a 
high point the standard of character 
among all those associated with him in 
business ; success in advancing to con- 
ditions of greater comfort, and to posts 
of more honor and emolument, many a 
worthy family, and many a deserving 
young man, who will long speak grate- 
fully of his memory ; success in retriev- 
ing his own private affairs, ruined by 
previous misfortunes, and not freed 
from embarrassment until he had extin- 
guished large debts, from which a legal 
quittance was, to his sense of honor, no 
exemption ; success in the influence he 
exerted in the introduction of our city 
government, when he Avas the presiding 
officer in one branch of its councils ; suc- 



cess in the establishment of that library 
which offers its ample treasures of in- 
struction to the members of our parish ; 
success in a similar enterprise under- 
taken on a much larger scale, and 
whose thousands of volumes, accessible 
to the whole city, will be a perpetual 
monument of his energy and persever- 
ance ; success in exerting a stronger 
influence than that of any other man in 
this city in promoting the cause of tem- 
perance ; success in the direction he gave 
to the ministry at large, whose permanent 
basis of support is the fruit of his wise 
care ; success in leaving his mark, l)y a 
generosity unsurpassed among us, and 
by wise advice, (than which none was 
more eagerly sought,) upon every good 
object here undertaken — marks by 
which these objects were helped on- 
ward, and by which our whole commu- 
nity felt itself blessed ; and add to all, 
and higher than all, success in develop- 
ing and maturing that sincere conscien- 
tiousness and faithful Christian charac- 
ter which prepared him to meet, with 
entire calmness and cheerful trust, that 
last solemn scene through which he has 
now passed. 

" And of all this success, the hiding 
place, the main spring, the foundation, 
the corner stone, was no other than that 
I have pointed out in this discourse — 
the sound and incorruptible moral 
purpose which was there in the centre 
of his heart — a purpose which never 
betrayed a trust, never left an author- 
ized expectation unfulfilled, never took 
an undue advantage, never stooped to 
gain an end by a crooked and sinister 
path ; which won all confidence by our 
seeing that he looked for the truth, and 
meant to follow the right, and which 
subordinated the advantages of a saga- 
cious mind, a liberal education, a kind 
heart, a pleasing address, a position of 
great influence, to the intention of ever 
doing something by which the sphere 
in which he acted his part in life might 
be made better by his living in it." 

When Mr. Clark resigned the agen- 
cy of the ^lerrimack Mills, the overseers 
addressed to him the following note : — 

"Res])ected Sir : It was with emo- 
tions of deep regret that we were first 
informed of your intention to resign 
your office as sujierintondent of the 
Merrimack Mills, and the more so now, 
as the time has arrived for our separation. 



CLARK 



[18u6.] 



CLAYTON 



415 



"Allow lis, then, sir, through this 
communication briefly to make known 
to you the high estimation in which 
we hold your character and services, 
and the kind feeling we entertain 
towards you. Be assured, then, it is no 
unfelt or unmeaning compliment we pay 
you M'hen we say we honor and respect 
you, and highly appreciate the good will 
you have manifested towards us individ- 
ually in elevating us to the positions we 
occupy ; and collectively, for the saluta- 
ry influence you have ever exerted in our 
behalf in rendering those places desira- 
ble and respectable. We also honor you 
for the distinguished abiUty, impartial- 
ity, and forbearance which have charac- 
terized your administration in the of- 
ficial discharge of the arduous, respon- 
sible, and sometimes perplexing duties 
which have devolved upon you, from 
time to time, through a long succession 
of years. We likewise honor and re- 
spect you for the high-toned moral and 
religious influence you have ever exert- 
ed in this community during your resi- 
dence among us, as also for the strict 
enforcement of wise and salutary regu- 
lations in regard to temperance, order, 
and whatever is calculated to elevate 
and ennoble those over Avhom you had 
the immediate control. We also high- 
ly esteem you for the worthy example 
of benevolence you have left us, and 
your generous sympathy towards the 
suffering and afflicted in every condi- 
tion. And in thus giving utterance to 
our own feelings, we feel assured we 
but express the sentiments entertained 
towards you by all who had the pleasure 
of your acquaintance. These amiable 
and praiseworthy traits in your charac- 
ter have called forth our admiration, 
and induced us unitedly to make 
this manifestation of our respect and 
esteem. 

"And although our daily deportment 



towards 



you, 



and our willingness to 



comply with your requirements in all 
the intercourse of business, may be 
sufficient proof of our respect, yet we 
could not willingly, and without doing 
violence to our feelings, allow this fa- 
vorable oppoi'tunity to pass without 
making some tangible demonstration of 
our high esteem. We accordingly send 
you, accompanying this brief, imperfect 
communication, our token of respect, 
and present it in behalf of those whose 



names are inscribed u])on it. Please 
accept it, sir, in tlic same spirit in which 
it is presented, and ever rememljer us 
as you would wish to be rcminiljored, 
and our ol)ject in ])resentiiig it will be 
fully attained. And that the kind 
Providence which has ever watched 
over you may still smile upon you in 
the confirmation of your health, so that 
your future career of usefulness and 
happiness in the new sphere you are to 
act, may become greatly augmented 
and more brilliant and successful than 
the past, is our heart-felt and sincere 
desire. 

" Respectfully, your ob't servants, 



S. Cushing, 
It. Wragg, 
J. Edwards, 
J. S. Gordon, 
W. French, 
W. Wright, 

D. E. Chase, 
G. Savory, 

E. M. Titcomb, 
J. L. Chenev, 
J. W. HoUand, 
S. Moar, 

W. Conihe-, 
B. O. Paige, 
J. Hanaford, 
D. M. Collins, 
G. Wellman, 
J. W. Smith, 



J. C. Crombie, 
E/H. Hadlev, 
A. Welch, 
J. Townsend, 
J. Kichards, 
D. P. Brigham, 
J. Watson, 
S. T. Stanley, 
A. S. Saunders, 
W. B. Brown, 
J. B. Wheeler, 
W. Williams, 
W. C. Welch, 
G. Nickless, 
M. A. Thomas, 
A. B. Young, 
J. L. Ordway. 



"Lowell, Jan. 1, 1848." 



HON. JOHN M. CLAYTON, 

Dover, Del., Nov. 9, 1856, re. — . He 
was elected to the Senate of the United 
States in 1829, and retained his seat un- 
til 1835. He retired from the Senate to 
accept the position of chief justice of Del- 
aware. 

He remained, we believe, upon the 
bench in Delaware for nearly 10 years. 
In this position he displayed eminent 
legal learning, and achieved a large rep- 
utation as a sound jurist. In 1845 he 
was again returned to the Senate, and 
took a leading part in the discussions of 
that body. Upon the Oregon question, 
upon the various ])ropositions for the 
solution of the difficulties arising out of 
the acquisition of new territory by the 
treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo, he was 
recognized as a whig leader, the second 



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CROSBY 



[185C.] 



DAWSON 



in conimaiul of tliat party in the Senate 
under Mr. Webster. 

When Gen. Taylor was nominated he 
made the speech which was the key note 
of the campaign of 1848, and when the 
old hero came into power he appointed 
him to the highest position in his cab- 
inet. This he filled with distinguished 
ability until the death of Taylor in July, 
18.30. Upon the inauguration of Mr. 
Fillmore he retired, and remained a 
jirivate citizen until he was reelected to 
the Senate in 1852. 

In social hfe he was eminent for his 
easy and fascinating conversational pow- 
ers, and his pleasant, companionable ge- 
niality. In his profession of the law he 
was not only a great lawyer, but a most 
finished and convincing advocate. Per- 
haps the two cases in which he won his 
highest reputation were those of Ramiel 
vs. the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 
Company, and the celebrated Pea Patch 
case. In the former he recovered for 
the plaintiff a verdict of $2oO,000 ; in 
the latter he successfully defended the 
title of Delaware to this island. 

With a reputation rather of the past 
thin of the present, — with, at least, no 
sincere sympathy for, or attachment to, 
any existing party organization, — he has 
for some time been isolated and without 
strong ])arty affiliations. That the na- 
tion will both feel and sincerely regret 
his loss none can deny. His great tal- 
ents, his devotion to the whole country, 
his vast experience, might have been 
of infinite use in stormy and troublous 
times. 

He is almost the last of that race of 
great spirits which led the councils of the 
nation, and created and directed the pub- 
lic policy, 30 years ago. Benton, Ever- 
ett, and Crittenden yet remain ; but ere 
long they, too, must pass away. They 
are the last stars in the procession of the 
jiast, ere yet the glorious sun of the fu- 
ture breaks upon us. 

MRS. ABIGAIL CROSBY, 

Hanover, N. H., Dec. 21, 1856, ae. 80, 
widow of Dr. Asa Crosby, who died at 
Hanover, April 12, 1836, sc. 70. She 
was the daughter of Thomas Russell, of 
Conway, N. H., was born March 22, 
1776, and was the mother of Alpheus 
Crosby, profeasnr emerifus in Dartmouth 
College, and of Dr. Thomas Crosby, of 



Hanover. Dr. Crosby M'as bom in Am- 
herst, now Milford, N. H. As a rev- 
olutionary incident worthy of record, 
showing the out-bursting jjatriotism of 
the yeomanry of 1776, it may at this 
late day be told, that, when the alarm 
was raised that the enemy were entering 
Charlestown for Bunker Hill, his father 
mounted one horse, and placed his two 
sons, Joseph and Asa, upon another, and 
drove with all haste to the battle field, 
and Asa was sent back with the horses. 
The father soon retm-ned, but Joseph 
joined the army, and Hved to good old 
age to enjoy the independence and the 
rewards of his country. Dr. Crosby 
married for his first wife Betsey Hoit, 
dauirhter of Col. Nathan Hoit, of Moul- 
tonboro', who was an officer m the revo- 
lutionary army and judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas in Stratford Co. He left 
eight children by his first wife, one only 
of whom has since deceased. He prac- 
tised his profession with great diligence, 
ability, and success in Sandwich and Gil- 
manton, N. H., hanng been in\ited, by 
vote of the latter town, to remove to Gil- 
manton during the prevalence of the 
spotted fecer in 1815. For 20 years of 
his early professional life he rode on 
horseback upon bad roads, over the hills 
and through the forests of New Hamp- 
shire, by night and day, among the early 
settlers, with great courage and endur- 
ance. He loved his profession, and by 
reading and experience became eminent 
in all Northern New Hamjjshire. He 
received an honorary medical degree at 
Dartmouth College in 1811. He was 
one of the strong, active, religious men 
of former days, who contributed largely, 
both by precept and examjile, in making 
so many men of that state distinguished. 

HON. WILLIAM C. DAWSON, 

Greensboro', Ga., :May 6, 1856. Gov. 
D. commenced his political career in 
the House of Representatives, where he 
served for several successive terms. He 
was elected governor of Georgia, and af- 
terwards to the Senate of the United 
States, At the time of his death he was 
grand master of the order of Freemasons 
in Georgia. He was an able and suc- 
cessful lawyer, and a sound, consistent 
politician, but was neither bigoted nor 
ultra in his views. We have had many 
statesmen of equal, or perhaps greater 



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417 



brilliancy, but very few who have so com- 
pletely won the esteem and confidence 
of all classes and parties. In every po- 
sition which his country called him to 
occupy he came up to the full measure 
of his duty. His private character was 
adorned by all that suavity of manner 
which marks the perfect gentleman. We 
may truly say of him, — 

" His life was gentle, and the elements 

So mixed in liini that Nature uiiLrht stand up 
And say to all the world, Tliis was a vian." 

CAPT. ABEL DE FOREST, 

Binghampton, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1856, se. 
94. Capt. De F. was a descendant of a 
French Protestant family, which, in con- 
sequence of the persecutions following 
the revocation of the edict of Nantes, fled 
from France to this countrv, and settled in 
Stratford, Conn. Capt. De F. was there 
born, April 28, 1761. Soon after the 
declaration of independence, being about 
16 years of age, he entered the revolu- 
tionary army in Col. Swift's regiment of 
Continentals, and served with fidelity and 
gallantry for more than three years, en- 
during all the hardships and sufferings of 
that perilous service. While stationed 
at Tarrytown in 1780, at the time of Ar- 
nold's treason, he was one, and in all 
probability the last survivor, of those who 
witnessed the sad penalty inflicted by 
the stern rules of war uj)on Maj. Andre. 
Upon the establishment of peace, he 
went to sea, and became, after his second 
voyage, the captain of a vessel trading 
between the New England ports and the 
West India Islands. It is an interesting 
incident of his maritime life, that, on the 
first trij) made by him, after being in- 
vested with command, he shipped for his 
cabin boy, in the port of New London, a 
young lad of 17 years. The boy made 
several trips with him, and before con- 
cluding his enlistment discovered qual- 
ities promising distinction as a sailor. 
This promise was abundantly redeemed 
in the war of 1812, when Capt. Isaac ' 
Hull, the humble " cabin boy," promoted , 
from the forecastle of a New England ; 
merchantman to the command of the i 
U. S. frigate Constitution, achieved that ! 
brilliant victory over the British frigate i 
Guerriere. Of such a pu]iil he was just- 
ly proud, and he preserved to the last 
the shipping articles of the young com- ' 
modore. 



After perform inn; some 21 voyages, 
Capt. De F. retired from the sca,'lf94' 
emigrated to Otsego Co., and settled 
upon a farm on the linadilla lijvcr, in 
the town of Edmeston. Here he resided 
for 42 years, during which time he rep- 
resented Otsego Co. four sessions in the 
legislature, and was in manv other ways 
the recipient of the jjulilic confidence 
and regard. About the vear 1836 he 
removed to Binghampton, where he 
dwelt until the close of his long and 
honorable career. 

P. P. F. DEGRAND, 

Boston, Mass., Dec. 23, 1856, co. 68. 
He was born in Marseilles, France, March 
7, 17S7, but had resided in Boston since 
1804. Probably no citizen was known 
to more people than Mr. D. Boston 
will long feel the efficiency of his far- 
seeing projects and energetic actions. 
To him, perhaps, more than to any other, 
is the city indebted for the AVc.stern 
Railroad. He left a large estate, much 
of which he willed to jjublic uses. He 
was interred at Forest Hills. 

THOMAS DOWSE, ESQ., 

Cambridge Mass., Nov. 4, 1 856, ae. 84. 

"A Memorahle Citizai. — The pres- 
sure of politics prevented our noticing 
the death, on election day, of Thomas 
Dowse, the Cambridgeport leather dress- 
er, aged 84. His tasteful sign, a carved 
sheep upon a fine Grecian pillar, was for 
many years a familiar halt-way landmark 
on the road from Boston to Old Cam- 
bridge. Mr. D. carried on, lor a whole 
generation, the dressing of sheep skins, 
so well doing his work that Little & 
Brown recently attributed a large part 
of their success as standard publishers 
of law books to the fact that they use 
Dowse's skins for binding, there being 
nothing equal to them. 

" At the same ]jlace were bachelor 
Dowse's house and garden ; the latter 
finely laid out, and open to all orderly 
people, who could enjoy it as freely as 
its owner. Among other interesting 
points of this garden was a range of bee- 
hives, kept for their good exam])le, their 
kind owner never taking their hard- 
earned honey from them, but finding an 
ample reward in watciiing tlie labors of 
' the singing masons building roofs of 



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FAY 



gold.' The house also was free to all 
decorous peo])lc to enjoy its fine original 
paintings, foreign drawings, &c. ; but tlie 
great feature was the library of 5000 
volumes, costing above $40,000 dollars, 
and which was declared by no less a 
scholar than Edward Everett to be the 
most complete English library of its size 
within his knowledge. These books were 
of the best editions and finest bindings ; 
they were, moreover, thoroughly read by 
their owner in the intervals of his daily 
labors in his tanning and currying shop ; 
only when his last ])urchases had been 
mastered did he seek for their fittest suc- 
cessors. In short, his affections seemed 
equally divided between his tan pits, his 
nicely bound, bat soHd books, and his 
fellow-wayfarers. 

'• Recently, feeling the departure of 
his vigor and the failure of his faculties, 
he made his will, kindly remembering 
his few relatives, to whom he gave some 
$30,000, about half his estate, leaving 
the rest in the hands of two gentlemen 
of Cambridge, to be used, as they might 
see fit, for charitable or literary purposes. 
His cherished books, however, he would- 
not trust to any posthumous disposal, 
but made a direct gift of them to the 
Massachusetts Historical Society, which 
bodv received possession of its rich prize 
Aug. 30, 18J6. 

" Mr. D., who had prepared his tomb 
at Mount Aul)urn, in the shade of a 
monument he had erected to his former 
friend and master, the great Franklin 
himself, had now his house set in order, 
and calmly awaited the dispensations of 
that Providence that for more than the 
allotted threescore years and ten had 
ena')led him to bestow so much innocent 
happiness on himself and his neighbors. 

" He was in jjolitics a conservative 
whig, and worshipped Daniel Webster 
till that dirk day, March 7, 1850 ; but 
from this time he jjlaced the service of 
liberty above all love of persons or prece- 
dents. At tlie beginning of life he had 
voted for George Washington for presi- 
dent, and he desired at its close to be 
])ermitted to dejjosit his consistent bal- 
lot for Jolm C. Fremont. This privi- 
lege, however, was denied him ; for on 
the very day of election he received a 
call from the grim messenger, who for- 
gets none, l)ut had so long delayed his 
coming, granting many years of grace, 
which had been well improved. When 



the eventful 4th of November disap- 
jieared in night, the sacred cause of free- 
dom was for the time defeated ; but one 
of its ardent lovers, who in the morning 
had breathed a prayer for its success, was 
! far beyond the reach of disap])ointment 
j and regret." — J. A. G., Lowell Citizen 
& JSews, Dec, 1856. 

HON. JOHN H. EATON, 

Washington, D. C, Nov. 17, 1856, ae. 
70. Maj. E. was for many years one of 
the most distinguished poHticians of the 
country. He commenced his ])ublic ca- 
reer in 1818, as one of the senators from 
the State of Tennessee, afterwards filling 
various offices of trust, beneficially to the 
country, and with great credit to himself. 
He was governor of Florida, secretary of 
war vmder the administration of Gen. 
Jackson, and closed his distinguished 
political career as minister plenipoten- 
tiary at the court of Madrid during a 
very exciting period in tlie history of 
that country. 

Since his return from Spain he has 
had but little to do with jniblic affairs, 
yet feeling, like a true patriot, a deep in- 
terest in all that pertains to the welfare 
of the country. 

HON. SAMUEL P. P. FAY, 

Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 1856, pe. 78. 
Soon after he graduated he received a 
captain's commission in the American 
army, and joined the forces under the 
command of Gen. Hamilton, stationed at 
Oxford, Mass., where he remained in ser- 
vice during the quasi war with France in 
1798-9. His military career, however, 
was not of long duration. After the 
successful issue of the second mission 
of envoys sent to France by President 
Adams, the army was disbanded, and 
Judge F. chose the profession of the law. 
Having completed his course of legal 
studies and l)een admitted to the bar, he 
opened an office in Cambridge, where he 
soon acquired a high reputation as a suc- 
cessful lawyer. ^lay 1, 1821, he was 
appointed judge of probate for Middle- 
sex Co., the duties of which office he 
discharged with singular fidelity and 
prom])tne.ss for nearly 35 years, when 
in M;u'ch last he was comjjclled to re- 
sign it on account of the feel)le state of 
his health. He was a member of the 



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governor's council in 1818 and 1819, 
and of the convention for revising the 
constitution of Massachusetts in 1820. 
lie was elected a member of the board 
of overseers of Harvard College in 1824, 
■which ofHce he held until the new organ- 
ization of the board in 1852. He was 
universally esteemed and respected, and 
by his death the bar has lost one of its 
most honorable and valued members. 

JOHX W. GOOKIN, ESQ., 

North Falmouth, Me., Nov. 1, 1856, 
only son of the late Judge Daniel Goo- 
kin, of New Hampshire. He was born 
in North Hampton, N. H., June 27, 
1788. He was a captain in the United 
States army during the war of 1812-14, 
and in active service on the lakes, hon- 
ored by his brother officers as a brave 
and generous gentleman. He was of a 
lofty stature, of large person, and his 
military discipline left a lasting impres- 
sion on his manners, giving him a pe- 
culiar dignity and elegance of address. 
He was one of the New Hampshire Cin- 
cinnati, and a member of the New Hamp- 
shire Historical Society. He died as he 
had lived, a consistent, humble Christian. 

HON. BENJAMIN G0RHA:\I, 

Boston, Sept. 27, 1855, se. 80. He was 
born in Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 13, 
1775. He had reached the age of four- 
score ; his activity belonged to a past 
generation ; and few remain personally 
cognizant of the important influence 
which once he exercised. But he was one 
of those " veterans " who do not " lag 
superfluous on the stage." In advanced 
years he was still surrounded by a circle 
of younger friends, and there will be 
numbers to cherish his memory for a 
long time to come. 

Nathaniel Gorham, a member and 
president of the Continental Congress, 
and a member of the convention which 
framed the constitution of the United 
States, was father of a numerous family, 
among whom was the late Mrs. Peter C. 
Brooks, and a son, who became one of 
the pioneers of Western New York, and 
died not many years ago at Canan- 
daigua. Benjamin, a younger son, grad- 
uated at Harvard College in 1795, and 
having studied law in Newburyport, un- 
der the direction of Theophilus Parsons, 



established himself in Boston in the prac- 
tice of that profession. He ra])i(l]v rose 
to eminence, and 40 years ago was one 
of the leading niemljcrs of the Boston 
bar, which, at and aliout that time, boast- 
ed the names of Prescott, Jackson, "Web- 
ster. Gore, Dexter, Sullivan, and Shaw. 
At the same jjeriod and earlier, he was 
a familiar associate in that famous circle 
in which these gentlemen and others 
mingled, with Parsons, Cabot, Ames, 
Otis, Parker, and Lowell. 

Being at ease in jioint of fortune, Mr. 
G. withdrew early from the professional 
walk in which yet higher and wider fame 

: seemed to be awaiting him, and for a 
time consented to take ])olitical office. 

I He was a member of Congress from the 

I Sufi"olk district from 1821 to 1823, when, 
on his voluntary retirement, he was suc- 
ceeded by Mr. Webster. On the transfer 
of that gentleman to the Senate in 1828, 

I Mr. G. was again elected to the House, 
where he continued through tMO Con- 
gresses, and then declined further ser- 
vice. The great questions of this peri- 

! od, which fell within the administrations 
of Mr. Adams and Gen. Jackson, were 
those of internal imj^rovements, the rev- 

[ enue tariff, and the Bank of the United 
States. No one understood them better 
than Mr. G. He discussed them on sev- 
eral occasions with eminent ability, and 
no student of the history of our legisla- 
tion on these subjects will fail to con- 

: suit the reports of his arguments. The 
speech, in 1828, on the occupation of the 
Oregon, is another moiumicnt of his 

i enlightened and prudent statesmanshi]). 

I In 1833, after repeated fruitless attempts 
by his party to choose another candidate, 
he was reluctantly persuaded to accejit a 
fourth election, and served in the third 
Congress of Gen. Jackson, of the pro- 
ceedings of which body, his s])eech on 
the removal of the deposits from t]:e 
United States Bank, in February, 1834, 
was a prominent feature. 

After retiring from Congress, jNIr. G. 
never again took pul)lic office, excej^t for 
a short time as a member of one or both 
branches of the legislatuie of the com- 
monwealth. The remainder of his un- 
commonly happy life was passed in the 
com])any of his books and of his friends. 
He had a singularly sociable nature ; he 
loved to talk, and talked admirably well ; 
and few men received or imparted so 
much pleasure in social intercourse. He 



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had a great range and great exactness of 
knowledge, and his excellent memory 
was in i)erfect condition to the last. He 
was alike incapable of flattering and of 
maligning ; in word, as in action, bold, 
straightforward, true, and firm. His equa- 
nimity was imperturbable, his cheerful- 
ness scarcely ever clouded. With that 
he irty disgust for every thing mean which 
naturally belongs to an utter inaptitude 
in one's self for base and tortuous ways, 
he was to a rare degree tolerant of mere 
differences of o])inion and action, and of 
superficial faults. He was a most wisely 
sernceable, as w^ell as constant and at- 
tractive, friend. No man excelled him 
in the useful art of disposing of Httle oc- 
casions of offence, and putting a stop to 
any rising trouble. In respect to all 
occasions, greater and less, his nature 
was very generous, tender, upright, and 
noble. 

In the closer relations of life he was 
greatly privileged. His first marriage 
connected him with the family of Judge 
Lowell ; his second, after a long interval, 
with that of Jolm Coffin Jones. Left a 
^\'idower several years ago, and bereaved, 
not long before, of his son, the home of 
his old age was lonely. But he contin- 
ued to his latest day to seek his friends 
abroad, and to receive them with cordial 
welcome. Death had been made familiar 
to his mind. He thought of it with no 
gloom and no misgivings. He spoke of 
it with no reluctance and no parade. He 
had settled his faith in the Saviour, who 
has opened the way through it to a 
higher life. He had often expressed his 
desire that it might be sudden, and the 
gentle messenger that summoned him 
fulfilled his wish. 



HON. CHARLES F. GOVE, 

Nashua, N. H., Oct. 21, 1856, fe. 63. 
He was a native of Goffstown, X. H., 
and was graduated at Dartmouth College 
in 1817. He was five successive years a 
member of the House from Nashville, 
from 1830 to 1834, and in the year 183.5 
was president of the Senate. He was 
solicitor for tlie county of Hillsboro' from 
1834 to 1837, and was attorney general 
from 1837 to 1842. In 1843 he was 
appointed judge of the Court of Common 
Pleas, and held the office until some 
time in the year 1849, since which time 
he has lived in Nashua, holding no pub- 



lic office. His disease was consumption, 
for which he had a predisposition. He 
was an eccentiic and very talented man. 

HON. FRANCIS C. GRAY, 

Boston, Mass., Dec. 29, 1806, ie. 66. 
He was born in Salem in 1790, and was 
the son of the famous AVilliam Gray the 
merchant, graduated at Cambridge in 
1809, studied law with Hon. William 
Prescott, but did not long pursue his 
profession. He was private secretary to 
John Quincy Adams when he was min- 
ister to Russia, an early contributor to 
the North American Review, author of 
various orations and historical papers, 
member of the American Academy of 
Arts and Sciences, and its corresponding 
secretary, president of the Boston Athe- 
nneum, a trustee of the State Lunatic 
Hospital at Worcester and of the Mas- 
sachusetts General Hospital, and a fellow 
of Harvard College from 1826 to 1836 ; 
also, frequently a member of the legisla- 
ture. The degree of LL.D. was conferred 
upon him by Harvard College in 1841. 

REV. WILLIAM GREGG, 

At the residence of his son. Col. Simon 
W. Gregg, Andover, Me., Dec. 27, 1856, 
se. 92 years, 7 months, and 8 days. Mr. 
G. was a descendant from Cajjt. James 
Gregg, one of that excellent colony of 
immigrants called the Scotch Irish, which 
came to this country from the north of 
Ireland in the early part of the last cen- 
tury. In that noble company were the 
ancestors of the McKeens, Armstrongs, 
McGregors, and many others who have 
distinguished themselves in the aimals of 
our country. James Gregg and his fam- 
ily were of the party which passed the 
dreaiy and suffering winter in our harbor,! 
1718-19. His son John, grandtather of 
the subject of our notice, was then 19 
years old ; and they were seeking a place 
where to estal)lish a permanent home in 
the new world. Mr. McKeen, one of 
their company, was sent to explore the 
co\mtry for a suitable location ; and they 
finally pitched their tents at a place in 
New Hampshire, to which they gave the 
name of Londonderry, the city of their 
affections in the old world, and full of 
l)rccious memories to th(>mselves and 
their posterity. Col. William Gregg, 
the son of John, and the father of our 



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worthy clergyman, was a distinguished 
officer in the war of the revolution, and 
bore a prominent part in the battle of 
Bennington, under the gallant Stark. 

His son William was then 13 years 
old, having been born in Londonderry, 
May 19, 1764. He pursued his studies 
preparatory to entering college, first with 
the Rev. Simon Williams, of Windham, 
N. H., and afterwards at Andover, Mass., 
where he was a fellow-student with 
John Q. Adams. He entered Dartmouth 
College, from which he graduated in 
1787, and was, at the time of his death, 
the oldest but two of the graduates of 
that college. These two, as well as Mr. 
G., are strDving examples of longenty. 
One of them, the Rev. Lallan Ainsworth, 
of Jaffrey, N. H., was of the class of 
177S, and is now li\'ing in his 103d year, 
having been born in 1754 ; the other is 
Father John Sawyer, born in Hebron, 
Conn., 1755, of the class of 1785, and 
formerly settled in the ministry at Gar- 
land, Me. There comes next, in the 
class of 1788, the venerable Dr. Dana, 
of Xewburyport, who still retains the 
vigor of a ripe and rich intellect. These 
are rare instances of long life in the 
ministry, and especially noticeable as 
children of the same literary parent. 
Stephen Patton, one of our aged citizens, 
also a graduate of that college, died 
here, at the age of 90, in 1855. 

Mr. G., after leaving college, pursued 
his professional studies with the Rev. 
James Miltimore, of Stratham, N. H., 
and was for a time precej^tor of the 
academy at Londonderry. He came to 
Portland in 1797, and took charge of 
one of our public schools, occasionally 
preaching as his services were required. 
In 1801 he was settled in the ministry at 
Cape Elizabeth as successor of Ephraim 
Clark, who died in 1797. The church 
there was nearly extinct ; it was hard to 
revive it ; the parish was much di\idcd 
and feeble, and rendered to their pastor 
a scanty and precarious support. Those 
■who see that fine town now, one of the 
best in the county for its agricultural 
resources, can form no correct o]nnion of 
its character fifty years ago. Industry, 
temperance, and careful husbandry have 
succeeded to the irregular habits of the 
fisherman's life and the thriftless cultiva- 
tion of the soil. The connection of Mr. 
G. with the parish was dissolved by mu- 
tual consent in 1806, and he returned to 
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the task of school keejiing in Portland. 
In 1808 he l)ecame precejitor of the 
academy, as successor of that admirable 
teacher, Eben Adams, afterwards pro- 
fessor of Dartmouth College. 

In 1811 he was invited to Limerick 
to take charge of the academy there. 
After five years' residence at L., the 
people of Cape Elizabeth again sought 
his services in the mini>try ; and he 
spent among them the eight vears from 
1816 to 1824. In the latter year he 
removed to Freeport, where he had pur- 
chased a farm, and in 18,'52 followed two 
of his sons to Andover, Me., wliere, in 
peaceful retirement with his children and 
grandchildren, his days flowed hn])pily 
on to that extreme verge of life attained 
by few on this side of the grave. He 
owed his length of days to an originally 
sound constitution, which he did not 
impair or tamper with by any excess or 
irregularity of living. The blessing was 
ever his, a sound mind in a sound body. 

As a preacher, Mr. G. retained the 
characteristics of the old school — solid 
rather than biilliant ; and he was not 
gifted with a lively or animated manner. 
His doctrinal system was similar to that 
of the old clergymen who were his con- 
temporaries, — Dr. Lathrop of Boston, 
Dr. Dean of Portland, Dr. Barnard of 
Salem, and Mr. Tilton of Scarboro', kc, 
— and was called moderate Calvinism. 
He put his reliance ujjon the Scri])tures 
as the rule of his faith and the guide of 
his life, and desired no otlicr creed. He 
lived conscientiously, always in commun- 
ion with his heavenly Father, and died 
in full assurance of accejitance by him. 
He was conscious to the last ; and his 
latest utterance was, " All is well." 

As a man, he was genial and compan- 
ionable, full of humor, and ready at all 
suitable times to engage in and enjoy 
social intercourse. He was a man of 
vigorous and robust proportions, of a 
sombre countenance, and grave and dig- 
nified demeanor. He found an admira- 
ble wife and companion in the daugh- 
ter of Rev. Simon Williams, his early 
teacher, with whom he lived in great 
harmony for more than half a century, 
and by whom he had several children, 
some of whom survive, doing honor to 
their venerable parents. 

Thus, one after another, the repre- 
sentatives and models of the elder time 
are fast separating the living ties which 



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[ 1856. ] 



HOFFMAN 



connect us Avith the ante-revolutionary 
period. Soon none will remain, and the 
diy records only will survive on which 
their deeds are entered 
they did will live after them, 



13 ut the good 



SERGEANT JOHN L. HAYS, 

United States army, Carlisle, Pa., 



1856, ae. 81, a soldier of the war of 
1812. Serg. H. was bora on the day 
of the battle of Lexington. He was the 
son of the celebrated Molly Pitcher, who 
distinguished herself at the battle of 
Monmouth, and of whom Headley, in his 
" Life of Washington," gives the follow- 
ing account : — 

" It was during this part of the battle 
[when Gen. Lee was struggling nobly 
against the overwhelming numbers that 
pressed on him] tliat an Irishman, Avhile 
serving his gun, was shot down. His 
wife, named 5lolly, only 22 years of age, 
employed herself, while he loaded and 
fired his piece, in bringing water from a 
spring near by. While returning with 
a supply she saw him fall, and heard the 
officer in command order the gun to be 
taken to the rear. She immediately ran 
forward, seized the rammer, declaring 
that she would avenge his death. She 
fought her piece like a hero to the last. 
The next morning Greene, who had been 
struck with her bravery, presented her 
to Washington, who immediately pro- 
moted her to a sergeant, and afterwards 
had her put on the half-pay Ust for hfe. 
Pre\ious to this she fired the last gun 
when the Americans were driven from 
Fort Montgomery." 

At the close of the revolution she 
took up her residence in Carlisle, where 
she was known as Molly McCauley. She 
lived to an advanced age, and was buried 
with miUtarv honors. 



HON. OGDEN HOFFMAN, 

New York city, May 1, 1856, ss. 62. 
The New York Courier and Entjuirer 
says of him, — 

" Mr. H. was born in the city of New 
York. He was the son of Josiah Ogden 
Hoflman, who in his day was one of the 
most eminent lawyers of this city, and 
at one time attorney general of this state. 
Mr. H. graduated at Columbia College 
in the year 1812, just after the declara- 
tion of the war with Great Britain ; and 



his ardent s])irit led him at once to seek 
to enroll himself in the navy of his 
country. He received a midshipman's 
warrant, and was attached to the com- 
mand of Com. Decatur. 

" During the period while the United 
States Irigate, the President, commanded 
by Com. Decatur, was blockaded in the 
harbor of New York, Mr. 11. remained 
on board ; and when finally, in Jan., 
1815, she put to sea, he was ready on 
her decks to encounter all the risks of 
l)attle, and to discharge all his duty to 
his countiT. The President was pursued 
by a British fleet. A bloody and gallant 
running fight, extending through long 
hours, followed, which was finally deter- 
mined against the American frigate by 
the combined fire of the pursuing fleet ; 
and the President was captured. The 
young midshipman, becoming thus a 
prisoner of war, was taken to Bermuda, 
and remained there for some months, 
until an exchange of prisoners of war 
efiected his release. After peace was 
declared Mr. H. again sailed with Com. 
Decatur in a United States frigate to the 
Mediterranean, and was engaged in the 
lu'ief and bloody conflict which broke 
the Algerine power in that sea, and con- 
tributed so largely to render the Amer- 
ican flag a secure passport for all saihng 
under it in those waters. 

" During his continuance in the navy 
Mr. H. became a great favorite with his 
gallant commander, who made him one 
of his aids, and took great pride in him 
as a promising young officer. But the 
peace service of the navy had not suffi- 
cient attractions for the active spirit of 
young Hoflman ; and he resigned, and 
entered u])on the study of the law. On 
being admitted to the bar, he ],'ractiscd 
in Goshen, Orange Co., N. Y., until the 
year 1826, when he removed to this city, 
and in 1828 represented it in the legis- 
lature of the state. He afterwards held 
the office of district attorney for this 
city, also district attorney of the United 
States for the district of New York. 
He also represented this city in Congress 
from 1837 to 1841. In Nov., 1853, he 
was elected attorney general of the State 
of New York, his term of office expiring 
last January. 

" In all the offices which he has filled 
Mr. H. showed in a marked manner his 
eminent fitness, commanding the resjiect 
and honor of political opponents as well 



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423 



as friends for his unimpeachable integ- 
rity, his brilliant talents, and the straight- 
forward course which he pursued. It was 
however, in the practice of his profession 
as a lawyer that Mr. H. more particularly 
shone. For years his name has been as 
familiar among us as a household word 
for all that is beautiful, harmonious, and 
persuasive in human eloquence. This 
reputation was well deserved. He was 
a giant before a jury, as many of the 
great cases in which he has been engaged 
fully prove. 

" As a friend and companion Mr. H. 
was most attractive ; while in the higher 
relations of man, citizen, husband, father, 
he Ins)3ired the deepest affection. 

" Mr. H. was twice married. His first 
wife was the duighter of Jonathan Bur- 
rail, Esq., cashier of the first United 
States Bank. His second wife, who sur- 
vives him, is the daughter of the late 
Samuel D. Southard, formerly secretary 
of the navy." 

MRS. SARAH HOLDEX, 

South WalUngford, Vt., April 23, 1856, 
8B. 99. Mrs. H. was born in Littleton, 
Mass., but spent the principal part of her 
early life in Westford, Mass. She was 
married to Jonas Holden in 1775, being 
then 18 years of age. Her marriage 
was appointed to take place three days 
pre%-ious to the battle of Bunker Hill, 
but was put off by mutual consent, that 
Mr. Holden might join the colonial 
troops then assembling at Cambridge. 
He joined the command of Col. Prescott, 
and was present at the battle of Bunker 
Hill, in which he was severely wounded. 
It was a tradition in the family that " he 
was the last living man that left the in- 
trenchments." After the battle, being 
disabled from further immediate service, 
he returned to Westford, where he was 
married ; but soon again joined the army, 
in which he continued during the war. 

After the revolution Mrs. H. moved 
from Westford to Jaffrey, N. H., then to 
Ludlow, Vt., then to Mount Holley, then 
to Crown Point, N. Y., and finally to 
Wallingford, where she buried her hus- 
band in 1835 ; suice that time till her 
decease she has resided with her son, 
Luther Holden, in South Wallingford. 

The number of Mrs. H.'s descendants, 
as far as known, was 218. They be- 
longed to different generations, as fol- 



lows : she had 12 children, 72 grand- 
children, 118 great-grandchildren, 14 
great-great-grandchildren, and 2, and 
possibly more, 
children. 



great-great-great-grand- 



COL. THOMAS FROHOCIv IIUXT, 

New Orleans, Dec. 21, 1856, a;. 63. 
The memory of a good and useful man 
belongs to his country. It is a salutary 
ingredient in the great coni])ound of 
infiuences that control the jjresent and 
foreordain the future. It neutralizes the 
posthumous poison distilled by the breath 
of the idle and the vicious, and contrib- 
utes to the general health of society. 

The memoir of a good and useful man 
is calculated to afford his surviving friends 
a solace in their sorrow, and a melan- 
choly pleasure in the contemj^lation that 
there are those who think with them in 
admiration of the departed. 

Col. H. was born at Salisburv, Rowan 
Co., N. C, in 1793. His father early 
dedicated him to his country. He did 
not, like the father of Hannibal, admin- 
ister to his son an oath, binding him to 
eternal enmity against Rome, Init he 
gave him that which was better and 
stronger than an oath, a patriotic Amer- 
ican education, binding him to hostility 
against all the enemies of his country. 

Thoroughly imbued with the spirit of 
his revolutionary sire, and ardently as- 
piring to the union of duty and fame, he 
awaited the occasion that was to call 
him to the field. That occasion soon 
arrived ; the late war with Great Britain 
appealed no less to his military ambition 
than to his love of country. At the age 
of 20 he entered the army, in IS] 3, as 
lieutenant of light dragoons, and was im- 
mediatelv placed upon active service on 
the northern frontier. In this capacity 
our young lieutenant remained until the 
following year, when he was transferred 
to a rifle regiment. Here he remained 
in active service till the close of the wai. 
The best evidence that can be produced 
of the manner in which his duties were 
performed, and of their apjjrcciation by 
his superior officers and by the govern- 
ment, is found in tlie ])romotions that 
soon after followed — his appointment to 
the staff and to the office of acting as- 
I sistant dejjuty quartermaster general in 
' 1819, and his promotion to a captaincy 
1 in the following year. 



424 



HUNT 



[1856.] 



HUNT 



He was transferred to the infantry in 
1821, upon the reduction of the army, 
and appointed assistant quartermaster, 
still remaining in active service. He 
was brevetted major in 1828. 

In 1838, when Congress organized a 
corps for more efficient service than could 
be eflected under the previous organiza- 
tions, the subject of our sketch was ap- 
pointed major and quartermaster. The 
Indian war in Florida was then in its 
tide of terror. It was more terrific than 
a civil contest, as it was attended with 
all the doubt, uncertainty, irregularitv, 
and brutality that usually characterize 
savage warfare. To all human ajipear- 
ance, there was, as yet, no a])proach 
towards a termination of the unequal 
fight. There were those who wished the 
prolongation of the strife. Deaf to the 
horrors of the war-whoop, and untouched 
by the sad necessity that caused the In- 
dian to be chased as a wolf to his den, 
or shot with as little remorse, there were 
those who wished to ])rotract the war, 
because thev could make it a source of 
pecuniary gain. 

Col. H. had for a Mhile the entire 
charge of the quartermaster's dcjiart- 
ment, and under Gens. Armistead and 
Worth, he was, in the following year, 
placed permanently at the head of this 
important bureau, and promoted to the 
rank of lieutenant colonel and deputy , 
quartermaster general. | 

Holding in his hands the " sinews of j 
war," he determined that the strength 
of those sinews should be directed to j 
their legitimate object, and not wasted, j 
to the protraction of the war. This de- j 
termination could not have Ijeen carried < 
into effect without difficulty, ])erhaps not j 
at all, had it been entert;uned by a less ; 
efficient man. He saw the abuses exist- ; 
ing, and resolved ujion reform. To him 
and his assistants are to lie attributed 
the execution of that resolve, the reduc- 
tion of ex))enditures, and the consequent j 
termination of the Florida war. | 

Col. H. remained in Florida, after the \ 
close of the Seminole war, until lS4t5, 
when he was ordered to New Orleans. J 
His administrative ability, his unswerving | 
integrity, his indomitable energy and | 
firmness, his remarkable moral courage, j 
had fixed upon him the eyes of the gov- | 
emment and of the country at large, as I 
the man for one of the most important ; 
posts in the military service at this crit- , 



ical juncture. A serious foreign war was 
in the germ of its growth. Our sister 
repul)lic had shed the blood of Ameri- 
can citizens on American soil ; tlie Kio 
Grande had been crossed ; Gen. Taylor, 
with the dust of the Florida campaign 
still ujjon him, was at the head of our 
army of occupation ; Mexico la}- uncon- 
quered before him, while the flag of the 
free waved over our gallant soldiery, ni- 
sulted and unavenged. 

Congress had resolved that a state of 
war did exist between the United States 
and ^Mexico. Nothing is remarkable in 
the fact that there were immediately 
found ample numbers of brave hearts, 
ready to be offered on the altar of the 
country : for bravery is the rule, not 
the exception, in American character. 
There is nothing notable in the ready 
response received to the call of Congress 
and the president, and in the number of 
accomplished officers and devoted jri- 
vates who immediately sjn'ang from the 
ranks of the ])eople and offered them- 
selves to their country. 

During the war many occasions arose 
to develop his character and mental re- 
sources. Stationed at New Orleans, his 
office was the focus from which all the 
ojicrations of the government proceeded 
in divergent lines. He was often obliged 
to act without instructions, and u]ion the 
assum]«tion of responsibilities, justified 
only by necessity. He had to deal 
Mith shrewd, calculating contractors, with 
M'hom cheating the government was an 
article of fliith. He had to deal v ith sub- 
ordinates more or less excejjtionable, as 
no man can employ another who will yer- 
feetly do his will. He had to keep the 
most exact accounts with the war de- 
partment, M'ith each brancli of the mili- 
tary service, and with all the contractors 
in his engagement. Firm as a rock, yet 
gentle as the wave that laves its base, 
Col. -H. performed his arduous duties 
emphatically as a business man. Quick 
of ])ercc])tion and sound in judgment, 
he was jm)ni])t to decide, whether the 
matter was great or small, whetiier he 
was discussing millions of money or hir- 
ing a laborer by the day. Industrious, 
energetic, systematic, he no sooner had 
decided u])on a matter than he proceed- 
ed to its execution. Col. H. was a sub- 
ordinate officer, and to his superiors in 
rank greater glory is ascribed. Be it so. 
The consciousness of duty was his reward. 



HUNTER 



[ 1856. ] 



LEWIS 



425 



He was 63 years old when he died, 
though the temperance of his life made 
him seem much younger. Forty-three 
years had been given to his country, 
nearly all the time in active service. He 
died in New Orleans, where he remained 
in service since tlio close of the Mexican 
war, having been promoted in 18ol to 
the rank of colonel and assistant quarter- 
master general. In all the relations of 
of life Col. H. was most exemplary. Af- 
fable in his manners, social in his hours 
of leisure, fond of home and the simple 
joys of domestic life, he evinced as much 
goodness of heart as discipline of mind. 
There are thousands who can bear tes- 
timony to the genuine spirit of charity 
with which he was imbued, and to the 
acts of hospitality and beneficence by 
which it was exhibited. If his life had 
not the brilliancy of a meteoric blaze, it 
had that steady, fireside light, which im- 
parted to all around a genial warmth. 

LIEUT. CHARLES G. HUNTER, 

New York city, March 11, 1856, se. 45. 
Mr. H. was a native of New Jersey, and 
entered the service as midshipman, Nov. 
11, 1824, and was advanced to rank of 
lieutenant June 24, 1834. Not long 
after he fought a duel at Red Bank, N. J., 
with a man named Miller, who charged 
him with insulting his sister-in-law in 
Philadelphia. Miller was killed on the 
first fire : H. escaped without a scratch. 
When the aff"air became public, H. was 
dismissed the service (in 1830) by Gen. 
Jackson, then president. Warrants were 
issued for his arrest, and he was forced 
to flee to avoid apprehension. He first 
went to Boston, and from thence to 
Montreal. He soon after retuimed in 
disguise to New Jersey, and remained 
for some time secreted in the house 
of a Mrs. Griffiths, in the towir of New 
Brunswick. While so secreted he be- 
came enamouredof his protector's daugh- 
ter, and was subsequently married to 
her. When the commotion caused by 
the duel had in some measure subsided, 
he went to Washington, obtained an in- 
terview M'ith Gen. Jackson, explained 
all the facts connected with the duel, 
solicited to be restored to his former 
position, and was successful. In 1842 
he was first lieutenant of the Fairfield, 
attached to the ^lediterranean squadron, 
under command of Com. Ridgley. He 
36 * 



discharged the duties of this position 
faithfully, and after the lapse of three 
years returned to the state. 

During the Mexican war he again be- 
came noted for his capture of tiie town 
of Alvarado, He then connnanded the 
U. S. steamer Scourge, a vessel of light 
draught, built expressly for service in 
the shallow waters of tlie small harbors 
on the Mexican coast. The squadron, 
under the command of Com. Terry, had 
twice retired from Alvarado. (Jn the 
20th of March, 1847, the day after the 
surrender of Vera Cruz, a combined 
movement was made by a brigade, un- 
der the command of Gen. Quitman, and 
a powerful fleet, under Com. Perry. 
Previous to this time Com. Pei-ry had 
sent Lieut. H. to watch the mouth of 
the river. Instead of remaining inac- 
tive, Lieut. H. made an advance upon 
the town, which, fortunately for him, 
was neither fortified nor garrisoned. He 
demanded its surrender, and before Per- 
ry and Quitman arrived, all the usual 
forms had been gone through with. 

Gen. Quitman took the matter phil- 
osophically ; but Com. Perry Avas ex- 
ceedingly indignant, and H. was tried 
by court martial at Annapohs, and ac- 
quitted ; and on returning to New York, 
met with a public reception, and was 
presented with a sword. Soon after, he 
obtained the command of the Taney, in 
the Mediterranean, and also acted as a 
purser. Having, on his return, been 
reported a defaulter for $10,000, he was 
again dismissed the service ; subsequent- 
ly restored by President Fillmore. Last 
year he commanded the Bainbridge, of 
the Brazil squadron, and becoming of- 
fended at Com. Salter, he suddenly set 
sail and brought his ship to New York. 
The articles of war inflict the punish- 
ment of death for the act of deserting a 
squadron ; but President Pierce was 
content with dismissing Lieut. H. from 
the service. 

Lieut. H. was an excellent officer, 
though exceedingly rash, and some- 
times eccentric. 



ENOCH LE^^^S, 

Philadelphia, Pa., July 14, 1856, fp. 81. 
It is probably safe to say this venerable 
saint and sage has scarcely left his su- 
])erior in the society of Friends, of which 
he was a valued and eflicicnt member. 



426 



LEWIS 



[ 1853-56. ] 



LOCKE 



For many years he filled the station of 
elder in the church, and various other 
important and responsible appoint- 
ments. He wielded a poMcrful pen, 
which was ever ready in the service of 
truth. Indeed, one of the qualities which 
constituted his true greatness of mind, 
was his meekness and unafl'ected Chris- 
tian humiUty. His reputation, as an 
author, has long been well established, 
and his writings have been numerous 
and diversified, including school books, 
historical, biographical, moral, and the- 
ological treatises. He was distinguished 
as a mathematician and a teacher. As 
a philanthropist, he has borne an im- 
portant and able part in his generation, 
and the reports and other official docu- 
ments emanating from his pen have 
often reflected credit upon the society 
of which he was a ftuthful member. As 
an editor he has done much service — 
and especially as editor of the " Friends' 
Review," which he established and con- 
ducted for about nine years. 

MRS. HANNAH R. LEWIS, 

Dallas, Luzerne Co., Pa., Oct. 3, 185G, 
8B. 80. Mrs. L. was a native of Plym- 
outh, Luzerne Co. Her father, Jonah 
Rogers, emigrated from Connecticut, 
and settled in Wyoming in 1116, the 
year in which she was born. Two years 
after, they were obliged, by the Indians, 
to abandon their home in Plymouth, and 
return to Connecticut, where they re- 
mained about a year, until quiet was 
restored, when they returned again to 
Wyoming. At the time of the massa- 
cre, or Indian battle, as the first settlers 
term it, her grandmother Rogers, an 
old lady, was poor in health, and in or- 
der to carry her, in fleeing from the In- 
dians, two horses were attached side by 
side, and a bed laslicd u])on their backs, 
and the old lady ])laced u])on the bed, 
and in this manner they set out in the 
night for Connecticut. But the excite- 
ment and fatigue of the journey were 
too much for her feeble health, and she 
died on the way. Her friends merely 
tarried long enough to inter her remains 
bv the road side, and then resumed their 
flight. 

The subject of this brief memoir was 
seven or eight years old wlien the Con- 
necticut j)C'0])le wc;re driven from their 
possessions in Wyoming by the Pemi- 



amites. Her recollections of the scenes 
and incidents of those days were vivid. 
She was endowed with a remarkably 
good memory, and could narrate nearly 
every important incident of her hfe. 

HON. JOSEPH LOCKE, 

Lowell, Mass., Nov. 10, 1853, se. 81. 
On the 11th day of November, 1853, 
there appeared in one or more of our 
newspapers an article commencing Avith 
" Another of our valued citizens has 
gone : the Hon. Joseph Locke died at 
his residence in Lowell, yesterday, the 
10th inst., at the ripe age of 81 and a 
half years." 

We shall not attempt in this brief 
space, to do full justice to the memory 
of this able and excellent man. But 
we deem it of much value, to the pres- 
ent and coming generations, that enough 
of his history be preserved to show that 
true ability and merit will be rewarded 
by public favor, Avithout being self- 
sought. Joseph Locke was born in 
Fitzwilliam, N. H., April 8, 1772. His 
father's name was Jonathan Locke, and 
his mother's name was Mary Haven, of 
Portsmouth, N. H. He graduated at 
Dartmouth College in 1797, studied 
law with that eminent jurist, Hon. Tim- 
othy Bigelow, and was admitted to the 
bar in 1800 ; commenced practice at 
Billerica, in Middlesex Co., in 1801. In 
1803 he married Lydia, daughter of 
Gen. Nathaniel Goodwin, of Plymouth, 
Mass. 

He had eight children, four sons and 
four daughters. The former all died 
before him, the latter all survive him. 

He lived in Billerica until 1833, when 
he removed to Lowell, where he resided 
the rest of his life. To mention the 
places of honor and trust held by him 
is enough to indicate the high intelli- 
gence, integrity, and probity, for which 
he was valued, not only in his own town, 
but throughout the commouMealth. He 
was eight times chosen a member of the 
state legislature from Billerica, and once 
from Lowell ; was eight years presi- 
dent of the old Court of Sessions ; was 
an elector of president of the United 
States in 1816. He Mas also nominat- 
ed and confu-med special justice of the 
Court of Common Pleas, in 1810, which 
office he dechned, as I i)elieve, from ill 
health. He was a member of the con- 



LOCKE 



[1856.] 



PARKER 



427 



stitutional convention in 1820 ; a mem- 
ber of the governor's council in 1H21 
and 1822 ; and was 13 years justice of 
the Lowell Police Court. 

Few of our fellow-citizens have en- 
joyed so mucli of ]niblic favor, and none 
have more faithfully executed the trust 
reposed in them. 

But all who knew him are aware that 
he never sought office ; nor could he 
ever be induced to cast a vote for him- 
self, believing, as he often said, " that a 
man could not be his own constituent." 

The following article, Avritten by a 
townsman of his, and published in the 
Colunilnau Centinel in 180(), the first 
year he M'as chosen, shows a highly com- 
mendable and independent course, es- 
pecially at that time, when temperance 
was not deemed a virtue. 

Memoranda . — "Billerica, May 8. Jo- 
seph Locke, Esq., is elected representa- 
tive of this town. As soon as the choice 
was declared, ]Mr. L., after expressing 
his warmest acknowledgments for the 
confidence reposed in liim by the town, 
and making some very pertinent re- 
marks u])on the critical and alarming 
situation of our country, and particular- 
ly its commercial interests, closed by 
saying that his principal object in mak- 
ing any observations was to express his 
disapprobation of the practice of distrib- 
uting spirituous liquors among the peo- j 
pie on representative elections. He 
presumed his non-compliance with the 
practice would not be considered by his 
predecessors in the office as casting any 
reflections upon them, or as charging 
them with improper motives, since they 
undoubtedly acted as they did upon the 
principle of not being considered nig- 
gardly, or of giving some pledge of their 
gi-atitude. He wished to be understood 
that it was not the value of a ' little glit- 
tering dust ' that influenced him, but 
the mode of its application. He M-ould 
therefore take the liberty of varying the 
appropriation, by placing a sum of 
money, equal to what had been annu- 
ally expended in punch, in the hands of 
the selectmen, to be distributed in the 
several school wards in the town, for 
the purpose of purchasing books, to be 
given as prizes to those children who 
should excel in the improvement of 
their minds. Mr. L. observed, that the 
measure possibly might not be a popu- 



lar one, but said, although he valued 
the good opinion of tlie town as nmch 
as any man, yet he would not consent 
to purchase it at the expense of his in- 
tegrity and principles. The candid and 
conciliatory manner in whicli the re- 
marks were made, the agreealjle impres- 
sion they made upon my mind, and the 
satisfaction expressed in the counte- 
nances of all present, has induced me to 
make them public, conceiving the meas- 
ure to be highly laudable, and worthy of 
imitation." 

He possessed a fine logical and legal 
mind, of a keen and discriminating judg- 
ment, and of sufficient attainments to 
give dignity and character to the high- 
est judicial position. 

He held his office in the Police Court 
until he was 7o years old ; and yet no 
one ever discovered in his mental pow- 
ers any signs of decay, although, from 
a sense of duty and self-distrust, he of- 
ten requested his intimate legal friends 
to warn him to retire if any of the 
Aveakness incident to old age should be 
discovered in his official acts. 

He was a fiinn friend to the cause of 
public worship, and of education ; was 
often on the town school committee ; an 
accurate and critical scholar ; as famil- 
iar M-ith the Bible, Shakspeare, and the 
English authors generally, as with the 
books of common law. But, to duly 
appreciate Judge Locke, it was neces- 
sary to know him intimately. And it 
was cheering in the extreme, to those 
who were honored with his friendship, 
to witness the firm and loyal spirit in 
which he resigned himself at last to the 
will of God, dying, as he had long 
lived, in the Christian faith, and a ffi'm 
hope of immortality. J. A. K. 

HON. EDMUND PARKER, 
-, Sept. — , 1856, a?. 74. He 



was born in Jaffrey ; graduated at 
Dartmouth College in lSO;i; studied 
the profession of laM-, and connncnced 
the practice of his chosen ])rof'ession in 
the town of Amherst in 1812 or 1813. 
He represented Amherst several years 
in the legislature, and Feb. 20, 1829, 
was appointed judge of probate for 
Hillsboro' Co., which he resigned in 
183.3, and removed to Nashua, where 
he was appointed agent of a factory. 



428 



PAYNE 



[ 1852. ] 



PAYNE 



JOHN HOWARD PAYNE, ESQ., 

U. S. consul to Tunis, 1852, se. 60. He 
was born in the city of New York, June 
9, 1792, but was soon after taken to 
Boston, to which place his father re- 
moved to take the charge of a new ed- 
ucational establishment. His precocity 
displayed itself in various forms, and 
when, about the year 1805, he returned 
to New York and entered a counting 
house, he amused himself by publisliing 
a little periodical, entitled " The Thes- 
pian Mirror." Some of his articles thus 
disseminated attracted so much atten- 
tion, and argued so favorably in behalf 
of his ability, that a benevolent gentle- 
man of that city, Mr. John E. Seaman, 
volunteered to defray the youth's ex- 
penses at Union College. The offer was 
gladly accepted, and Payne took his de- 
parture for Albany in a sloop in compa- 
ny with his friend and kind adviser, the 
celebrated American novelist, Chai-les 
Brockden Brown. The bankruptcy of 
liis father led young Payne to insist 
upon trying the stage as a means of sup- 
port, and, inasmuch as he had already 
displayed histrionic capacities, he ob- 
tained the consent of his parent and 
patron, and, leaving college, made his 
first appearance at the Park Theatre as 
Young Norval, on the evening of Feb. 
24, 1809, in his 16th year. The per- 
formance, like those of his whole en- 
gagement, was highly successful. He 
subsequently fulfilled engagements in 
the princijial cities of the United States. 
In Jan., 1813, he sailed for England, 
where, and in France, he remained un- 
til the year 1822, when he returned ' 
home. Of the varied scenes in which 
his life was passed on the island and on 
the continent, we have not the space to 
wi-ite. An account of the transaction 
which resulted in the composition that i 
is sung wherever the Englisli tongue is j 
spoken, must not, however, be omitted. , 

When Charles Kemble became man- 
ager of Covent Garden, he, like his ; 
i)redecessors, applied to Payne for aid. 
:^ayne offered the new manager a num- ' 
ber of manuscripts for £230. " The odd i 
30 was the value set opposite the jnece 
afterwards called * Clari.' Kemlile 
closed with the offer, and produced this 1 
piece, Avhich, at his request, the author ', 
had converted into an o])era. It made ', 
the fortune of every one prominently | 



connected with it except the usual ex- 
ception in these cases — the author. 
It gained for Miss M. Tree, (the elder 
sister of Mrs. Charles Kean.) who first 
sang ' Home, Sweet Home,' a Mealthv 
husband, and filled the house and treas- 
ury. Upwards of 100,000 copies of 
the song were estimated, in 1832, to 
have been sold by the original publish- 
ers, whose profits within two years after 
it was issued are said to have amounted 
to 2000 guineas." 

After his return to the United States, 
Payne issued the prospectus* of a peri- 
odical which M^as to appear simultane- 
ously in England and the United 
States. The prospectus of eight pages 
was the only part of the Mork that 
ever saw the light. He subsequently 
became a contributor to the Democrat- 
ic Review, and having twice received 
the appointment of consul to Tunis, 
died there in 1852. The song by which 
he is best known appeared originally 
as follows : — 

HOME, SWEET HOME. 
'Mid pleasure? and palaces though we may roam, 
Still, be it ever so humble, there's no place like 

home ; 
A charm from the skies seems to hallow it there. 
Which, go through the world, you'll uot meet else- 
where. 

Home, home, 
Sweet home! 
There's no phice like home — 
There's no place like home. 

An exile from home, pleasure dazzles in vain, 
Ah! give me my lowly thatched cottage again; 
The birds singing sweetly, that came to my call — 
Give me them and that peace of mind, dearer than 
aU. 

Home, home, &e. 

Many songs on whose composition 
far more time has been employed than 
was ever spent on this, have faded from 
recollection, not that they were desti- 
tute of merit, but because they failed 
to awaken that thrill of the heart a\ liich 
is the true measure of the jjower of 
music. How different the fate of this 
ballad ! Written with nothing of the 
delights of home about him but tlie rec- 
ollection of its homeliness, its cottage 
thatch, and its birds, the author strung 
the song with chords whose tones find 
a response in every heart tliat ever 
had or dreamed of a home. '1 !;is sim- 
ple lyric is known all over the world, 
and doubtless saluted its author's ears 
in a far-off Tunis. He once heard it 
sung l)y a fellow-captive while in a Lon- 
don prison, and sighed for the freedom 



SMITH 



[ 184-. ] 



SMITH 



429 



of the birds of which he had written. 
In the parlors and saloons of the great, 
the rich, and the fashionable ; in the 
simple abode of the humble, the poor, 
and the afflicted ; by the wayside, in 
the concert hall, at midnight in the 
serenade, at raorniug, and at evening, 
in the street, and through open win- 
dows, is heard this song, Avhich will be 
remembered as long as the language 
remains in which it was written. Still 
its author wanted the daily leg of mut- 
ton while London was dissolved in 
tears by his lyric, and he not only lost 
the £25 which was to have been paid 
him for the copyright of the opera in 
which the song appeared, on the 20th 
night of its performance, but was not 
even complimented with a copy of his 
own ballad by the publisher. — Troy 
American. 

HOX. WILLIAM SMITH. 

William Smith was elected a judge, 
June 28, 1808, in the place of Judge 
Trezevant, who had died the February 
preceding. He was president of the 
Senate when elected, and was a lawyer 
in the full tide of successful practice on 
the Middle, now called the Northern 
Circuit, S. C. 

He was born in North Carolina, but 
emigrated to South Carolina, and settled 
in York district when very young and 
poor. 

At 30 years of age ^Ir. Smith began 
the study of the law, and as three years 
was then the prescribed term of study 
for the graduate of a college, he must 
have been 33 years of age when admitted 
to the bar. 

He represented his early life to an in- 
timate friend, — Col. Thomas Williams, 
formerly of York, now of ^Montgomery, 
Ala., — as wild, reckless, intemperate, 
rude, and boisterous, yet resolute and 
determined. 

He had the rare blessing to win the 
love of one of the purest, mildest, and 
best women whose character has ever 
been jjresented to the writer. He mar- 
ried Margaret Duff. In his worst days 
she never upbraided him by word, look, 
or gesture, but always met him as if he 
was one of the kindest and best of hus- 
bands. This course on her part hum- 
bled him, and made him weep Hke a 
cliildj and shows how much a patient 



woman's love can accomplish. He was 
at last reformed by an instance of her 
patient love and devotion, as he himself 
told it. 

The evening before the return day of 
tlie Court of Common Pleas for York 
district, a client called with oO notes to 
be put in suit. ^Iw S. was not in his 
office ; he was on what is now fashion- 
ably called a spree, then a frolic. Mrs. 
S. received the notes, and sat down in 
the office to the work of issuing the writs 
and processes. She sj)ent the niglit at 
work — Mr. S. " in riotous living." At 
daylight, on his way home from his ca- 
rousals, he saw a light in his olKce, and 
stepping in, to his great surprise, saw 
his amiable wife, who had just completed 
what ought to have been his work, with 
her head on tlie table, and asleep. His 
entry awoke her. She told him what 
she had done, and showed him her 
night's work — 50 writs and processes. 
This bowed the sti'ong mm ; " ho fell 
on his knees, implored her pardon, and 
then and there faithfully jjromised her 
never to drink another drojj while he 
lived." " This promise," said Col. Wil- 
liams, " he flxithi'ully kept ; " and said the 
judge to him, •' From tliat day every thing 
which I touched turned to gold." " His 
entire success in life," says Col. Williams, 
" he set down to his faithful observance 
of this noble promise." 

No better eulogy could l)e pronounced 
on Mrs. Smith than has just been given 
in the words of her distinguished hus- 
band. The reformation of sucli a man 
as Mr. S. is a chaplet of glory which few 
women have been permitted to wear. 
To the people of South Carolina, and 
especially of York district, certainly no 
stronger argument in favor of temjjer- 
ance, total abstinence, need be given. 

At the session of the legislature in 
December, 1816, Judge S. was elected 
to the Senate of the United States, and 
thus vacated his place on the l)ench. 
From March, 1817, to March. 1823, he 
served, and most faithfully and al)ly dis- 
charged his duties in the United States 
Senate. In December, 1822, the talent- 
ed and accomplished attorney general of 
the state, Robert Y. Hayne, was elected 
senator in jjreference to Judge S. He 
was returned to the House of Repre- 
sentatives of South Carolina in 1824, and 
in 1826 lie led the jjarty which reversed 
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state. The doctrine of a strict construc- 
tion of the constitution was adopted with 
siuf^ular unanimity. In December, 1826, 
Judge S. was elected senator in Con- 
gress for the unexpired term of John 
Gilliard. In IH'30 his former friend, 
Stephen D. Miller, superseded him. The 
doctrine of nullification was then begin- 
ning to gain the ascendency in the state. 
In 1831 Judge S. was one of those who 
signed the appeal to the Union party of 
South Carolina. Throughout the strug- 
gle to which nullification gave rise, Judge 
S. remained true to the Union ; but the 
^^oleut divisions and party strife which 
then pervaded the state drove Judge S. 
and many other valuable men from it. 

Judge S. was remarkable for the " in- 
domitable energy of his character." He 
turned not aside fi'om obstacles ; what 
he thought right to l)e done, he did. 
His opinion he surrendered to no man, 
and of consequence he was led by no 
one. To this unbending Avill is to be 
attrllnited his oj)position to Mr. Cal- 
lioun. He felt that he was much his 
senior ; that he belonged to the old rad- 
ical school when ^Ir. Calhoun, Mr. Mc- 
Duffie, Gens. Hayne and Hamilton be- 
longed to the party in favor of a liberal 
construction of the constitution ; that he 
had a larger experience as a republican 
than any of them ; and that his former 
position as a judge placed him far above 
Mr. Calhoun ; and that, therefore, if def- 
erence ought to be paid to any one, it 
ought to be paid to him. His love of 
truth made him defend, in the strongest 
terms, his opinions, political or other- 
wise. 

His intercourse with his friends was 
unrestrained freedom and pleasantness. 
He abounded in anecdotes of the bench 
and Ixir, and of his varied life. These 
he ])oured out for the entertainment of 
his friends. But to those whom he dis- 
liked, or who he sui)])osed disliked him, 
he was reserved, but courteous. 

He and his wife were lilessed with an 
only child, a daughter. She became the 
wife of John Taylor, Esq., of Pendleton, 
and died soon after the birth of her only 
child, a daughter, who was raised and 
educated by her grandparents. 

Tlie western land mania seized the 
judge while in his first term in the 
United States Senate. He bought large- 
ly in Alabama, but without any purpose 
of removing. It was left, however, to 



the unfortunate nullification difficulty to 
drive him from the state. He left soon 
after his last term in the United States 
Senate, and became a Louisiana planter. 

His idolized wife preceded him to the 

tomb. He died in Louisiana, , 

184-, full of years, and almost a million- 
naire in wealth. He was of the common 
height, rather square built, and of great 
physical powers ; his face rather pale, ex- 
hibiting unflinching firmness. His voice 
was peculiar, rather shrill in its intona- 
tions, and calculated by its sharpness to 
add much to his withering sarcasm. 

On the whole, he was a remarkable 

man, with the iron will of Jackson, and, 

like him, utterly ignorant of the word 

Jail. — J, B. O' Is tale, Hoidli Carolina. 

REV. ZADOCK THOMPSOX, 

Burlington. Jan. 17, 1856, s^. 59, pro- 
fessor of natural history in the University 
of Vermont. It is but the repetition of 
a tribute universally acknowledged to 
say that Vermont owes more to Prof. 
Thompson, for a development of the nat- 
ural history of the state, than to any 
other man — and it is not too much to 
say, to all other men. His life has 
been devoted to the acquirement of in- 
teresting facts; and from time to time 
the public have enjoyed the benefit of 
his acquisitions in the works he has ]iub- 
lished — books well known to, and high- 
ly appreciated by, the citizens of this 
state. Prof. T., at the time of his de- 
cease, held the office of state naturalist, 
an apjjointment conferred upon him by 
special legislative enactment in 1853, the 
duties of which, though prosecuted with 
his usual zeal and fidelity, he had not 
completed. His death is a great loss to 
the peoj^le of this state, and his memory 
deserves a more extended notice than 
can be given in a newspaper obituary. 

JOSEPH TILTON, ESQ., 

Exeter, N. H., March 28, 1856, .t. 81. 
Mr. T. was born in East Kingston, a few 
miles from Exeter, in August, 1774. 
He graduated at Harvard College in 
1797, studied law at Exeter, in the office 
of Judge Smith, who in 1797 removed 
from Peterboro' to Exeter, and was ad- 
mitted to practice about 1800. He com- 
menced ])rofessional business in Wake- 
field, Strafford Co., whei'e he remained a 



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few years, and then removed to Roches- 
ter, when in 1806 he was married to 
Miss Nancy Folsom, of Exeter. In 1809 
he opened an office in Exeter, M'here he 
continued afterwards to reside until his 
death, March 28. His wife died in 1837. 
He was ever held in high esteem by the 
citizens of this place, as indicated, among 
other tilings, by their electing him to 
represent them in the state legislature 
nine years in succession, from 1815 to 
1823 inclusive. A classmate of his, who 
survives him, and who has known him 
intimately through lite, and himself an 
able lawyer, says of him in a newspaper 
obituary, that " he was a lawyer of al)il- 
ity and great integrity, a man and citizen 
eminently kind and useful, beloved by his 
friends, of unblemished reputation, and 
universally respected through his long 
life." None who knew him would ac- 
cord to him any less than is here said in 
his praise. He was a lawyer of accurate 
knowledge, a counsellor of safe and reli- 
able character, a kind and sincere friend, 
a worthy and useful citizen. 

He was the oldest practitioner in the 
county. He had a fresh recollection of 
what transpired in our courts during the 
first 25 years of this century, during 
which there were grouped in old Rock- 
ingham Co. legal talent enough to reflect 
honor upon the whole country. Forty 
years ago Mr. T. was more tamiliar with 
the eminent lawyers of that day, whose 
memories we cherish with so much pride, 
than many of us are with one another. 
Daniel Webster was then laying the cor- 
ner stones whereon he afterwards reared 
the vast fabric of his renown ; Judge 
Jeremiah Smith was in the vigor of his 
strength, and the full exercise of all his 
powers ; Jeremiah Mason, unequalled in 
legal skill and sagacity, was disputing 
every inch of ground with every adver- 
sary ; George Sullivan, the music of 
whose eloq\ience will never be forgotten 
by any who ever heard him speak, was 
in full tide of merited success ; and Icha- 
bod Bartlett, last but not least, was 
displaying those almost universal legal 
accomplishments which made him the 
admiration of two generations of lawyers. 
Others of less distinction, but of emi- 
nent ability, were at our courts, and Mr. 
T. was for many years an eye witness of, 
and often a participant in, the trials 
wherein these great men measured their 
strength with each other, and polished 



their weapons for new encounter.^ and 
future triumphs. Each contril)uted to 
the greatness of tlu; others, and each 
acquired a reputation superior to most 
other men in New JMigland. Mr. T. 
well rememliered when neitlier of these 
men had a name ; he watched their rising 
greatness, rtjoiced in the honor they ac- 
quired, enjoyed their esteem and confi- 
dence, and having lived several years after 
the last of them had died, has now himself 
quietly gone to his and llicir long home. 

HON. SAMUEL SUMNER WILDE, 

Boston, Mass., June 22, 1855, x. 82. 
This distinguished jurist was bom in 
Taunton, Mass., Feb. 5, 1771. He was 
the son of Daniel Wilde, a native of 
Braintree, but who early in life settled in 
Taunton as a farmer, Avliere he resided 
till his death in 1792. He was for many 
years one of the deacons of the Congre- 
gational church in that town. He was 
twice married. His first wife was the 
daughter of Dea. Staples, of Taunton. 
His second wife, the mother of Samuel 
S., was the only child of Deacon Samuel 
Sumner, also of Taunton. 

Judge W. fitted for college under the 
instruction of Rev. Ephraim Judson, the 
first minister of Taunton, and entered 
the sophomore class at Dartmouth Col- 
lege in 1786, where he was graduated in 
1789. He studied law with Hon. DaAid 
Leonard Barnes, a distinguished lawyer 
in Taunton, who afterwards removed to 
Providence, and was judge of the Dis- 
trict Court of Rhode Island. He was 
admitted to the bar in Sept., 1792, and 
the same year was married to Eunice, 
daughter of the late Gen. Cobl), of Taun- 
ton. He immediately removed to Wal- 
doboro', Lincoln Co., Me., where he be- 
gan the practice of his jirofession. He 
remained two years in that town, and 
then removed to the adjoining town of 
Warren, where he resided five years. In 
1799 he removed to 1 lallowell. He rep- 
resented the town of Warren two years 
in the legislature, but after liis removal 
to Hallowell he devoted himself princi- 
pally to his jirofession. He wa-;, how- 
ever, twice chosen an elector of president 
and vice president of the United States, 
and in 1814 was elected a state council- 
lor. He was also one of the delegates 
to the celebrated Hartford Convention, 
and was the last sm-vivor of that distin- 



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guished asseniblapje, which possessed an 
array of talent seldom, if ever, surpassed, 
and which has been more unjustly abused 
than was ever any ))olitical body in the 
country. In June, 1815, he was appoint- 
ed by Gov. Strong an associate justice of 
the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, in 
which otfice he continued, discharging its 
duties with signal ability and success, un- 
til his resignation, on account of the in- 
firmities of age, Oct. 28, 1850, having 
held it 35 years and four months — a 
longer period than it was ever held by 
any other individual. On account of the 
separation of Maine from Massachusetts 
he removed in 1820 from Hallo well to 
Xewburyport, where he resided till 1831, 
when he removed to Boston, where he 
passed the remainder of his life. He 
was a delegate from Newburyport to the 
convention of 1820 for revising the con- 
stitution of the state. The wife of Judge 
W. died June 6, 1826, 

Judge W. received the degree of doc- 
tor of laws from Bowdoin College in 
1817, and the same honor was conferred 
upon him by Harvard College in 18-14, 
and by Dartmouth in 1849. He was also 
a member of the American Academy of 
Arts and Sciences. His judicial career 
was distinguished by great legal learning 
and stern integrity. In private life his 
character was unblemished and exem- 
plary. — Boston Daily Advertiser. 

Judge Wilde was almost the last link 
that connected the bar and the bench of 
Massachusetts with the practice of the 
past generation, and the traditionary 
fame of the bright luminaries of the pro- 
fession in the latter part of the last cen- 
tury and the first quarter of the present. 
It is 65 years since he was admitted to 
the bar. It is 40 years since he took, his 
seat upon the bench. In his practice at 
the bar he had won an honorable repu- 
tiition and become a clistinguished leader. 
He was the contemporary of Parsons, 
De.Kter, Parker, Story, the great lawyers, 
whose triumphs, as rehearsed to us by 
their contemporaries, eclipse the glories of 
their successors. Upon the bench, he 
was, for some time before he left it, the 
object of particular regard and affection, 
as the last sm-vivor of those great judges 
who, in the last century and the ])resent, 
built up, upon the broad and sure founda- 
tions of the common law, a noble system 
of jurisprudence, enlarged and extended 
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adapted to the exigencies of an Amer- 
iani state. Among the great and able 
magistrates with whom Judge W. was 
associated upon the bench, he was al- 
ways conspicuous, admired, and loved for 
the possession of some admirable and 
rare faculties which singularly qualified 
him for the high office of expounder of 
the law and minister of justice. He had 
early acquii-ed an extensive and most ac- 
curate knowledge of the common law, in 
all its numerous and intricate titles. The 
law of real ])roperty, then the most im- 
portant branch of the law in New Eng- 
land, he had studied under its greatest 
masters, and he stood confessedly y«ci7is 
princeps in his mastery of its wearisome 
and abstruse doctrines. He had a most 
admirable and exact acquaintance Mith 
the intricacies of special pleading, now 
become an obsolete title of the law. But 
he was not wanting in his knowledge of 
the more liberal and expansive doctrines 
of the commercial law; and the ■\\hole 
bench and bar admired the facility with 
which he received and administered the 
new and unexplored science of equity. 
As a judge he Mas, moreover, patient, 
accurate, faithful, clear, logical. Labor 
did not fatigue him, neither did time and 
trouble sour an affectionate and gen- 
erous disposition. He was always cour- 
teous to his brethren and the bar, kind 
and affable to the young and asjjiring, 
just and faithful to the suitors in his 
court. 

In 1850, when the growing infirmities 
of age warned him that it was time to 
bid adieu to the active and laborious oc- 
cupations of the bench, he resigned his 
seat. The bar of Suffolk commemorated 
his departure from their midst by an 
affectionate and worthy address, pro- 
nounced by that learned lawyer, Ik'uja- 
min Rand, who is since numbered also 
with the dead. A series of admiral )le 
resolutions, drafted, we believe, by Mr. 
Choate, were presented to the bench, and 
received by Chief Justice Shaw with an 
affectionate and touching res])onse. 

Since his retirement Judge W. has 
withdrawn more and more from the 
world. Occasionally, hoMcver, his bent, 
yet venerable form, jiassing through the 
crowded streets, or lingering for a mo- 
ment amid the scenes of his judicial la- 
bors, attracted towards itself the courte- 
sies of the old, the revering sym])athy of 
the young. — Worcester Transci-ipt. 



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